It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) August 16, 2008, 09:59:33 PM Ok, so I've been cruising the local classifieds to see what's out there in the way of a class C motorhome. I've been considering either buying one or buying an old 18-passenger school bus (a "short bus") and converting it into a camper, then spending my winters traveling the southern USA. I know, I'm only 36 and it's a bit early to be thinking about things like that, but I am just dreaming.So I find this for sale (being a Toyota it's made of gold and priced as such):Just what I'd like. Not too big, easily piloted through unfamiliar towns......So then I started thinking. I'll never buy a Toyota motor home because I would never pay what people think they're worth. Normal (van-based) Class C motorhomes are a bit cheaper, but still quite expensive and I don't like the size of most of them (too big). Then there's that "Homer Simpson" style about them, like the camper Homer bought in the first season when he was jealous of Flanders. So I thought "If someone could build a motorhome out of an 80's 4-cyl Toyota truck, why not a Fox T-Bird?"That's when my mind snapped. I present my concept drawing of a class C Thunderbird motor home:This would essentially be the body of a fox 'Bird (from the B-pillar forward) sitting on a 1-ton truck chassis with a motorhome body.I know, it's crazy. Still, I'd really, REALLY love to show up at Cat Jam with something like this Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #1 – August 16, 2008, 10:21:28 PM cool, a turbo-homeI would do something like that. Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #2 – August 16, 2008, 10:21:36 PM can I barrow it to take to the races in April? That would be Cool! LOL Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #3 – August 16, 2008, 10:47:47 PM Oh my god man.I saw one of those little toyota homes at the tire shop I worked at. Some woman was daily driving it I think... I dont know how that little truckthing hauled all that around. It sure was NOT a 1-ton though... Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #4 – August 16, 2008, 10:55:56 PM I would personally invest my time into building a teardrop trailer with a Tbird theme, lol. Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #5 – August 16, 2008, 11:02:59 PM :hick: Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #6 – August 16, 2008, 11:54:29 PM Quote from: bhazard;232309Oh my god man.I saw one of those little toyota homes at the tire shop I worked at. Some woman was daily driving it I think... I dont know how that little truckthing hauled all that around. It sure was NOT a 1-ton though...Believe it or not there was a 1-ton payload package available on those 80's Toyotas (and Nissans, and Dodge Dakotas - I had a 1-ton Dakota). Some even had dual rear wheels. When they say "1-ton" they mean it, though - 2000 pounds is it. Full-size 1-tons can usually hold two or more tons (the F-350 Super Duty has a 6120 lb payoad). Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #7 – August 17, 2008, 08:30:23 PM So at first when the screen popped up I said you were crazy. I saw a family picture with a bunch of people’s heads reded out. Then I scrolled down and read and realized your still OK. Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #8 – August 17, 2008, 08:48:33 PM ipsd, would that be your first time racing a motorhome? :hick: Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #9 – August 17, 2008, 09:48:04 PM build it! Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #10 – August 17, 2008, 10:31:00 PM Quote from: Thunder Chicken;232297I know, it's crazy. Still, I'd really, REALLY love to show up at Cat Jam with something like this :mullet:Would surely save on room expenses, maybe you could park it on Eric's front lawn... Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #11 – August 17, 2008, 10:42:44 PM Quote from: Innes;232441So at first when the screen popped up I said you were crazy. I saw a family picture with a bunch of people’s heads reded out. Then I scrolled down and read and realized your still OK.Yah cause there's obviously nothing crazy at all about a T-bird motorhome. It looks like a lot work, but I'm sure it can be done with enough beer and a welder. :hick: Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #12 – August 17, 2008, 11:05:01 PM I'd love to get in on that project.I even have a dish for the roof. :D Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #13 – August 18, 2008, 05:36:47 AM Jesse James ended the show to soon he was looking for more ideas to bad you didn’t think of it then. Quote Selected
It's official, I'm crazy (yet another crazy concept drawing inside) Reply #14 – August 18, 2008, 06:29:53 AM I used to be a scrub dog at an auto/motorhome shop. Those little Toyotas were able. I had a hard time believing it could even move, but when you got in it it drove perfectly fine. I drove a Nissan conversion as well, but the Toyota was definitely the better rig. It was a manual too. The thing is the cab rode as low as a car, and every time you got out you cracked your head on the sleeper.One thing to remember is if you want a turbo-home, you're going to want to make that a turbo-302. That Toyota was using the R22, arguably the toughest passenger car engine ever made. I wouldn't trust a 2.3T to make it to New Brunswick hauling a camper. Oh, one last thing, you're crazy. I think I'd rather see a FWD Fox-bird than see yours cut up to make a motorhome. Quote Selected
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