Customer Reviews

The Bus Converter's Bible, 2nd Edition

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This book is is a great source of information for creating your own motorhome.Covers topics from raising the roof,plumbing,wiring to interior layouts,etc.Factual information will help you plan and build your motorhome.Plenty of photographs and diagrams.This book will help any would be bus converter.
If you are thinking of converting any bus read this book first.

Anyone who is serious about converting a bus or is even interested should have this book in their library.
I expected a basic "how to" book that would skim over the important topics but that one would be 'Beginners Guide To Converted Coaches' by Larry Plachno which I also recommend for initial reading. When you really get more serious and want to learn about the different systems and what is involved then this book is a must and earns it's claim as a bible!
There are precious few books and useful articles on this hobby but the only reason that I didn't feel that this merited 5 stars was because some of the drawings, schematics and diagrams were a little small to really read and scrutinize. Maybe a few more pages in the book and larger diagrams next time?
Whether you are a complete novice or fairly adept, when you are getting serious about a conversion you really should start here and then move on to 'Bus Wiring for Bus Nuts' and 'Plumbing for Bus nuts' by the same author.
There are other books by Mr Galey as well but I have yet to read them.

Good information but poorly written, edited and published. Contains some technical errors.
Worthwhile as starting point.

I think my husband will enjoy this book, although I was expecting more photographs of converted buses.