Preparing the floor

Once the seats were out Nando stripped the rubber out from the center and started removing the rust.

We pressure washed the inside, put a rust converter, then painted the floor with Rustoleum.

Nando scraping the rust off the under side of the bus, just before he got a shard stuck in his eye.

Nando learned to weld from his friend Rudolph Kohn, who helped him weld these metal boxes that act as a secret compartment in the bus.

Floor with rust converter and the start of applying Rustoleum

FIN, a hopefully rust proof floor.

Removing the seats

The task of removing the seats was probably the most time consuming and challenging.

Nando used an angle grinder and just cut the heads off of each bolt.

Fortunately we had help from our friend who was visiting the States for the first time from Tuscany.

The first seat out.

Italiano.

Number Two.

We had the bus parked behind our friends warehouse in Wynwood.
It was short lived, since there were other retailers and a hot headed Colombian with over gelled hair and pointy leather snake print boots. Should of got a picture of him, but at least I have one in my mind. 

Luciano was strapped to me all the day. So the rest of the work went undocumented since I couldn't bare the weight and heat of the asphalt another day.

Thanks to Lale and Carol for letting us use their warehouse parking lot!