Nick, and the Things Blog2017-05-16T15:47:08-06:00

Nick, and the Things Blog

Nick makes things, including bus conversions. Read about all the things here.

Bus Conversion: Tearing down the house (Part 1 – The walls of tribulation)

Bus Conversion: Tearing down the house (Part 1 - The walls of tribulation) Before you can make something beautiful, you really need a blank canvas for which to work your magic on. I mean [...]

By |April 22nd, 2017|Categories: A Bus Story, Bus Conversion, Nick, and the Things|1 Comment

Bus Conversion: Remove the really cold dual A/C systems

Why on earth would one remove two - yes, two - very cold, very working, custom A/C units from a bus that one also plans to live in? The answer is very simple, and two [...]

By |April 15th, 2017|Categories: A Bus Story, Bus Conversion, Nick, and the Things|2 Comments

Bus Conversion: Make engine’s presence less known inside

This one was a quicky that went way better than I expected, though I haven't really tested to see if there is any actual improvement. The situation: the engine on this bus sits further back, [...]

By |April 13th, 2017|Categories: A Bus Story, Bus Conversion, Nick, and the Things|0 Comments

Bus Conversion: Replace rusty old fuel sender unit

About 100 miles into my first ride in the bus, I realized the gas gauge hadn't moved. For the next 2200 miles or so I just guessed as to how much gas I had, which [...]

By |April 13th, 2017|Categories: A Bus Story, Bus Conversion, Nick, and the Things|0 Comments

Bus Conversion: Make the instrument panel work more than 50% of the time

About 3 miles after I finalized the purchase of the bus and drove away from the seller I noticed something funny, and further more, something that was not disclosed at the time of the sale. [...]

By |April 13th, 2017|Categories: A Bus Story, Bus Conversion, Nick, and the Things|2 Comments

2000 Mile Shakedown

Hey folks, it's me Vicaribus. I'm gonna let my driver, Nick, handle this update for me. I have much more important bus things to do... It started in Daytona, Florida. It ended in Denver, [...]

By |April 9th, 2017|Categories: A Bus Story, Bus Conversion, Nick, and the Things|1 Comment
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