The "Spirit of '76" Build

Cool, I would love to see pics of your rig!

This is awesome. I just bought a 1976 Midas on a Ford Chassis. I don't have an owner's manual, or a clue as to how to operate the appliances and such. We've gone dry camping twice so far this winter and I know I'm going to have to use the propane and water at some point. Ha.

Baby steps get you there. Good job!

Well, been a while, but I got a couple of small projects done today. The first was I now have a way to hook up cable TV when provided without running it through the door.:E I forgot to take pictures of that though.:S

Job two was taking out the antique TV antenna hook-up and custom installing a duplex 12 volt "outlet". It did not turn out real well, but it will do for now.

Before:



After:

Not much going on lately with Jimmy, been too busy with work and other projects. Getting ready to take a short weekend trip, and I finished up a little project I had going on. I have an in-dash DVD player, and we use it for our large TV. (Large being a relative term compared to the 7" screen on the receiver) I ran a 3-in-1 RCA cable from the back of the head unit to this jigger





Then found an out of the way place to mount it, and the finished product looks like this:





That'll have to do it for now. Works for my low-buck redneckified "entertainment system"

Thanks Bassman,

That's a lot better then 6 or 8.
And the reduced cost of buying a older rig can pay for a fuel.

Dan

Dan L wrote:
Do you know what MPG you will get?
That's close to what I'm narrowing down to for a future camper.

Dan

With an unscientific test today on our trip to Pigeon Forge, I managed about 9.9 MPG. I won't be winning any awards from the Sierra Club anytime soon.

Do you know what MPG you will get?
That's close to what I'm narrowing down to for a future camper.

Dan

I'm lovin it

I love these older RV's as that was around the time I started to get into them. I fondly remember going to many RV dealers looking at them. Keep posting photos. Thank you.

Bob