What do I need to start this?
Hello all, I am brand new to the forums. And, I just purchased my first RV. It is a 1989 Ford E-350 Class C (I've been trying to learn as much as I can). She definitely needs a LOT of work. But, th...
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Based on the first two pictures, I fear what you have is basically a collection of some parts that could be used in the building of another RV. The third and fourth pictures I think require access to your personal gmail account to view, which of course I do not have.
In the first picture, the structure--not just the skin, but the actual framework--of the back of the motorhome looks compromised and perhaps unsafe. In the second, there is a whole lot of water damage to the cabover; it would need to be completely rebuilt, again possibly requiring repairs to or replacement of the basic framework as well as the walls, etc. In the end, it would come close to building a new class C motorhome on an old chassis, I suspect. If you carried through with this, you'd still have a thirty year old chassis to keep running (albeit a fairly reliable and well-documented and popular thirty year old chassis).
This is not impossible to do, but it's a whole lot of work and requires some skills in a number of trades to pull off. It would probably be a lot quicker and easier to get some other vehicle in better shape and move/adapt the RV parts to it. Something like a school bus or a step van could maybe be a starting point...or an enclosed trailer if you don't mind a tow-behind.
For most people, though, I think Bordercollie hit it on the head: get what you can for this, and look for something in better shape. It will likely be less money and definitely a lot less time spent in the end.
In the first picture, the structure--not just the skin, but the actual framework--of the back of the motorhome looks compromised and perhaps unsafe. In the second, there is a whole lot of water damage to the cabover; it would need to be completely rebuilt, again possibly requiring repairs to or replacement of the basic framework as well as the walls, etc. In the end, it would come close to building a new class C motorhome on an old chassis, I suspect. If you carried through with this, you'd still have a thirty year old chassis to keep running (albeit a fairly reliable and well-documented and popular thirty year old chassis).
This is not impossible to do, but it's a whole lot of work and requires some skills in a number of trades to pull off. It would probably be a lot quicker and easier to get some other vehicle in better shape and move/adapt the RV parts to it. Something like a school bus or a step van could maybe be a starting point...or an enclosed trailer if you don't mind a tow-behind.
For most people, though, I think Bordercollie hit it on the head: get what you can for this, and look for something in better shape. It will likely be less money and definitely a lot less time spent in the end.
