But as you can see... my poor bus has been through the wringer and still has a long ways to go. :(
To be done next (making this list more for me than anyone else, lol, just pretend you care):
1. New (hopefully original german kind) driver's door handle needs to replace my broken one
2. Spray paint spare tire wheel, get a spare tire, and buy a white spare tire cover (friend is doing a mural on it!)
3. Any electrical/fuses that might be needed, and put a new aux. battery in the old one's place (if I'll be camping soon anyway)
4. See if there's a SAFE way to install/replace the foam insulation (still there) if it's needed at all...something that won't result in rust due to not allowing breathing or drainage etc.
5. From there, install new flooring (got samples recently which I like well enough - some white/off-white linoleum or a gray kind that looks a tiny bit like one of the original westy floors since I can't find anything that matched my original Rivi floor:
http://www.armstrong.com/flooring/vinyl ... 120695.asp
http://www.armstrong.com/commflooringna ... _id=108863
http://www.armstrong.com/commflooringna ... m_id=64722
http://www.armstrong.com/flooring/vinyl ... 120667.asp
http://www.armstrong.com/flooring/vinyl ... 123174.asp
6. Also need to put a new metal strip along the sliding door. Then FINALLY put and bolt furniture back in place!
7. Clean pop top, pop top tent (only has one small tear in the screen - that's it! But it's dirty) and bus thoroughly
8. Replace rubber seals where needed (ugh - probably everywhere). No rust issues around seals for the most part though so that's good.
9. Good cleaning and waxing to restore original paint as best as possible? Not sure how/if rust spots should be dealt with timing-wise re. waxing or if it just gets dealt with from the process of using a compound and waxing etc. Can't afford to repaint car and not sure I'd want to except for in bad areas (can new paint match old paint well enough e.g. after restoring old paint as much as possible, or is that just a joke and it'll never match? Is it a bonus in this case having a white bus??). My paint color is Lotus White.
10. Then what?!! I don't know. I know there's a transmission issue (supposedly slips out of 3rd gear) but I didn't experience that the one short time I drove it - which doesn't mean the issue won't suddenly reappear once I take a real drive. It's funny cause this whole "project" began with the intention of dealing with the transmission above and beyond all else and now it's become the last thing to be dealt with! But I'm glad we're taking care of things the way we are (tune-up, new battery and safety first!). Brakes are done but when I take my first drive with new brakes and tires I'll have to get a feel for suspension. Hopefully that's fine. Clutch seemed fine (so far). So tranny will have to be dealt with obviously since I'm not willing to go camping holding the gear in place the whole time!! There's also an oil leak, and if the engine's dropped it would also be a good time to do a couple of other things maybe. Needs a new muffler but not terribly. Might need to have the carb. rebuilt too but for now it may be okay enough. I'd LOVE to repair the battery trays and rear quarter panel (?) or rear corner sections to get rid of that ugly and dangerous rust... but it sounds uber expensive so may have to be put off.
I just got the gray powder-coated hubcaps delivered yesterday. I broke down and ordered them as mine were totally shot and I wanted them to look like they originally looked when my grandpa bought the bus new, which were gray. Can hardly wait to see what they look like on the bus with fresh wheels and new tires! 
