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Adding Waves to the Side of the Van
Every van or boat owner likes to add something to their vehicle to make it feel unique and different from all the others. This can be done with a new paint job, a vinyl wrap, or, in our case, vinyl decals that we made ourselves. Background We purchased Loki from Scott’s sister when her growing…
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Adding Driver Side Panel to the Van
It probably took a year to build this panel for the van. It had to be completely rebuilt from scratch using the old one as a template.
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Greyhound MCI-9 Bus Conversion We Called Home
The post for this Throwback Thursday is an “On This Day 10 Years Ago” post (from this point forward OTDTYA), which I now realize is actually getting into a time period that is presented on my blog. The very first posts on my blog were in March 2001, which we posted three articles about our…
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Catalina 22 Restoration Project Moves To New Owner
Our work on the clean-up of the Catalina 22 is finished. We worked hard to get her clean and fixed up enough to sell and now she has gone to a new home in Georgia. She is going to have her renovation completed there by her new owner. Hopefully we will get pictures of her…
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The Catalina 22 Restoration and Clean Up Begins
Yesterday’s pleasant weather allowed us to work on the boat. We removed the mast, cleaned the interior, and discovered the broken cable and wench issue with the keel. Future projects include replacing hatch boards and reupholstering old cushions. Visit our site for updates and share your thoughts!
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How To De-Mast a Catalina 22 Sailboat for Towing?
We went to pull the boat out of the lake that had been it’s home for 12+ years on the 29th of November 2006. There are several things we learned that day, as you will see. When we arrived at the lake we made an assessment of the boat and briefly discussed the logistics of…
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Installing the AC Units on our MCI Bus Conversion
The first of two AC units are now installed and working. It is really really hot here, I am sure we will use this AC for all its worth. This was actually an amazing amount of work to get these two A/C units on the top of the bus, cut the holes in the steel,…
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Our MCI-9 Bus Conversion is Under Way
We now finished the painting on the side of the bus where the windows were taken out. You can’t see to much from the photo but I think Scott would rather the photo be taken from this far away being that this was his first paint job on a vehicle.
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Finding the Right MCI Bus for a Conversion
After the quilt show in Fort Lauderdale we headed for Heartland Motor Coach in Ocala, FL (update: they are no longer in business) to look at a few buses they would have that might be suitable for our new bus conversion project (or our traveling home). They had two or three that we were interested…
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