Mobile Studio Bus build
2007 Freightliner Thomas School Bus
I bought this bus on March 30th, 2020 from BGA Bus Sales. I started this project as a desire from a need for a mobile space to produce videos.
The Decision to Invest in a School Bus Conversion
It’s been a few weeks since I first shared my plan to create a mobile studio, and I’m happy to say I’ve found the vehicle for this project—a 2007 Freightliner Thomas school bus. But the journey to this decision wasn’t as straightforward as I expected.
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The Test Drive and Journey Home
The weeks following my decision to buy a school bus were anything but smooth. Just as I was preparing to cash out my stock to fund the purchase, the market plummeted. My in-vestments lost a significant portion of their value, and pulling the money out would’ve meant losing thousands. I tried waiting it out, hoping for a rebound, but the prices only got worse.
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Day 6: Kicking Off the Bus Build
Day six began with me sitting at my desk, camera rolling, ready to officially start docu-menting my bus build. I had a little script prepared, but as I hit record, things didn’t flow as easily as I hoped. The lighting wasn’t great, my workspace was cluttered, and I wasn’t feeling confident in front of the camera. Still, I pushed through and captured footage of myself talking about why I decided to buy a bus and what I planned to do with it.
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Day 7: Removing Seats and Dreaming Big
We jumped right into day seven, ready to tackle the remaining seats in the bus. After yes-terday’s trial and error, we had a rough idea of how to proceed. But we also wanted to experiment with a faster approach: using an angle grinder to cut through the bolts.
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