Class C Construction Hackery

ron.dittmer wrote:
Based on your description, I think the going rate is $1 (One Dollar) for each. That is because of the cost of towing them and most often the new owner will put a lot of time and some cash into the restoration, just to give up and call a junk yard to haul away the chassis, leaving the owner with a dismantled half rotten house on his property with the difficult task of disposing of it.

If one of those chassis is that good and can be made into a very reliable vehicle with minimal investment, I think you would be much better converting that chassis into the box truck you need.

Every once in a while, someone on this forum will buy an old class C to restore. They all give up with only one fellow who was successful in completion. That one fellow did it right, doing it to last. But he put so much into it, so much more work trying to reuse unique parts specific to that rig. It was way too much work. I think it would be so much easier to build a new rig from scratch than trying to reuse junk-status components.

Then there is the concern over mold in between the walls which is another issue.

Unless you have nothing better to do with your time, and have no trouble with walking away after putting in so many hours and money into a dead end project, then buy them for $1 each. $2 each is one dollar too much.

Sorry for the "downer" reply, but that is my opinion.

Eh, I understand your concern

The 78 dodge Sportsman we got in the deal is in pretty good shape, it was the former owners hunting vehicle and it was stored under a large tarp for most of its life. The former owner got a truck camper recently and doesn't need the 78 anymore. Once I get the breaks sorted out my parents were thinking of taking the 78 for personal usage.

The 73 is in a bit rougher shape, the interior was stripped by the former owner and used as something of a 'parts' vehicle for the 78 (the former owner took the stove, fridge and a bunch of the built in furniture) so the interior of the house portion is almost entirely gutted.

Overall, as it stands at the moment, we're getting both the vehicles for $500 ($500 for the 78 + the 73 for free if we take it too). The former owner's something of a family friend so he opted not to have them scrapped when he heard we were looking for something-