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I know Kaiser made M35s and cars along with Willys Jeep vehicles. If you call a M35 a Jeep then I guess a Kaiser Deluxe is a Jeep too.

Not a Jeep.

With shipping not so crazy.

Carry on. You've done your homework and weighed it. Just keep doing your build with that attention to weight placement and you'll be fine.

Two hundred gallons of water behind the rear axle? That's 1600 pounds plus what ever the tanks weigh. I don't think you will like how your bus handles after that. I would try very hard to get them ahead of the rear axle.

Pretty good mpg for a house.

You should be able to switch your rear diff out to one that has a selectable diff lock if it doesn't have one already, they aren't hard to do. I would probably wait until your trans swap was done though in case you want to change gearing. Some of my more rural bus routes with smart bus...

Kind of like running old bias ply tires, you had to let them "warm up" for a few miles before they were round. It had been years since I had driven a truck with them but I brought one home a few years ago that had bias ply tires and it took over 5 miles before the tires lost their flat spots.

If you're swapping to a manual then you'll be fine. I work for an International dealer that also sells lots of school buses so a large percentage of my jobs are for school districts. If you do the axletech swap I would keep the rear axle a non steer. Put a diff in that has a diff lock and...

Skoolies.net, lots of info there. You have a good engine, transmission is going to be your weak point if you do much mountain driving. You can do it just be aware of the transmission and it's weak points. Skoolies.net has info on mountain driving with your transmission.

If I was headed to CA this year I would be all over this.

Me too and then I would take a camping trip to Baja in it. It would get dirty and dusty and used, just like Steve McQueen would have used it.

Some type of hand railing for the steps could prevent injuries, especially if you camp in the winter. For work when climbing around on equipment the rule is always three points of contact.

What's it made out of?

Quad 4x4 out of Montana has a kit to convert a NV271 to divorce mount. I've heard it's a bit different from the NV273 divorce mount in the C4500/5500 as far as the mounting holes and such go, but have not actually seen one in person.

Look up 1966ih on YouTube for some big axle, big tire flares on a 1966 International pickup.

Look for a NV271 from a 2000s Chevy C4500/5500. They are divorce mount aluminum case chain drive transfercase that are pretty tough. And they have the front output on the drivers side to match the Ford F550 front axle.

Fender flares! I also think you will need a bigger transfercase than an Atlas with that much torque, tire size and ability to carry heavy loads. I have a few old International Loadstars and some 60s Travelalls. I love your idea.

Sweet. If you're ever up north in ID let me know, I'd like to take a look at it.

They are definitely stealth camping machines. I think adding interior insulation and paneling would help immensely with the noise and vibration.