This beauty fell into my lap this last Feb. It's my latest project and a project it is!
When Dad and I went to extract it from it's almost final resting place, we found it frozen to the earth. It also had over a foot of Ice and snow on the roof. In fact I had to give the tarp a Moe haircut so I could drive it home.
Not having a tree growing out the the hood was a real plus. We threw a Battery in and with a few shots of starting fluid and after a quick whif of ozone she roared to life.
A kind neighbor came over and unburied the RV. I wish we would of had him pull us out too because it took jacking up the front and placing boards under the wheels and them hooking up two trucks to pull it out.
While driving the habitat on wheels a loud pinging and rattling was coming from the engine compartment due to the old fuel still in the tank. We stopped by a local Maverick gas station on the way home and added some 91 octane to the tank and all of a sudden the engine ROARED to life. The 440 Plymouth ran strong and as hoped. It only has 63,000 miles on it!
Dad and I Posing in front of the beast. The front engine compartment door wouldn't close. That kinda explains some of the funny looks I was getting.
I'm holding the door up with my back.
While trying to repair the engine compartment door it fell apart so I had to trash the whole thing. You will have to wait to see the end result.
The interior is stuck in a 70's motif that Emma doesn't seem to mind. We will be making some changes. Check out the bar stools and Bar!
Dad came down and Helped me get all the appliances up and running. So far every thing works. Even the A/C unit. We will be waiting for the warm weather to fill the tanks with water and run the shower, sink and toilet.
The dash is totally pimped out as you can see. 8 track player, CB and rotating captains chairs.
440 Plymouth. 2 barrel carb only.
The throne.
Handy little kitchen.
Ok folks, this is the last you will see of the old interior. Stay tuned
4 comments:
that is so cool! i would LOVE to have an RV but it couldn't be a fixer upper because my husband is NOT handy...i'm handier than he is and that's not saying much.
hehe that doesn't look like split window VW bus. I vote you keep the cookie monster carpet theme and some dingle balls for the front window.
Dingle balls are on the way, but the Cookie monster carpet has to go due to dingle berries. HAHA! Shane
That's pretty sweet Shane. I vote to keep the blue carpet and seats in the breakfast nook. I don't think you could get that color any more even if you tried. Now all you need is a bike rack on the back to mount your motorized mountain bike and you'll be ready to go!
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