Converting old bus to motorhome/party bus

[xp_wannabe]

Hey People.

A group of mates and myself are looking in to buying an old 36ft+ bus, gutting it, and turning it into a party bus.

We live in NQ and want to do a 2 week trip down the coast to say Ballina and back, hopefully lining the trip up with a music festival or two.

So far, the basic plan is this; 8 blokes tip in $2500 each, giving us a budget of $20,000. Spend $10K on initial bus purchase, and then hopefully the other $10k covers getting it on the road, fitting it out, and maybe fuel for the trip...

We are looking for a '80s+, rear engined bus with under storage and highway gearing (preferably).

For $10k, do you think we could get something that doesnt need much mechanical work? Was thinking something like this:

http://www.bussalesonline.com.au/vehicle.asp?ID=878 but I dont think that has under storage, and most likely is only geared to do 80km/h. We can work around that though, we'll just go slow

Once fitted out, the bus would legally need to seat 10, bunks for 8, fridge, microwave, air con, lounge, tv and big stereo. If we can fit a sink we will, shower will be camp shower, and real cooking done on portable bbq. We would wire it up like a house, and throw a diesel generator up the back beside the engine (seen it done). Everywhere we stop would be powered camp sites to give the genny a rest.

Any thoughts, comments? Anyone on here done it before?

Thanks, Mark