Drifted_Cowboy
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Brought home a 1976 Dodge Sportsman 19 ft with a 360. Mechanically sound for a 76. Needed a tranny filter and some fluids in all the right spots. Still tracking down some hoses to nowhere and such but she runs like a top and pulls like a monster. For 1700 bucks I'm pretty satisfied. However
1700 buys problems and this is no exception. So far we've done a bit of cleaning and focused on the drive train and inspecting for our to do list. Need to put new flooring under where the water tanks go, build a bigger battery box, reinforce the top rear bunk, rebuild the back dining booth and make it convert able to queen bed, and replace a bunch of wood in the front cab over. I also need to replace about 12 ft worth of water line that is easy to access, rig up a coolant overflow res, hit all the zergs, install some lights and curtains, and devise an awning. Also need to flush out the blackwater tank, secure the inverter, replace some outlet boxes, build a gun cabinet into the ceiling for maximum safety and shooty shooty the bad man, lay down the wool pad and carpet, give her a paint job and some new veneer and replace one side bench rail.
It's tempting to put more than time and 20 bucks here and there into this at this point. Most of materials I'm getting in exchange for elbow grease and the gentleman who is teaching me how to do all this is able to learn a few things from me along the way and that's probably the neatest thing so far. He's coming with us on the road with his wife and their 19 ft Ford Midas. We're staying at their house while we fix our rigs and save some money up. He too is doing this on a budget so we try to find creative solutions.
It's not all bad, Charlie Brown. There's is a new furnace, fridge, cap, rotor plugs wires alternator tires and recently insulated. The ac works as intended.
Gonna kick back with some chicken on the grill and some seriously colorado herb. Have a great night. I'll add pics later. I smell chicken.
1700 buys problems and this is no exception. So far we've done a bit of cleaning and focused on the drive train and inspecting for our to do list. Need to put new flooring under where the water tanks go, build a bigger battery box, reinforce the top rear bunk, rebuild the back dining booth and make it convert able to queen bed, and replace a bunch of wood in the front cab over. I also need to replace about 12 ft worth of water line that is easy to access, rig up a coolant overflow res, hit all the zergs, install some lights and curtains, and devise an awning. Also need to flush out the blackwater tank, secure the inverter, replace some outlet boxes, build a gun cabinet into the ceiling for maximum safety and shooty shooty the bad man, lay down the wool pad and carpet, give her a paint job and some new veneer and replace one side bench rail.
It's tempting to put more than time and 20 bucks here and there into this at this point. Most of materials I'm getting in exchange for elbow grease and the gentleman who is teaching me how to do all this is able to learn a few things from me along the way and that's probably the neatest thing so far. He's coming with us on the road with his wife and their 19 ft Ford Midas. We're staying at their house while we fix our rigs and save some money up. He too is doing this on a budget so we try to find creative solutions.
It's not all bad, Charlie Brown. There's is a new furnace, fridge, cap, rotor plugs wires alternator tires and recently insulated. The ac works as intended.
Gonna kick back with some chicken on the grill and some seriously colorado herb. Have a great night. I'll add pics later. I smell chicken.
