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We went cabover....hard to find but easy to get around town. Currently in the process of a repaint

More makeover pics Decided to go matte grey and black out all the bright work. Bumper is at the powder coater along with the door handles and the last few bits

Stages of repaint The old girl had some rust issues from her previous life in Michigan. All those problems are resolved now.

Unfortunately, everything is black and I live in and older part of Dallas with big established trees. It's a gauntlet to get out of the neighborhood. I have a garage behind the house to park in. I have the plastic wrap on the front of my sports cars and the thicker material is self healing...

We had a little problem before with tree branches scraping the side of the rig. However, now that we are pulling a 13'6" tall stacker, getting out of the neighborhood and down some roads is a challenge. Anyone have a paint, film or laminated material that does not show scratches as badly...

one of the few place we can get in and around with the Pirate ship and stacker

It is a cabover, so under the bed is the engine. There are side storage boxes on each side of the cab. They are only accessible from the outside. The main floor is porcelain tile. We put commercial peel and stick carpet in the back. easy to change out if it gets stained or damaged.

The walls are skinned with a 26 ga embossed aluminium diamond/quilt pattern. The best example is the metal used on bathroom wall dividers at walmart. I bought 8' sheets and laid them horizontal. Installed with small stainless wood screws using shoulder washers for larger surface area and...

http://www.truckconversion.net/forums/f97/portal-6275/ This is the link to my portal build between the cab and box. Previously there was on a 1980's vintage phone from the box to the cab.....timeless

Our 20' box layout I have a 20' box on my rig. I based the design on some sage old advice.....what is usually the primary reason you enter the RV....restroom or to eat. So restroom with a 32x36 shower is immediately on the right, refrigerator on the left, sink and bar counter are next on the...

something like this??

We even built a little garage in the backyard for the Pirate ship (also powder coated the compartment doors.)

Currently we carry 42 gals of fresh water, about to upgrade to 105 gals. just upgraded to a diesel Onan and plumbed it to the fuel tanks (we carry 220 gals of fuel.) Mainly use it to pull our Land Cruisers to off road events and occasionally to my Son's mountain bike races.

This is my source for the accordion gasket: https://www.accordionboot.com/

6 years later continued......

and 6 years later........

6 years later and I am happy to report the system has worked very well. Only repair was to replace a torn boot last year.

I have a 1984 cabover international......had to make a crawl space between the cab and rv box on the back....link to my portal build thread http://www.truckconversion.net/forums/f97/portal-6275/

I use the same caps for the same reason....and I lost 50 gals onetime......

A cabover older than mine! can't beat a cabover

At 63' tip to tail, we can still get in and out of off-road parks easily. We even ran it out to the Rubicon and got down into the parking area easily.

I found a 32' international on racing junk in 2012. We have been slowly upgrading it . We use pull a 24' trailer with an FJ40 and a mini truck to play Perfect set up for us. I can sleep 6 comfortably and 10 if we fold out the sleeper chairs and futons. (40's rock on IH8MUD)

I am trying a 5x7 led from rigid industries. It's been around awhile and gets good reviews....good price poInt also https://www.rigidindustries.com/led-lighting?f[0]=field_product_family%3a5003

I installed the gasket from the inside for access. It has to be removed when we lift the cab for service. No glue since we have to remove it periodically. The flange on the stainless rails is hemmed to provide a snug fit. It has been on and off a dozen times in the past year without any...

Loaded and running thru the mountains towing 24' trailer w/landcruiser...8 MPG. Not great, but so nice to downshift, especially going down steep two lane mountain switchbacks around Lake Tahoe. Next, locking fuel caps. It appears someone relieved around 50 gals of diesel while the truck was...