Repurposing an old motorhome for my COE build / 1955 COE frame swap
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- After trying for figure out what chassis would work best for my 1955 Chevy COE I settle on an old motorhome that was destine for the scrap yard. Follow along as I dismantle the old RV down to its frame. Thanks for watching.
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Definitely have some great neighbors! Awesome project.
I was wondering about that, hah, it looked like he was out tearing down before the sun was even up! 😆
Controlled demolition early in the morning......nothing better!!! Looking forward to the next installment
Cool project
Love the appliance gold maverick hiding in the garage
I’m impressed at how efficiently you removed the body.
I've done 6 rv teardown over the years in Tucson and most of them had packrats so we would cut around the roof and down the corners and pull the whole thing over onto a trailer so you sir have my respect cause your way is way harder. FYI it's fun to drive them around after you cut the body off people give some funny looks in traffic!😂😂😂
Unfortunately I have lazy friends so that was the best way solo 😂 I plan on driving it that way! Stay tuned
Another great video! I think a lot of people want to do stuff like this but just don't ever get the job done. That's a lot of work, but you made it look easy.
not a lot of people have enough land / space to do something like this. definitely not in neighborhoods anywhere near me.
I love that particular COE ❤
I am in awe of your skills! This video was like a symphony of car restoration. Every part of the process was mesmerizing. Fantastic work
Great job thanks for sharing it with us !
Enjoyed that , good to see the Milwaukee sawzall same as my one I have had for near 20 years still ripping , what great tools ! Love cab overs , what a sweet build , following ….greets from Ireland!
That poor thing has been through the ringer, it’s got to be 18 years old. Thanks for following along.
Man thats a pretty frame. Add 4x4, some big puffy tires, 18pt roll cage out of rollbar kits, 20 bucket seats.. Man, dreaming here.
You are one tough, hard working dude!
You are awesome, your a one man wrecking crew! I look forward to what you do with the frame for you COE! Take care.
Your're.
What a wild journey! Glad your neighbors are cool. Can't wait to see the COE back on the road.
They definitely are.
Great idea this will be a nice smooth running and riding truck 👍
Here to watch the progress from down under here in OZ. Big job ahead. Thanks for sharing. Billy J.... Queensland, Australia.
Wow Wally you are really good at stripping your motohome. Hopefully thr motor runs. Take care.
Man the sky in the clouds up through that cut out and look fabulous
I did something similar converting an econoline based motorhome into a box truck. Demo was fun
Always fun to take something from RV to fix your truck 😊😊😊
I'm going out on a limb here ! You don't live in an HOA area, very productive in that heat , hero
Well done Wally all the way from Wexford Ireland
Love your Cab Over
Wow, thanks for watching!
cool project, love the c.o.e
I'd so love to have an old COE! I do have a Dodge chassis motorhome and 2 90s B250s with the same wheel base...
You are a one man wrecking crew!!! Good job!!!
I am enjoying watching this video sir ,you’re a Smart hard-Working Man and is getting very interesting .Can’t wait to see The next video ,God bless Sir thanks for sharing have a blessed day.
Thanks 👍
Awesome project. Keep up the good work.
man i got to say i'm impressed at 100 degreese i'd be hiding in the air conditioning some where but an excellent doner for your progect i will be looking for your upcoming episodes great work
Keep going love your videos
Flatbed **, Flatbed with wood rails ***, rear metal or fiberglass fenders is the winner for me, I am impressed with how you managed that project in a limited space, congratulations on this project and I can already imagine the final product, greetings
Damm this is a great idea!
You sir are one determined individual. My respect to you
Excellent video Wally, you got it done, and in triple digits too, to bad you couldn’t put a seat on the motor home and take it for a spin around the block, that would be precious lol, looking forward to more on this one and on the 57, catch you later 😀😀
I probably will drive it around the block lol
Wow the way you cut it up was very professional coulda sold that back half and front half for parts😎👍thats how they should be taken apart
Good luck, I bought a P30 motor home chassis for my 1947 model 1506 GMC COE cab. The steering box would have been over a foot in front of the bumper. I cut the frame and am in the process of mounting the steering box inboard under the floor. I have an Isuzu steering redirecting box that makes a 70* turn back to the box. Then it will use a drag link going forward to a modified idler arm being used as a belcrank. Like a few of my projects, it has been on the back burner for a bit. Your videos are definitely motivating. Also I’m running a 5.9 P-pump Cummins and an Alison 6 speed, and in California style it’s slammed on airbags with a 4 link rear. It’s going to be a vintage ramp truck. And it’s completely rust free.
This truck is a little longer in the nose so we’ll see what happens. I’m winging it 😂 thanks for the info!
Awesome slowly getting there great content til the next time
Wow. Very interesting video. Hard working man there.
Wow great project
Lots of work. Glad I bought mine already stripped... Looking good!!
At least I got lucky and it was mostly stripped.
Great Stuff! Thanks 🖐🏽
After all that in 114 degrees you deserve a couple tall cold beers. Nice Job. 👍
Good job Wally!🤠👍
You sure showed some great dance moves when you were getting away from that top coming down. This will be an interesting build.
Haha two left feet!
Wally its amazing how much one man can accomplish with a good plan I am interested in seeing how that cab sits on the new frame ... You are going to love have the overdrive feature when its all done
I can’t wait to see how it fits.
Just subscribed. I’d love to build a COE but I can squeeze one in my shop. I will have to live vicariously through you.
Follow along it should be interesting.
One man demolition crew 😂😂😂 your a savage man.
Thanks 😂
That cleaned up really good! Great base. Price, help, equipment was all in your favor. This was pre ordained 😂
Haha can’t do it without good friends.
@@wallysworkin823 Good friends are better than money.
The Neghbors have to love this guy.
They do when they want something 😂
@Wallys Workin : How did you make out at the dump????? Did they give you any trouble?? Cost to dump it all?? Total weight you dumped??
I love this kind of stuff.. You have earned a new subscriber.... Can't wait for more on this..
The dump was great! Not sure of the exact weight but I know it was under 2000 pounds. We are allowed to dump 1 ton per month for free with our water bills here in Phoenix so there was no change. The winch pulled it off the trailer perfectly. I didn’t have to touch anything. Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel and I'm diggin this project. Keep-a-hammerin man, and I'll keep-a-watchin
Thanks!
Wow I think it does have 37k on it, I have no doubts about it it's just too clean and too nice, and those things aren't normally used every day so that explains it. Looking forward to your next video.
114 dang it.. live on west coast,, 90 is hot for me.. your a tough dude.
Just subscribed today can't wait to see more of this build ❤
Dude!! Bad ass project. I am glad I came across your channel man. I am in Gilbert and work in construction sooooo ya I know about that heat! You're a damn BEAST muscling through this project. I will be on the look out for the continuation of your COE.
Heat has been brutal this year. Thanks for watching!
Hay wally new sub great project,I'm also
Building a rat rod on a motor home chassis, looking forward to more videos, by the way the inverter you pulled will more than pay for the motorhome
I noticed they are pretty pricey new.
I’m building a similar truck 53 GMC COE on a P30 chassis. Good luck and keep up the good work. If your in so cal maybe I’ll see you on the road sometime
I love the time 23:30, that's when your girl looks at you like you bumped your head. 😂
First timer here. Great project! You reminds me of Merlins Old School Garage 🙂
I also follow Homebuilt by Jeff. I saw someone mentioned him here below..
Merlin is great, I just found out about Jeff.
Kick ass music, my guy
I love the old
If your swap fits on that frame you did well.
No one can accuse you of being lazy.
The neighborhood gotta love that. A wrecking yard right out front where they can all see it.
Pretty much lol. It was only a day and a half 😂
Looks like the beginning of a cool project. Digging the F150, 95 with XLT trim I'm guessing?
My C50 project is on a dodge motorhome chassis. It was only a 14ft motorhome, actually fit on my car trailer..well not really, but enough to tow it to my shop. The dodge van chassis had one of the longest production runs, parts easily available, dana 60, front disk brakes, ifs. It was partially cut up already, but not fun tearing it completely apart.
There was a guy who sold them stripped down on CL, almost bought one, but would not fit on my trailer. They use a tractor/backhoe to just smash them to bits.
Love this stuff ! Subbed ! But , you are NUTS ! 116 degrees ! You need a biggah place !
Oh it’s not that bad 😂🥵
New sub. Just found your channel. Looks like a cool project. Yeah its shocking at how poorly those things are built.
Obviously, no HOA in his community 🤣 Great job!
Heck NO! 😂
Fun video....I'm only up to the point where I think to myself " How do you get that....up on the trailer? "
Considering how rusted out that framework was, the chassis looks to be in great shape. Regards.
That was the only place, frame is perfect.
So it turns out the community list serve was nothing but ugly rumors, you weren't taking apart an RV and rebuilding it in your basement after all.
The big clue was that Arizonians don't have basements....they can't bear the thought of being without their beloved sunshine. Great video...great work!
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If I was me, I might visit my local-owned family-operated heavy-truck dismantlers.
I might acquire a frame after all the components are removed.
No cab or box/hitch, no axles.
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These are engineered for a million miles, engineered to carry 24/7 loads without failure.
These are engineered to continually earn a living.
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A RecreateVehicle frame is designed for a few weekends annually.
This chassis is rated for 14,000 gvw. That’s more than my COE will ever see, it’s more than enough. And it’s 100% complete with fuel injection, od transmission and 4 wheel disc brakes so it’s kind of a no brainer for me.
Dude you are a machine, I was stunned when you said okay it's day two, I thought maybe we were way past day two.
Had to get it done, wife said chop chop 😂
Awesome project!!! Subscribing to see where you go with it! Good luck!
Thanks for the sub!
Greatings from Kansas. New subscriber here, watched your videos working on the 55 as I have a 57 I'm going to be working on soon and trying to learn as much as i can. I would like your advice please. I'm wanting to put my 57 4100 on a 93 K3500 dually with a 454. I heard it may be better to cut and have the obs floor and fire wall then weld the cab to it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
That seems like a ton of work to me. Seems quicker to make brackets to mount the cab to the frame. I guess it’s all a matter of what you.
Well done, repurposing to your advantage.☮️
Looks like those chrome wheels can be polished up.
Bro you really need one of those big fans like they use in chicken houses.
Drain the oil out for storage? That's the opposite of what I was taught. I was taught to "pickle" an engine if I knew it was going to sit for a long period. Fill it with all the oil it will possibly hold. That always worked well. Doing that, even after 40 years, they aren't locked up. You just have to remember to drain a bunch out before you try and start it.
I thought it was strange to.
A roll off dumpster service would have really saved the hauling time. Great reuse of a camper.
More convenient but more money, I’m cheap lol. The dump was free at least.
Cutting a lot of fibre with no mask of any kind. The seller definitely was saved a lot of hassle. If he had tried restoring the money would have been thrown away!
Thought you were going to a Buster Keaton with that back piece !😊
😂
it,s pretty dam funny. have done this kind of stuff my self. hacking shits fun.
put a f550 on a oe tune that cab can fit so low. old big chev,s look good to on the small frame.
Hey Wally are you gonna hotrod the motor while you are doing this? You got a stellar deal on the engine/frame/transmission combo. This will be perfect for the COE.
Not right away, trying to keep the build cost down.
Weight was a big consideration when building a motor home
Those windows are sellable
Unfortunately they ruined them. They pulled them out to reseal but messed up all of the frames.
We delivered RecreateVehicles manufacturer-to-dealer and dealer-to-shows.
Often, while waiting on paperwork, we walked the assembly floor.
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Often, we saw a forklift raise a motorhome frame higher than our heads to clear the frame ends from dragging.
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A motorhome frame merely connects the front axle to the rear axle.
The house structure provides most of the vehicle rigidity.
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At Copart salvage auction, we see Class A motorhomes, usually with a galley fire from a bad fridge.
Although the rest of the rig is intact, stepping inside is similar to walking onto a trampoline.
Without integrity in the box structure, the vehicle is Jell-O™.
That back 8ft or so of the chassis could be good value in scrap.
Neighbor across the street - "What the heck he doing now?!?"....
Pretty much, they are cool!
Add When does truckee start it's gonna look real nice
I bought a 35ft Winnebago Motorhome 1985 for 200 bucks and it has a 6.5 generator which is 220 and 110 and mine has a 454 and it runs and drives now I'm looking for a Coe Cab TRUCK , but they sure went up on price
Perfect! They sure have gone up. Mine was given to me by my wife’s family so I got lucky. Just had to drive to Illinois to get it.
@@wallysworkin823 Nice n your Lucky n make a Rollback out of it n it will be worth around $50,000 to $100,000
I think going with a 12valve cummins would be a lot simpler in wiring and everything..and probably better mileage too
I would love to if people would ask a reasonable price for them. People want 3k for just an engine in my area. I’m way to cheap 😂
Good ole Tonawanda Engine Plant,, Buffalo, NY engine
I would come and help but it's a bit warm for this Michigan boy.
Oh come on it’s not that bad, it’s a dry heat 😂
You could sell a lot of those windows
I have a lot of doors for 55 thru 59 truck. Not sure what set I want to keep. I will sell you some for the 57. I live in Chandler.
Thanks for the offer. We have it figured out for now, stay tuned.
A sardine can has more structural integrity than most RVs.
Use the propane tank as a air bubble
Oh and me without a coat
Bro not telling you what you need to do but you should slap a nice Cummins turbo diesel in that Coe camper.