Ford E350 Uhaul to Race Hauler conversion - Low Budget Totter Home Build

[Pachanga_rick]

Thanks - I do like working on projects like this..

I finished up the end cap on the drivers side boxes along with finish aluminum trim around the boxes. I also mounted a dry earse board on the wall for *notes and things to remember.




I did finish up the floor trim and found a great (REALLY GREAT) Deal and a Flexsteel leather RV couch that folds out into a bed.
I wanted something with more brown, but I could not pass on this.. and the wife likes it.



Now my one negative.. I removed some wrap material over a bump in the outside. I knew it was damaged, just did not know to what extent.
They FRP was cracked and never sealed allowing water into the wood rotting it out. I just cut the fiberglass layer back to dry wood and will dig
out the rot, much like a transom.. should be pretty simple.

*The white patch was done by U Haul, not the best but I can work with it.

[Pachanga_rick]

Getting closer to the summer race season so I must keep moving even though the weather sucks ... :/

* ran into a problem I never thought of.. My small kitchen area cabinets are to big to fit into the standard 24" RV doorway. So I was going to use overhead cabinets and build a toe-kick, but I used a Bathroom vanity instead. The vanity offered draws witch IMHO offer more storage.

I found this on Craigslist for 100 BUCKS! Score.....

I looked at building a counter as my width is only 20" instead of the standard 24" but after a quick trip to Menard's picked up a *Blem 4ft counter top.. 16$ :smokin:




I had to saw cut off the backsplash and will finish it clean at a later date.




It's filling up quick...

[Baja170]

You got skills man. Looks better constructed than our Keystone 5er.

[Pachanga_rick]

Thanks!
Yesterday at the salvage yard I picked up a new RV window for only 50 bucks! .. I need to start watching my pennys to come in under 5000.00 budget.

I hung the window in place with a couple drywall screws, outlined the inside lip (or smallest ring) and cut with a jigsaw.








Window slide into place with little effort.



*One thing I found is most RV windows don't have finish trim rings inside when bought off eBay or the salvage yards. So simply run upto your big box store and buy some cabinet finish screws. They offer black, have large heads with a aggressive thread. I drilled and screwed the window in from the outside aluminum lip.

The inside trim ring was made by 1 x 3 wrapped with a tan fabric. The corners are cut at a 22.5 degree angles to mimic the rounded window corners.




Finished project for Saturday..

[Markus]

How did the finished product work out in actual use?

[Pachanga_rick]

How did the finished product work out in actual use?

We have used it a few times already for tail-gate partys, one parade and a pub crawl.. lol

But I'm still waiting for the weather to break so I can start on the outside body wrap.

[Pachanga_rick]

I never did the exterior graphics, Just a gloss white until I find something I like.

[nitro_rat]

Nice job, cool idea! I think I would have skipped the window though and left the orange and white for the U-Haul sleeper look!