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Post pictures of your forms of transportation
heres mine assugly skimobile
No, I wouldn't call them "too noisy" I was just saying for how little advantage they give you, they make more noise than they should. Mell, my old Mud T/As were almost the same volume and they fkn rocked. Just an observation.
I'll probably go Mud T/A again next time, love that tire.
Obviously not my daily driver but she's mine nonetheless.
Working on it fer sure. It just takes forever, as it's like working on a car AND a house at the same time, which is expensive or extremely time consuming.
She's about to get a sweet paintjob, sorf of a graffiti mural but not really. It's gonna be mountains wrapping around it like this, but way cleaner as I'm spraying it proper with my hvlp/grav gun and taping, not using spray cans w/o tape freehand.
The windows and bumpers are covered in skiing and racing stickers, and I'm always adding more.
The inside we've already put some stone and stainless counters in it, and are redoing the floors. Couch is getting rewrapped in neoprene right now too to make it waterproof. (nice to be a welder in the same mills as upholstery and stonework shops) The shower's already been converted to hold snowy skis while they dry and the winnie sleeps six comfortably. Don't need to plug it in, just refill 'er with propane as the fridge, heater etc run on propane. A full tank is about $50 and will run the fridge for two weeks, or the heater and the fridge for about a week. Just need to plug it in about once a week or so to charge the battery that runs the interior lights and stuff.
Only not so awesome part is that she's got a 305 in her. Total pig uphill. Other than that, shit is so awesome. Just get together a bunch of friends, fill the tank and BAM! Instant basecamp for every season. The roof could probably hold about 6 kayaks too.
Can't wait until she's sporting some more new guts and a fresh paintjob
Any other ideas for what to do on her? Stripper pole and dead hooker storage are already in the works too.
It's an '81 Fleetwood Tioga, based on a Chevy Van (20 I think) platform.
As for the cost... Well, that's kind of a funny story. My brother and I came across a deal for TWO of them, this one and a '72 Winnebago Brave, which looked exactly like Optimus Prime. The guy who owned them already had like 6 boats and also had just bought a brand new one- which the wife wouldn't let him bring home until he sold both winnebagos.
Long story short we ended up getting them both for $1000 because they both needed a bit of work, which we could mostly do ourselves- and the guy was in a tight spot and wanted them gone NOW. We then took the '72 and sold it quick for $1500, and sunk the nickel into the '81 getting her running tits and replacing the batteries and charging system among a few other things right off the bat.
So I don't know what to say about price. I guess it paid us $500??? That was a total right-place-right-time-with-cash deal, but this type and vintage typically go for $3k-$4500 depending on condition and options, etc. so I'm never getting rid of it ever.
don't forget thuroughly slammed.
