The Fat Van rides again

[Gary68]

Mine looks similar , mostly the same places just worse.

I did it 4 years ago and going to have to touch it up again , hopefully before it gets too cold for the hairy stuff to harden......

the bondo hair is basically/kinda like a fiberglass so it's going to go off

in my case it's the rains,got to fix the shop roof and general winterizing before it happens,i am going to have about 4 feet of rain falling on me so...

 

[highdesertranger]

hahaha Super Sport. so you got yourself a SS. that's cool. highdesertranger

 

[Gary68]

Fat Van SS


and to take the rattle can paint job full shadetree,i filled the holes with sikaflex

 

[Putts]

It's gonna be so much faster now!

 

[Gary68]

did this

and this

 

[BradKW]

Not being overly familiar with vintage RVs like that, could you please tell me which part is the "Sport", and what makes it "Super"?

thanks

 

[Putts]

Whole lot of odd angles on that cupboard. Looks great but better give your brain a break. Maybe chop some wood.

 

[Gary68]

Whole lot of odd angles on that cupboard. Looks great but better give your brain a break. Maybe chop some wood.  

you can see it came with 2 long ones,i cut one in half,made an end,painted black then made a door from the birch plywood
the other goes above the stove and the hood mounts to it,at full length i kept hitting my head on so they had to go,will make 4"/6"??? little shelves above the windows

i'll pass on chopping wood but do need to get some shop roof work done

 

[Gary68]

Not being overly familiar with vintage RVs like that, could you please tell me which part is the "Sport", and what makes it "Super"?

thanks

meet me behind the warehouses with your truck and $500 and i'll show you

but actually.400cid,4-10 gears,light weight shell,18.6 feet long,drove the backroads like my pickup except a foot wider

 

[Gary68]

added a spring loaded clasp at the bottom of the door and bumper,holds in in a breeze but will have to bungie for coastal winds and such

 

[VanKitten]

Gary, that is looking great!

What a lot of work!

 

[Putts]

added a spring loaded clasp at the bottom of the door and bumper,holds in in a breeze but will have to bungie for coastal winds and such

Got a linky for that dandy piece of hardware?

 

[jimindenver]

Gary, you keep making it look that good and you will not want to sell it when you are done.

 

[Gary68]

Got a linky for that dandy piece of hardware?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Door-Retainer-Catch-Clip-Holder-Caravan-Motorhome-Boat-Metal-/282595631975?

 

[Gary68]

Gary, you keep making it look that good and you will not want to sell it when you are done.

not planning to sell it but ya know with hipsters thinking 25k is adeal...

 

[Ballenxj]

not planning to sell it............

I feel better already.

 

[Gary68]

went to hook up the propane line to my water heater and

my little hand flare is no good with the 1/2' steel line and it looks like i will be shortening the line to the stove,so need to source a hydraulic flare

 

[jimindenver]

Just had to man handle it didn't you?

 

[karl]

Caution- TOOOO tight, may leak!

"Short' nuts are no longer used 'cause they did that often, that looks like a "long" nut

Steel line??? Only ever saw J (soft)copper used for gas, with the exception of BI (black iron ) threaded.

 

[Gary68]

Just had to man handle it didn't you?

thats how it was,it can apart easy,people in the past were literally playing with fire