Please Take A Seat.

My son Brandyn and I started removing the seats at the rear of the bus, and hauled them out the back door as we went. We got 3 rows in, when we discovered that the fuel tank was in the way of us getting a wrench on the nuts from below.

I got out my Sawzall, and we started cutting the legs off as close to the floor as possible.

The cover for the fuel inlet on the left, and the rear heater on the right. The heater will be removed, but we will have to work around the fuel box.

The wheel wells appeared to be in pretty decent shape.

The cover over the rear heater hoses. 

The heater for the front of the passenger compartment.

Looking down the steps. It looks worse than it is. The modesty panel and hand rail on the right will be removed.

All the seats are removed, and all that is left to remove are the modesty panels up front, and the stubs that were left after cutting the legs out.

We were able to get some of the bolts from below.

We used a grinder to remove the remaining seat bolts from the floor. It took a couple of days and a few grinder discs, but it worked. The kitchen from our old pop-up camper was brought in to help us figure out our layout.

With all of the seats removed, the bus feels a lot roomier.

Have a seat! Our son, Logan, had fun playing Jenga with them.

Next, we removed the covers for the rear heater hoses.

Once the heater hoses were removed, we saw daylight where the wall meets the floor. We power washed the inside of the bus at this point, and let it dry thoroughly.

I treated the rust with some rust stopper, and then installed galvanized flashing over the entire length of the bus on that side, and I used expanding foam from the under side to seal it all up.

Once the underlayment goes down, and the walls are painted, you won't even notice it.