The Lindy Bus Plan "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" Jean-Jacques Rousseau "Somewhere between 'retired' and 'retarded' lies the world of the independently unwealthy in Dave's Bus"

STATUS

Design

Infrastructure

Album

Buying A Bus

Docs

For years I've wanted to try out the "unchained" lifestyle of mobile living. On 2005/08/18 I bought a bus and am converting it through 2006.

The Bus: 1986 MCI 102A-3 bus (the silver greyhound from the 80s). Convert it into a house - but not like a normal RV or tour bus. Instead, take advantage of my building capabilities and have an open floor plan - hardwood floors throughout. The bus exterior is 40' by 8 1/2'. The interior is almost 300 square feet - about the size of my first San Francisco apartment

2009 Status Update: The bus is out of storage and I'm working on the conversion full-time! Updates coming soon.

STATUS	Current status of my conversion
Design	The layout of the bus
Infrastructure	My plans for the infrastructure - water, electrical, veggie oil conversion, etc..
Album	Here are photos of the bus: electrical, veggie oil conversion
Buying A Bus	Tips on buying a bus for RV conversion.
Documentation	Documentation on bus topics, such as converting 24V to 12V
MCI Specs	Specifications for MCI buses, particularly the 102A-3
Maintenance	Blog (which I'll pretend is short for Bus log)
Bus Conversions Magazine	My bad experience with Mike Kadletz of Bus Conversions Magazine

The Plan:

With San Francisco as my home base, I travel from city to city. I go where I find dancing, and stay till I'm done. I work between dances enough to pay off the bus loan and pay for food, propane, etc... If the driving is comfy enough, then I start following the Lindy Exchange calendar.

Eventually, if I want to move to Europe, it turns out I can ship the bus in two weeks for about $5k. Wow, that's nothing, compared to packing, shipping my belongings, renting an apartment and finding a car.

	CONTACT | Site Index	Eric Lake (ericmlake yahoo) said: > p.s. Has anybody ever thought, "What the he-- have I done after purchasing their first coach?" Gary McFarland (gearheadgary yahoo) said: > those of us who haven't are not only busnuts, but completely crazy as well.
	All material © 2006, David Ljung Madison