Every Kid's Dream

[CORPO]

This is going to be cool!

 

[Flipper_1938]

I posted on the hamb. Any bets as to how long will it will stay up/ I get banned?

 

[bob w]

I posted on the hamb. Any bets as to how long will it will stay up/ I get banned?

Haven't been there for a few years, except on the HAMB dragster part. Seems like they were less foul. Maybe not less tolerant.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Haven't been there for a few years, except on the HAMB dragster part. Seems like they were less foul. Maybe not less tolerant.

Ha! Right now it is listed as a featured thread.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/my-stylish-parts-hauler-project.1280575/#post-14696365

Edit: it got moved to the misc folder, but is still an active thread.

 

[Bamamav]

There is still a couple of moderators that will zap anything they don’t like. I had a few car show pics get zapped because they said the cars had modern wheels. They had Cragar SS wheels with some small tires….not o ring tires, just short tires.

Flipper, it might get moved to that new antique section off the main board. Lots of stuff that doesn’t fit their criteria for the other section gets put there.

I’m happy Tripper is so easy going around here. No drama here for sure![cl

 

[Flipper_1938]

Flipper, it might get moved to that new antique section off the main board. Lots of stuff that doesn’t fit their criteria for the other section gets put there.

I’m happy Tripper is so easy going around here. No drama here for sure![cl

That is exactly where it got moved to. Looks like a place where build threads go to die. Oh well.

 

[Flipper_1938]

The outside of the truck has stuff growing on it all over. When we looked inside, it looked like more plant life. Turns out it is astro-turf. The old traces are where the glue was.

 

[Flipper_1938]

I looked at the cab yesterday morning with intent of planning how to widen the cab at the windshield posts and it is pretty much a nope. The framing for the body is not tube, it is fabricated from sheet and bent. The outside edge is contoured, the inside is straight. Adding an inch there is a bigger hole than I want to dig. I will add a narrowed seagrave firewall and make a narrower hood.

 

[Flipper_1938]

I spent a couple of days tracing wires on the donor vehicle trying to figure out which circuits I need to keep. This is by far the most I have ever worked for free parts. Some of these wires are probably 50ft long. I don't have a wiring diagram for the RV, so I'm winging it.

No mercedes swap. I have to get the big ole chassis out of the middle of the shop first.

 

[Flipper_1938]

I found a recent pic. Most of the body is gone, just the cockpit floor and firewall remain. 40 ft between the axles, the engine and trans is even farther back. Unwanted circuits are being harvested as wire for future projects.

Don't know why I thought this would be easy. Everything is a chore. The water tank probably had close to 100 gallons of water in it. I hauled a bunch of 5 gallon buckets of water outside.

 

[Bamamav]

10 lbs of stuff in a 5 lb bag!

 

[Flipper_1938]

Another day of wire sorting in the books....there can't be many more to identify before stripping this down to pieces and parts.

Oh yeah, I have to map out the hydraulic systems too.

 

[smallfoot]

Good idea Flipper on saving all that wire. I'm doing the same on a motorhome I'm using. In most cases I've noticed, the wire used for them is of higher quality than what you can find today. There are several vehicles around here that I repaired electric systems on with that wire saved. In some cases you can salvage wires longer than offered on some commercially available spools for sale.[cl[P

 

[Flipper_1938]

Good idea Flipper on saving all that wire. I'm doing the same on a motorhome I'm using. In most cases I've noticed, the wire used for them is of higher quality than what you can find today. There are several vehicles around here that I repaired electric systems on with that wire saved. In some cases you can salvage wires longer than offered on some commercially available spools for sale.[cl[P

Yeah, it's crazy the trouble they went to building this thing. This one was built out of nice stuff. .....and then they installed that rubber roof material on top that needs to be replaced every 10 years. A previous owner was a tight wad and didn't replace the roof in time. ....$125,000 rv became junk. Fun for me though.

 

[Flipper_1938]

It's funny. Some of the wiring looks like it was done by someone who builds airplanes. Some looks like it was done by a drunk high school kid. ....and I had no diagrams for any of it.

I do like the way they used a continuous duty solenoid for the stuff that runs off of the ignition switch.

 

[smallfoot]

Does your donor have onboard air compressor and airbags? Not sure if they all had them but mine has a compressor to level the rig with air bags at the axles....

 

[Flipper_1938]

Does your donor have onboard air compressor and airbags? Not sure if they all had them but mine has a compressor to level the rig with air bags at the axles....

Unfortunately no. Mine has these funky elastomer torsion bars on all four corners...."velvet ride".

I am thinking about trying air over leaf springs on the Seagrave frame.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Dad came up with an idea for a dolly to hold the drivetrain parts until we need them....be bolted the front axle to the trailer hitch. Once we get the wiring and hydraulics removed, we will cut the frame and end up a "stubby bob" pile of parts.

That front axle makes me want to build a big high boy.

 

[Flipper_1938]

A big version of this seems like a possibility....but then there would be no seagrave parts at all.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Did I mention that this thing is a big SOB?

I think I have talked myself into building a new frame for the Seagrave using the middle portion of the motorhome frame. 1990's steel has got to be better than 1940's or 1950's steel.