#44 - Two years ago we bought a 1975 Bedford Firetruck with the intention of restoring the vehicle and building it into an epic off-grid rolling home on wheels for us to live and travel in. Well, 2 years of sanding, grinding, welding, powder coating, painting and plating later and we are sort of moving into what we hope will be the final stages of the restoration phase. It’s been a long haul with a few set backs along the way, like having to move into a caravan! (Thanks, evil landlord!) But we are still enjoying ourselves … mostly, and this week we are working on restoring the transfer box and the main air tank, getting back into summer mode with some sandblasting and painting, and trying to figure out where we are and just how much we’ve got left to do …
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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 months 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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Music in This Video as Follows:
Man of The World by Roof
Riverboat Rambler by Bo The Drifter
Chrome & Steel by American Legion
Rolling in The Hay by Benjamin Carey
16 Bars of Paradise by Binkley
Simpler Life by Bo The Drifter
All the above music is licensed by Epidemic Sound
5 авг 2024
