This bus is ideal for someone who has a vision of what they want their final build to look like, but would like a head start! It’s a great blank slate for final design and build out. The dirty work and demo has already been done.
2000 Chevrolet Blue Bird School Bus
- ~110,000 miles on odometer
- 28 feet long nose to tail
Engine
- Caterpillar 3126
- Displacement: 7.2L
- Cylinders: 6
- Fuel type: Diesel
Transmission
- Allison
- Automatic
Chassis
- Axles: Single
- Suspension: Spring
- Brakes: Hydraulic
- GVWR: 27,060 lbs
Tires
- Size: 10R22.5
Work Already Done:
- Original bus seats removed
- Original bus windows removed
- Original bus floor removed
- Sub floor framed and installed with insulation and paneling. Ready for final flooring choice to be applied.
- Wheel wells are also framed out and insulated and ready for final flooring to be applied.
- Original bus windows removed
- RV Windows installed
- Bus roof fire escapes removed- Installed skylights
- All decals and stickers removed from outside of bus
- Bus sanded, primed and painted
- Original wall panels and ceiling panels removed
- Spray foam insulation on the inside sides- amateur job
- Wall panels put up
- Ceiling framed out and ready for insulation of choice and ceiling panels of choice
Costs Put in:
- Used Bus Value: $5,000 to $8,000
- Based on current market research of similar size and age busses for sale not yet converted at all
- Rv Windows
- Qty 2 @ $186 each: https://www.recpro.com/rv-window-42-x-12/
- Qty 2 @ $203 each: https://www.recpro.com/rv-window-teardrop-42w-x-22h/
- Total Windows Value: : $778
- Skylights:
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009S7IDG4/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- Qty 2 at $140 Each
- Total: $280
- Manual Labor and Wood/Materials
- True cost is unknown, we did spend our weekday afternoons and weekends on this bus for quite a few months.
- We didn’t keep track of the money spend on materials we purchased, such as wood, insulation board, paint, primer, sanding pads, drill bits, etc.
- We do feel we have priced our bus as a whole fairly with all of this considered.
Disclaimer:
- We did all the work ourselves except for when we contracted someone out to do electrical install.
- We did not like the work they did and pulled our bus from them. We have taken this as a financial loss and have not included it in our pricing for the sale of the bus.
- We have since removed most of the work they did. There is some wiring left in the bus from their work that can be pulled out and replaced. I recommend getting a licensed electrician experienced in bus builds to install and finish any electrical you want if you are not 100% comfortable doing it yourself.