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Posted By: Leeann on 04/22/08 01:22pm

eyeteeth wrote:

All ya'll are making me feel a bit better about my questionable purchase and the ensuing projects.

Thanks. [emoticon]

Hey, I have 2 things to say about buying an old RV like ours:

1) It's paid for.

2) Our projects keep us out of trouble.

[emoticon]

'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo

Posted By: Trish Davis on 04/22/08 08:32pm

Leeann wrote:

eyeteeth wrote:

All ya'll are making me feel a bit better about my questionable purchase and the ensuing projects.

Thanks. [emoticon]

Hey, I have 2 things to say about buying an old RV like ours:

1) It's paid for.
2) Our projects keep us out of trouble.
[emoticon]

However. Ain't there always a "however".....

It's paid for up front but it eats money like it's a teenager, not like it's heading into middle age.

Maybe our projects keep us out of ordinary trouble, but present whole new kinds of trouble. Finding parts, sandblasting parts, making existing parts work, robbing parts off junkyard rigs, rewiring, replumbing, carpentry, tetanus shots, welding, rewiring (needs said twice), and the really sick thing is we are all proud of all the work we do.
Until the next thing breaks.

Posted By: Leeann on 04/22/08 08:42pm

Trish Davis wrote:

It's paid for up front but it eats money like it's a teenager, not like it's heading into middle age...Until the next thing breaks.

Ah, but there's the rub. I have many friends who have brand new coaches. Who have to fix something new - at least one - every time they take it out. And the new stuff is that much more complicated and more expensive than anything on our rigs.

I'll stick with mine [emoticon]

Posted By: MasterBoondocker on 04/22/08 08:42pm

Trish Davis wrote:

It's paid for up front but it eats money like it's a teenager,

T D ... now YOU have the wrong MH ! .... fix it ONCE - fix it RIGHT and be done with it !

Posted By: 79powerwagon on 04/23/08 06:54am

This is all FUN trouble! I really enjoy messing with this old junk! Call it a birth defect... [emoticon]

If I had a new one, I'd be afraid to do anything on it because of the $1000.00 a month payments on it!

These old beasts are cool because of their lack of sophistication and comfort! Camping in a cube van, that's where it's at! [emoticon]

BTW, I found a place that still sells the 70's era custom van spoilers and flares... let's see... spend money on new tires, or spend money on useles, but utterly kool spoilers/flares? Hmmm... decisions, decisions...

She ain't purdy, but at least she's slow!

Posted By: eyeteeth on 04/23/08 07:15am

You NEED to share that site. [emoticon]

I'd really like to put a splitter (racing term) and running boards on mine.

I'll be honest... I don't mind working on her, and I don't mind fixing things here and there, but the current project I'm neck deep in I'd REALLY rather not have to deal with. It has the motorhome pretty much unusable/undriveable since last fall. (Take several months out for winter) Something about completely gutting and rebuilding the back 6 feet of a 24 foot RV that seems a bit much.

Who knows though. After all this, plus a few more smaller structural repairs, I may be inclined (or forced) to keep her more than the original 5 or so years I envisioned.

After all this, if I ever get myself a pole barn... I may just someday buy myself a an empty chassis and build my own "house" on it properly. learning what I'm learning, and knowing how the things a build today. Seems to be the only way to really get one built to tight standards that will hold up.

Posted By: DeadeyeLefty on 04/23/08 07:41am

I have actually considered that myself from time to time, eyeteeth. Strip it down to the chassis and start all over again. Then I realize it's time for my pills again, lol ! But still....

79PW, I too would like that site. I need (not want) a front airdam !

Project Glacier trailer build.

Posted By: 79powerwagon on 04/23/08 08:27am

OK guys! It's an eBay store. Do a search for Dodge van parts, spoilers, and you'll come upon it easily. They have all those cool old things for most years and brands!

Don't buy them all, I want some too!!!! [emoticon]

Posted By: 79powerwagon on 04/23/08 08:35am

Here you go!

Kewl Van Bits

Posted By: mowermech on 04/23/08 09:34am

I have been thinking about getting a late '70s or early '80s Dodge based Class C, but after reading about all the work that is going on on these things, maybe not. I have more projects now than I can ever complete, and I am too old for some of this stuff (work two hours and hands hurt for two days).
Maybe I can find one like my son has, a Serro Scotty Highlander built on a '96 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD chassis, with manual tranny. Now, THAT is a neat motorhome!
VERY hard to find, though. Dream on...

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