#50 - We are Lisa and Tim of Old Rope Salvage and from our workshop on a farm in Cornwall we are currently, for our sins, restoring and rebuilding a 1975 Bedford Firetruck. From rusty wreck to epic gleaming carriage of silver and gold and, yes indeed, some proper 1970s brown, we’ve come a long way, but there is still a long road to travel if we are to realise our ambition of transforming this old girl into the rolling home on wheels of our dreams.
From sandblasting and restoring the massive chassis, to repairing and replating every single nut and bolt, it’s been a tough journey, with many a triumph and disaster along the way. Last time you saw us we had just finished rebuilding the giant front axle. We’ve had a bit of a break over the winter and we will talk more about that and our plans for the coming months in this video, but before that, allow us to take you back to the weeks just before Christmas when we started work on the 6 massive wheels. Did we get them finished before winter stopped play? Or were we left feeling … deflated?
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This channel is the story of us, Tim & Lisa, and our attempt to build the World's Greatest HOUSE-on-WHEELS on the World's Smallest Budget ... A unique motorhome, if you like, part vintage 70s, part off road overlander, all tiny home on wheels.
We are 2 'old enough to know better' artists from Cornwall in the UK, and together we are building this off-grid home on wheels from the remains of a 1975 Bedford Firetruck.
We bought the truck on eBay at the end of 2020 and had it delivered by an even bigger truck to a huge, old barn-on-a-farm we are renting to use as our workshop whilst we undertake this challenge.
Well, several YEARS and a few set backs later, we’re currently in the process of ‘lovingly’ restoring the base vehicle, taking the whole thing apart, piece by rusty piece, so we can make it all new and shiny again, before we embark on the even bigger task of building a home on its back out of nothing more than grit, imagination, sweat, tears and possibly a bit of magic and wishful thinking!
Oh, and tea!
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• Playlist 'A New Home on Vintage Wheels' for every video of the build from the beginning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ISU1...
Music in This Video as Follows:
Keep Walking by Grant Lamotte
Ride A Wheelbarrow in Your Mind by Binkley
Sand and Salt by Ludlow
Be There Soon by Binkley
I’m With You by Ziv Moran
Chrome and Steel by American Legion
Written in Our Clothes by Giants and Pilgrims
All the above music is licensed by Epidemic Sound and Artlist
23 фев 2024
