BUYING, IMPORTING, CONVERTING AND REGISTERING AN AMERICAN SCHOOL BUS AS A UK MOTORHOME

MISC STUFF THAT DOESN'T FIT ANYWHERE ELSE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Home - Skoolie in the UK
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Why choose an American Bus
  • Buying and Importing a US School Bus
  • Amazing Spaces
  • Blog
  • Stripping out
  • Interior
  • Construction
  • Planning
  • Electrical
  • Utilities
  • Seats
  • Floor
  • Engine
  • Exterior
  • Underside
  • Headlamp
  • IVA Test
  • Home - Skoolie in the UK
  • Original Photos
  • Artwork
  • Links
  • Misc Stuff
  • Update November 2021

Some other stuff that didn't fit anywhere else!

When I cut through the compressed airline by mistake these guys sent me a connector for free http://www.airbrakeconnections.co.uk/
You need a 33mm socket set and a long lever to remove wheel nuts. |I regreased mine
I found where my bus came from in Penn Yann using Google StreetView - one of the short buses top left
The bus came over on the California Highway
This is why you need insurance (this was the Hoegh Osaka outside Southampton)
On its final leg - goes Bayonne, Baltimore, a couple of other US Ports, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven and then Southampton
You need one of these Nexiq (I don't have one) if you want to reprogramme the ECM (to remove 55mph limit)
You need an Imperial socket set
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ allows you tom track where your vehicle is in semi real time
Talk to the Transportation Dept
The sticker that is used for shipping
You need this to treat underside rust. Easier if you have access to a pit, but there is lots of room underneath even if you haven't
The wiring diagram on the inside of the electrical panel
I used a charger to simulate 12v power
You need one of these and decent gloves when grinding
Trickle charge engine batteries
First sighting at Southampton docks
First refuel on M3. It wouldn't start and I had to ask a bemused trucker for help - turns out needed to be in neutral to start - duh!
Original Plans
Original Plans
Evidence I passed the IVA
This is where it came from.  Was supposed to ship from Bayonne New Jersey, but had to go via Baltimore, Maryland
Breakdown of costs to buy and import
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  • Home - Skoolie in the UK
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Why choose an American Bus
  • Buying and Importing a US School Bus
  • Amazing Spaces
  • Blog
  • Stripping out
  • Interior
  • Construction
  • Planning
  • Electrical
  • Utilities
  • Seats
  • Floor
  • Engine
  • Exterior
  • Underside
  • Headlamp
  • IVA Test
  • Home - Skoolie in the UK
  • Original Photos
  • Artwork
  • Links
  • Misc Stuff
  • Update November 2021