I Bought One Of The Most Rare Vehicles On Earth 

Shame on you

Man!!! Its a truck-boat-truck my papaw had one of those years ago traded for a big huge dodge motor home you should restore it , to original and triple the money. Would it sell? Or 😂,,monster garage that thing ,

Ok, Why not restore this for a price from the owner, And make your own version using a quad cab pickup and the trailer and with a mini houseboat? Get in on the mini home craze with being able to have your own Boaterhome creation?

@WilliamHencey my eyes lit up when I saw this , nostalgic, he should restore it to original no doubt . He can always take any other crew cab truck and boat and velcro fab them together but to have the ORIGINAL and the resources and ability on this to restore and not make it new would be wrong. I'm spitballing here but I would guess that the views from the videos on the project alone would pay for it , then flip that thing .

Hey Dave if your going to use a newer van to graft to the frame. Get a 1st gen 2014 - 2019 Dodge Promaster they are already FWD and have plenty of power and torque... Many Blessings , SMR

He doesn't have to.

@@CCNB04 Yes he needs to keep it all Dodge...

This right here is unbelievable different from anything anyone has done or will do for a long time on RU-vid van-life and nomadic culture is taking off this has 4 in one a dodge chassis and trailer and camper and a boat

Yes do not cut it up

Dodge van..big engine, sorted 👌

Or use the clean one he has.

agreed! so much character. it would be a shame to lose it

They should do both : should ask @RobbyLayton to restore the original one and also build another crazy new front end for fun

They could do both. They just need to make it new front end look like the old one. But since this is an original version they can do whatever as long as it matches well with the trailer & boat part. .... like this dude has so many military vehicles... a frankenstein of that would be cool too.

I hope they do change it just to piss people off

Yeah, you buy classic to restore it, not as part for some build. He would be better off to just build boaterhome from scratch from some boat and a van.

I totally agree 👍

If you are serious, that’s is the coolest “small world” experience I’ve ever heard of.

Seriously

@@Zackmack91 YES, we owned it once and tried to sell it in Sun Valley, Id. at an auction, but only brought $45,000, so we kept it until we retired. The inventor/builder's wife still lives in Boise.

A Hurricane HO inline in both would be cool.

Cummins swap the van. Make it four wheel drive nah nah 8 wheel drive.

It really could be over a million views already the first video it’s already making bank

It has to be a full restoration! These are too rare to cut up.

100% agreed bro

Not if he swaps the truck.

What? you've never seen ?

i was shocked he could speak spanish

@@okGDJ Its to the point I'm more shocked if there is something Dave cant do.

​@@okGDJDave went to South America (I think) on a 2 year mission. If you look at videos of the fab shop and the builds they do you'll see that most of the guys are Hispanic and they are awesome fabricators.

​@@kevinboothe9991was it a Mormon mission? An old friend of mine did that, went to Korea and came to realize he was a natural linguist. He went on to pretty high ranking in the Army, because of it. ❤

He speaks better Spanish than this wht boy speaks englas . Hence his Hispanic fabricators .

Yeah low-key huh some of them completely get sent off

imagine if that was jerry sienfield.

​@@CitizenCraftymethodJerry would have got sent! LOL 😅

I will buy it right now for $5......

Not a bad way to spend 200k!

They should put a lift kit it & take it to the sand dunes. Win-win.

Agreed! I would hate to see it modded with a new van/truck. Just do a modern driveline swap with something FWD. Keep it as orig as possible.

Worth the money....kinda easy to say both because it's on the internet and because it's not your money

It's not a 1of 1 bit it really rare

not 1/1 , use google Econoline Boat home lol

Yeah there used to be one where I live

As with so many of his crazy purchases…it’ll get parked in the yard, and we’ll never see it again…

@@sidneyjones2101in Henderson Nevada?

Agreed, buy a boat and a truck and make your own at that point, crime against vehicles to swap the front end!

@Matt-mh5us honestly it's a insult to the OG craftsman at this point if they go that route.

Boo hoo

@Dgoshy wow, what a great rebuttal. Libs owned

i just commented the same thing it makes no sense and building one yourself would make way more sense i love how he is afraid of the resto work on the truck when that boat is gonna be the crappy part to restore lol

You know better than that

Make it happen Dave!

Would that be a helihome? Or boatcopter?

I'm sure that's what's next! Lol

@@nathanbutler8240 I like Boatercopter :)

With ywo chinook emgines 😂

if he dont it doesnt matter how rare it "was"

Well the couple of other ones I have seen were using a Ford Econoline van

I saw it in a magazine in the 80's it's great that cool

@@gouryg4774 There was a auto stereo customizing shop in Buena Park, Ca that had the one seen at the 9:20. Glad to see it has been restored and taken care of. Last time I saw it, it had been sold and neglected. Don't change the front end, unless you replace with another Dodge van. Keep it original.

As a collector of 70’s Dodge vans and trucks you must have noticed that is not a Dodge engine in the van but an Oldsmobile engine?

I echo your words, but people who go onto RU-vid all too often fail to realise that they become celebrities in their own right and with that comes responsibility. I salute Heavy D as he quietly acknowledges that he is a celebrity and understands that he will very likely be approached in a public space. However, those fans that turn up to places of work (offices, workshops, farms etc) and worse, to their homes, is crossing a very clear red line.

I can’t imagine a dodge fwd 360 engine pulling a boat motorhome combo with 2 to 3 rear axles. No wonder the engines r all seized up. Many motorhomes of the 70’s had big blocks. Fwd outta the boat ramp? lol.

My husband was part of the team that built the ones in Idaho. I have lots of pictures of them, and got to take a test drive one time. He as so proud of that thing, he carried pictures of it in his wallet until the day he died. Pretty cool.

You're family was living large, back then.

How did the thing drive? Fwd big block power n hella long. The boat. How did it go? Was it overpowered, overweight or overlyfun?

I thought this was a mad up story, until I Googled the home address...

​@@Dixbar1Dix, my sincere condolences for your hubby. Having lost my wife manyyy years ago I know the pain associated with it all. Only Almighty God can heal that wound n life goes onward. I would have definitely enjoyed his experience with them n all his pictures as well. Sad that you folks lost it like you did. It's definitely not getting any better economically wise n leadership. Our country is unbelievably under the destroyed of these demonic administration n their clan. It's literally in God's hands, n maybe these times had to happen to wake up the American People's minds of common sense. Whatever happens, we all have to live with it unfortunately. My apologies for being long winded. Do you know what ever became of your old boatmotorhome? I have boated many years n never even was aware of such a unit. At first I thought someone modified a hotdogs weiner outfit? You know the Ocarmer hotdog van years ago. Did you have allot of problems with it? 😢? It's alot like a houseboat, but never really been on one myself. I bet someone has it today n are using it. You'd have to be able to pull a fishing boat behind or along a separate unit. Anyway, I gotta get here. Ty

I wonder why they didn't use the GM motor home chassis. It also said turbohydramatic on the bellhousing .

@matthewward627 good call, I forgot that point.

Have to wonder why they didn't use a 500 Caddy instead of the Olds, and I thought the 4X4 conversion vans were weird.

TH425. Front wheel drive. Same as the GMC motorhome.

You want him to hack it? needs to be restored bro.

I think break over angle may be the main reason they switched to a solid front axle layout with the Ford van architecture, but a Cummins swap would make it more YOUR KIND OF BUILD... Only as crazy así it needs to be, maybe starting fresh with the donor van!

Yup, I seen the Oldsmobile right away and figured it must be a Toronado set up.

I would say a 90s tundra would be perfect for this truck instead of ford or a dodge

I have to disagree the editing style is one of the reasons I can't watch him. It is way to over the place

I believe that same Olds setup powered the short lived front wheel drive 1973-78 GMC Motorhome.

no one cares about europe.

I agree. It's a one of a kind. Keep it that way

Lmmao Rollin 😂😂😂😂😂 God's honest truth brother ! 😂😂😂

I bet he could give it flight capabilities; which would make it a SEAL Van. Could even make a Show out of it called Van Team 6.

I feel like, as much as I'm not a huge fan of WD, he'd appreciate what this is, and wouldn't try to ruin it. He does have a collection of near mint hiluxes. Sure, he's known for destroying expensive stuff for views, but.... When it's something this rare, especially if Heavy D does a full restore on it, I think he'd enjoy it for what it is.

Correct

I’m not so sure my friend. The ford versions had the quigley4x4 van conversion on them and they only ran a driveshaft to the front axle. I’d be willing to wager this one is the same

I take it back I watched more… The way he describes the transmission when laying under it does sound like the GM front wheel drive units

@@bradleyestabrook6712 It says "Hydramatic" right on the top of the transmission. It's a GM setup.

@@Nikko780 yeah I admit to speaking too soon. Once I watched more they show the bell housing with the dog house off.

Sure looked like the GM HEI ignition distributor. Get shocked by that thing and you'll remember it. I was, I remember it.

Yea, it’s an old FWD Olds engine and transmission.

@@robertthomas5906 no one asked.

I said exact same thing when I saw valve cover and hei distributor and when he said front wheel drive I knew what he had

What a fkn monstrosity, A Dodge van body and three GM engines, 1 Oldsmobile, 2 Chevys. You take a new Dodge van cut damn near everything out of it and install a complete new Toronado/Eldorado /Rivera / GM platform drive train, motor, trans frame ,suspension . Frankensteined is an understatement. This thing had to cost 100K to build "back then " with engineering. Ten feet wide ?, doesn't that mean you can't use this thing on public roads/ highway's, without an oversized load permit, and escort vehicles. Absolutely an asinine concept from the beginning.

They have an email for shit like this. Although I can't think what it is off the top of my head

I wonder if you could find him on youtube?

no mermaids

100% look at some of the crazy "panel van" airbrushing from Australia.

Nah as witches

Gettoutta here bot

Do a track hawk front vehicle for when you’re in a hurry to get to the lake

The editing on the desert storage units video is some the funniest editing I have ever seen. I enjoy the style of this video as well.

The random zooms when the dude selling starts rambling 😂

Yeah. Heavy d needs to fire his editor cause that music over the talking is awful. I was actually kind of interested in what he was saying when he was showing the interior of the van. Terrible terrible video editor

The DVD scene and the Photoshop example 😂😂 brilliant

That’s what I think, very creative 👌

@@ronniepickering3711 it was them zooming in between the guys coke bottle and Han’s rubbing his hands together for me 😂

interesting that you say this. it was the editing that got me to not finish the video, too all over the place

You do realize that is an Oldsmobile engine in there, right?

Great idea 👍

​@@adrianjames4447Yup, I could definitely have alot of fun n spend big $$$ to fix it up.

Agree

Nah I would mod it. So many people think keep orginal is great. Yet the fact that this thing should be used and not sitting in a shop being fixed all the time> Which is what is going to happen. Find a newer van then graft it. Have someone fit out the body to look like the old van. Change it to a 4 door van so that you can fit more people in it. Sticking to the original is going to suck and take for ever to fix it up.

pretty sure he knows what hes doing

@@xsmallz84xnah, he’s super new to this😂😂😂

This thing was always trash. No amount of money could turn it Into treasure. 😂

You should put a 5th gen ram front end or something on it

👁👄👁

That's exactly what is in it now.

Me too! Hope he does a full restoration on this! Using a new van would just ruin its spirit.

obviously not reliable tho

prob 455

Well if the manufacturer actually took a full time 4X4 driveline and removed the rear drives driveshaft

@@gouryg4774 id have done 4X4 or 4X8* as original as getting stuck or sliding under water isn't fun at the boat ramps or worse in sand/mud at the beach-ect resto wise it would be cool to see 3-hemi's and or EFI+stick/modern-8+speed-automatic 540ci up-front transmission wise small block mopar and 3d-gen bells/transmissions are interchangeable it's Rb-440/hemi that isn't

Definitely a better set up than that configuration. A 500 Cadillac front wheel drive would be the ticket.

Yes, that is an Oldsmobile Toronado running gear. Most likely a 455 with a TH425 transaxle

That’s what I was thinking. You need the cab to be able to run for forgotten supplies or for other reasons. I really don’t like the area behind the seats just being open like that. I’m too used to having a back seat in my pick ups for supplies.

Makes me think, just buy a sherp and be done... Or basically turn a big dodge van or mercedes into a floating van...

I agree. And the paint job is perfect.

hell yeahhh

Fax😂

it is a 455 Oldsmobile Tornado engine and transaxle.

@@cj393 idk my mopar engines that well. he said 360 small block in the video so I figured it was

​@@scottc10 The GM HEI and Valve covers are the tip-off that it's an Olds.

Lol yes Casey

Honestly I'm finding a lot of channels are starting to add the childish editing style and I'm starting to find it annoying to watch. It gets a bit old when you keep seeing it across so many videos now.

Why would you need that additional product if that has everything you need ?

Lots of modern vans are front wheel drive.

@@whiskeyinthejar24 he was talking about a sprinter and I believe those are rear or all wheel drive. The full size Ram vans, based on a European platform, I believe are FWD . I don't know how well those tow heavy loads and I don't think they are very durable. Most other FWD vans are light duty and not likely able to handle that load.

@@michaelporter3555 That isn't even a Chrysler engine. It's a 455 Olds, with a Toronado FWD setup.

​@@trumbley22now that I looked at it again you are correct it's a Oldsmobile engine. He said it was a Chrysler and I didn't pay much attention to the engine. That's even easier than some kind of custom conversion from a gm transmission to a Chrysler engine.

@@michaelporter3555 Yeah, and the guy he bought it from was so adamant too. The HEI was my first tip-off that something was odd.

Yeap and there goes 60k , the dude wanted $35 K I think it's worth $15 , $20 K at the most