How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?

[whiteknight001]

I'm new here, and curious.

How many of us in Class C own Dodge B300 incomplete
cab/chassis based RV's? I know two others- Steve aka
Ripsaw, with a 1977 Brougham, and Leroy aka 1978_Dodge
_Delta who owns a 440V8 powered sharp looking 1978
Delta RV. I would like to ask, and offer, help, idea
swapping and comparing notes on our particular RV's
which are based on the Dodge B300 van chassis.

Yeah, I know. These are low tech, podgy old RV's that
would be considered "entry level" for folks like me,
but I have a deep and abiding respect for the quality
of these old "monsters of the open road". And anyone
wanting to pick brains, joke about, share notes or just
brag about our old A- Dodge-io's are certainly welcome
to PM or email me. Between all of us we can form a real
good support group, and help each other with problems
we know we'll encounter with an older vehicle.

Sure. I'd love a new RV. But I'd rather have an older
one already paid for, and a lotta great memories. Call
me frugal, an old hippie, or whatever you will. I'm proud
of my old land yacht.

Mopar Madness Manifest in the flesh,

Mark aka White Knight

P.S. Mine's a '72. Is there an older one out there someone's
motorvating in? Maybe even a Travco? W/K

[chaserooooo69]

Well, after taking two weeks i finally got through all the pages, and i can finally say i am part of the club now twice over, once with my 1975 dodge minnie winnie, and now my newly acquired 1978 Dodge Travco 320.

[j-d]

There's a question about brackets for a modern a/c compressor. The chassis in question didn't have factory a/c but aftermarket. We had a setup like that on a Dodge van and there's an adapter plate that lets you mount an axial Sankyo compressor in place of an aluminum York or cast iron Tecumseh two cylinder compressor. There's a fixed mount you can use if you have an idler pulley or some other belt adjuster, and an adjustable mount that lets you position the compressor itself to tighten the belt.
I hope this helps. I don't usually look here so PM me if you need details.

[goreds2]

ALnCORY wrote:
Sweetness: my wife always puts her feet up on the dashboard when we drive. She always did it in our old 85 Dodge Ramwagon. She does take her shoes off however so there weren't any scratches. Try some Old English scratch cover on it, might help.

I let my babe smoke in the old Dodge but only while in transit with the passenger window down. She does not smoke in it while setup somewhere.

[sweetnessmonste]

We made our maiden voyage recently, just a short hop up to Santa Barbara for a day at the beach. I ran it by my tire/suspension shop and the front end is in pretty good shape. The boots are torn on the upper ball joints, but the only play was in the steering box. Nothing that $250 parts plus 2 1/1 hour labor won't fix. We lubed it up and after a few miles everything settled down and it drove much better. I think I can put off the steering box replacement for a while. The previous owner was at the beach party, and he said the dash scratches were there when he got it and that he hadn't heard that the engine was ever out. Now that the passenger seat is in, I see that they are right where your feet are, so that is the likely cause. I have more work to do to it next week. All my new interior lights are here, my new PD9260, WFCO8930, and Iota transfer switch are all here. And our new awning is on it's way, the fun never ends.

[ALnCORY]

Sweetness: my wife always puts her feet up on the dashboard when we drive. She always did it in our old 85 Dodge Ramwagon. She does take her shoes off however so there weren't any scratches. Try some Old English scratch cover on it, might help.

[Leeann]

Hey, stop by and say hi now and again, willya?

[overdrive75]

Well, guys the old girl is gone to a new owner, who couldn't be happier. So I won't be in there as much. Thanks for all the info again.

[chinook440]

"I am all-encompassing! "

Nice choice of words although i,m still trying to figure out what that means :h haha

Yes moparts and the 66-67 site is what i was refering to . I miss my 67 charger as well but it was time for a new toy. I,m sure the ole gal likes N.Z. much better than chitown anyways.

I think We need to have a midwest mini mopar motorhome meet sometime .:B
seems to be alot of us from all sides of the big pond on here.

Any takers ???

[79powerwagon]

I am all-encompassing! :B

I suppose we just share interests! I'm only on here, Moparts, 66-67Charger, and occasion the tahoeforum.

Yes, Charger is sold, going to Manitoba! Sad thing is, I fired it up for the first time this year yesterday, and boy-howdy does that thing sound sweet! I should use the built 440 in the RV! LOL

[chinook440]

Hey PowerWagon...you sure get around.
i think your on every automotive related forum that i visit .

Any luck selling your charger yet ?

[79powerwagon]

My dash is all scratched up like that too. It's from the dog house in mine.

[chinook440]

sweetnessmonster wrote:
Do these scratches mean that my engine has been removed? The engine is taken out through the passenger door, correct? It's the only thing that I imagine would make scratches like this.

I,ve changed a few engines before on both dodge and chevy vans and i always took them out from the front . Once you take off the grill, radiator and core support it,s pretty easy. But i have seen people do it the hard way thru the door.
But it would be my guess that someone didn,t know how to remove the doghouse properly and wrestled it in and out. I know my first few times removing and installing them things envolved lots of cussing and i came really close to making some marks like that :S

[chinook440]

Thanks very much for the pictures as well as for the bracket info/search tips on ebay.
I know of a place that sells brackets to mount a late model sanden compressor onto the bigblocks which i think is what is also availible on ebay.....but it requires that you have all the factory a/c pulleys with the matching alt. & powersteering a/c equipped brackets etc. which my rig doesn,t have since it had an aftermarket system which i,m pretty sure is what treeseeker has since my
My alternator bracket and crank pulley look just like his setup .

Sweetnesses looks like he has the factory a/c setup.

Time to hit the junkyards and worst case i,ll have to make my own brackets which i would like to avoid . I do enough welding at work already .

Thanks again

Harry

[Leeann]

eyeteeth wrote:
Coming to you straight from the "better late than never" category...

The completed Shower.

Awesome! Great job, eyeteeth 😉

Now I can stop buggin' you for pics :B

[Griff_in_Fairba]

sweetnessmonster wrote:
Do these scratches mean that my engine has been removed? The engine is taken out through the passenger door, correct? It's the only thing that I imagine would make scratches like this.

Unlikely. More likely, a passenger put their feet on the dash or the PO piled stuff on or in front of the passenger seat. (An engine on a cherry-picker would probably put a big dent or deep scratch in the dash, if the mechanic was clumsy.) Usually, the front axle is removed and the engine is lower through the frame out the bottom. Second choice is usually to disassemble the front and pull it that way.

DaChiNooK-440 - I'm fairly sure I've seen big block engine accessory brackets for sale on ebay. Search for: (dodge, plymouth, chrysler, mopar) (383,413,440) -OR- (dodge, plymouth, chrysler,mopar) big block

Note: Things in parenthesis separated by commas creates an OR search condition on eBay. In the first example, the search would find any listing containing one of the four makes and one of those three engine sizes. In the second example, one of the four makes and the words 'big' and 'block.'