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Griff_in_Fairba
Nov 18, 2017Explorer III
Nope, not yours. Ours had a couch/fold-out full bed crosswise in back, with a single bed crosswise above.
By the time those pictures were taken, the roof had rotted through and was starting to cave in. So, the roof line in the pictures would definitely be different from what you remember.
I stripped it all the way to the frame and was starting to rebuild a custom body for it. (Among other things, the new body was going to be bit wider to allow for R15 XPS insulation in the walls.)
I screwed up the frame in the process. Just as I was getting ready to fix what I'd screwed up someone offered me the '73 RM350 Explorer for free. (Someone had pulled the 440 engine and transmission and abandoned the rest.) The RM350 was heavier duty, with a longer wheelbase, so that chassis was better for MLP (aka My Little Project).
I still have most of the salvageable parts (windows, etc,) from both, in case anyone's looking for replacements.
I think I saw the one out on the Rich you mentioned. That's another one I was offered free but it got sent to the crusher before I could arrange to have it towed.
By the time those pictures were taken, the roof had rotted through and was starting to cave in. So, the roof line in the pictures would definitely be different from what you remember.
I stripped it all the way to the frame and was starting to rebuild a custom body for it. (Among other things, the new body was going to be bit wider to allow for R15 XPS insulation in the walls.)
I screwed up the frame in the process. Just as I was getting ready to fix what I'd screwed up someone offered me the '73 RM350 Explorer for free. (Someone had pulled the 440 engine and transmission and abandoned the rest.) The RM350 was heavier duty, with a longer wheelbase, so that chassis was better for MLP (aka My Little Project).
I still have most of the salvageable parts (windows, etc,) from both, in case anyone's looking for replacements.
I think I saw the one out on the Rich you mentioned. That's another one I was offered free but it got sent to the crusher before I could arrange to have it towed.
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