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

[Pachanga_rick]

I needed to run new power lines out to my garage and bar room last week so van work was placed on the back burner.. But I was able to get a few good hours of work done this weekend.

I used left over rubber flooring glued to the walls to help reduce scuffing and normal wear and tear.



Built in tool boxes trimmed out



Lounge door installed and trimmed out with 2" aluminum flat stock used for carpet transitions.

[Pachanga_rick]

I had rubber flooring on the tool box bench, but removed it for the while plastic walling. All black walls really seemed to dark and shrunk the already small space.

I wanted stainless counter tops, but after I was given a price I changed to aluminum.. much cheaper and a little lighter, not like that matters in the big picture.

[Pachanga_rick]

Electrical run on the main work work counter with shelf installed. I'm pretty happy with the overall looks at this time.

[Laser LTV]

Your rig is coming together nicely! Great job

[Pachanga_rick]

$16 bucks for LED light tape off ebay, and $40 for LED installation aluminum channel... not bad.

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[Pachanga_rick]

I found the plastic storage bins like the NASCAR rigs use on Ebay, pricey.. but worth it. One of the best prices I found was 112 bins for $116.00 (free shipping), right around 1$ per bin.

Not really bad, but considering the size of the bins I would need a couple hundred bucks worth.



But while looking online I found this plastic case from Harbor freight for 8.99 with 20 removable plastic bins. Thats .45 cents each, seemed a little thicker, a littler deeper to hold more parts and has a Plastic case I can use as a goggle box or maybe GoPro camera box once I cut a piece of carpet for the bottom.




Over all not bad. Every company make there tool boxes a little different so I used skid plate foam cut around the back and one side to fill in extra space and to keep the boxes snug. These are just 4 draws, but offer lots of storage for stainless steel hardware, pumps, impellers, wire..etc.

1/2 the price...

[AZMIDLYF]

Very cool set up Pachanga!

[Brabender]

Great Job so far

[Pachanga_rick]

Working on the Ok' from the wife but the rig might be forsale for something a little larger, more comfortable and will hold the boat INSIDE.

[Pachanga_rick]

The LED's lights are wired to a large marine battery in one of the cabinets along with a REALLY BRIGHT halogen 110v light for when I might need some serious light. The back is finished.. now I'll start on the front.

[Pachanga_rick]

After a mid winter break I'm back to work.. I cut the hole this weekend to access the cab, I was going to buy a rubber accordion seal but after talking to the body shop guy at General RV I'll be doing something different. His words " Every Class C RV and Most Ford Cube truck have the cab bolted to the chassis" it wont twist, if it does you bent your frame and will have bigger issues.. The advantage for me is only cosmetic, a rubber seal wont look as nice..



Also most people don't like the a table/bed combo and would prefer a couch. So I punted and will install a couch.. one problem I ran into is finding a couch small enough to get into the area and threw a 24" door way.

Problem solved (i Think) I found a 74" W couch for 169.99, but its short.. so I'll cut off the legs and build a base from Overhead kitchen cabinets to raise it up to normal tall people height. This will also add a little more storage..

[Pachanga_rick]

RV Panel is up and glued into place. I also used the plastic snap pieces between the planes for a clean finished look.




Upper crown molding is 9" chip board with carpet glued on. Each piece is 4ft long and attached with screws to a wood block that was fastened to the box. This way I can remove it to run my lights or to install speakers.





Between the doors I had a funky size gap that would have been difficult to finish, so I wrapped some carpet and screwed it in.

[Pachanga_rick]

Total cost including the truck and mechanical repair is around 4k so far.


I bought CHEAP carpet with padding already attached (.64 cents) sqft
from Menards. It was thin enough to roll around round corners yet has a
little insulation and sound deadening properties.




The thin trim board is nothing more than OSB with the carpet stapled to it.
The reason I need todo this was the corners are metal so to cover them I
need wider wood to reach over to the box area.

[Frank Molé]

coming out great,wow nice job and lots of thinking...

[ghost28]

Wow.....thats comin out awesome....makes me wanna do something similar but set it up as a mobil shop....keep up the great work....