Rosebus Update:

The interior demo is complete at this point. As of Christmas, I have patched the rust holes in the floor, rust treated the floor, patched all the bolt holes in the floor (with Flex Seal fabric tape) and have started installing the new sub floor.
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Demo complete!
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Rusted out areas patched with pieces of the old heater hose covers that ran the length of the interior.
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Starting from the rear, doing the rust treatment and painting of the floor. When the paint dried, I applied flex seal tape to all the bolt holes (from the seats and wheel chair tie down tracks).
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I used the old sub floor pieces to help make the wheel well cut outs for the new sub floor sections.
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So far, so good!
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Subflooring done except around wheelchair lift
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New vinyl plank flooring. Starting at back, so I can at least work on the stateroom bunk.
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Bunk roughed in using materials entirely scavenged from Guy Excavating job site dumpsters.
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Ready for finishing.

~ John

A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult.

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