Joe,
How is your RV coming along? I enjoying seeing your progress!
Where is Andy's fire truck located at? Can anyone go by and see his collection?
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Joe,
How is your RV coming along? I enjoying seeing your progress!
Where is Andy's fire truck located at? Can anyone go by and see his collection?
Andy's in the process of opening a museum in eastern Pennsylvania with those fire trucks.
I've had my Pete for 2 years now and everything I've done to it up to now has pretty much happened in the first 2 weeks. About the only real project I've gotten done over the two years I've had it now is stretching the frame out.
I'm building my schedule this year so that I'm going to be home in Chicago for about 5 months straight I plan on building out the lower compartments and Bays this summer.
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For now, it's winter vacation on Upper Mattacumbie. Where all the boys r handsome and all the girls pretty.
Hey Joe just discovered this thread yesterday and read thru it. Coming from a parts-changer with no fab skills whatsoever (ME), you are one talented fella. That's impressive. Prolly win the race up the mountain too!
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Was scheduled to come out and pull all the carpet out of this bus and put a floor in which I'm doing. I got a really good retired friend who's coming with me most trips when he can put up with me. He's a really really good mechanic got a degree in electrical engineering when he was younger nothing he can't fix whether it be below the water or up in the sky and everything in between and he is just a gopher for me now and he's a blessing to have around. I offer him to my customers if they've got any other stuff they need done keep him busy while he's here.
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Headlights short
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Ignition points timing
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Carburetor rebuild kit original straight 6 engine
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Huge electrical draw when off
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Generator on the slide in and an air conditioning charge on the truck.
We had to take the carburetor apart on the power washer to get it running too. no picture so that don't count. lol
Here is the plethora of things that he's gotten running or repaired since we got here.
He likes antiques he is an antique
Joe and Larry coming to a town near u.
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Here's a pretty cool extra for the garage!!
Golf simulator
Joe, you're having too much fun.
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Back to the RV.
Got buisy starting the lower compartments.
The door and frame r out of a peterbilt sleeper in a local bone yard that I've stripped and cleaned.
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Far from perfect but got pretty finished with the door and frame. 1 down 5 to go.
Its 1/8 in aluminum and 3/16ths rivits that I brushed with a red scotch pad with a block.
Bay Door #1.
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These r the brackets they mount boxes on semi trailers. I welded on an additional second strap they come with only 1. Then I'm going to add a couple removable center braces on the inner lower corners going across from left to right to the bay directly across from it on the other side. Under the driveshaft, tons of room. This will really strengthen things.
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3/4 in ply sanded both sides then primered and 2 coats white all 6 sides before assembly.
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Ripped down 7/8 in cleats and pre drilled, cross drilled holes for 1&5/8 screws in the corners. This entire box is still to be attached to the brackets once I'm sure just exactly where everything will live.
I'm still incubating ideas and this configuration will maybe change
BUT
The beginning of the plumbing bay the hatch will cover.
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I'll have 125 gal fresh water and it will stay this side the 150 gal fuel tank directly to the left is going to be converted to a waste tank. 125 fresh 150 holding tank good numbers.
To balance things the 150gal tank on the other side will remain fuel and its accompanied by 2 8d house batteries, the inverter and the propane tanks in a similar bay I've already constructed over there. that will pretty closely equal the loads left to right and all the heavies r forward of the drives.
2 things I've picked up on. The details consume a great deal of time and u will also be constantly looking for that extra 1/2 in that u ain't got.
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Closes on the same car door striker post everybody always uses. Way heavier than I expected. It's got to be close to 50lb. Sept for the hinge it's entirely aluminum.
Nothin fancy
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Been raining here for days suppose to be nice tomorrow might get something done.
So Joe:
What do you do in your spare time ? LOL
Chuck