lowlancer Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 How waterproof was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 very waterproof! We used this bloody good, bloody expensive rubber paint from aussie land. Its worth it. This time round though we might use shingles. Or possibly thatch the roof... joke the thatching that is. shingles would be very hillbilly. cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 gonna hang some pots off the back wall... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 and a big gun over the mantlepiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wo0kie Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 green tin roof for DOC hiking hut stz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 shingles would be very hillbilly. cool. will try find a pic of my aunties truck its a big old purple bedford with a shingled native timber cottage on the back. pretty sure there are murals and shit up the sides too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 sounds good! the more other trucks we see the more ideas we might be able to pinch Just won a ryobi thicknesser on trademe! sweet- neighbours are very soon going to learn to fucking hate us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 lush there's a few 'camper' type websites. one i like to have a geeze at now and then is this http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/ some of the 'cargo trailer' and such conversions are so freaking awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leebo3 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Flip good luck with this. Will be awesome. Need any locks or handles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Mako Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Oh shit yes. Would also be keen to live like a snail for a while. Always wondered though, what's the gut's with the legalities of having a potbelly inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Your my hero. I want to be a gypsy although the unshowered, potato sack look really isnt me. I love the ones that look like an actually house crudley attached to a truck. The smoothed walled(plywood etc) clad ones are average. As per your last one, please install woodburning stove/fireplace. Cause they just scream safety Final request: Deck on top for OTP and BBQs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Yep- deck on top for sure! Pot bellys etc are all fine and dandy- so long as you aint driving along with it going. In england hannah and I drove my old Iveco camper up the M40 with snow about and had the potbelly stove going- traffic was bad and driving was slow. We felt sooooo cosy! Heres a pic... So stoves are OK. I guess ya cant go lighting it in controlled smoke zones- chch etc? I cant see anyone saying something. In 2006 while I was working at a pushbike shop in chch we used to park everynight at top of Bonevale ave and have the fire going. No one said a thing. Yeah- we are gypsies to a point- mainly just the living as cheap as possible so we can spend money elsewhere (cars...) I hate renting- filling someone else's pockets with money. we'll still have to rent a place to park but its usually cheap. We were paying $12 each a week in Oxford inc water! cheap as living - plus I was allowed to build that garage and have as many cars as we wanted! happiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I could live like that, I reckon. Hmm.. life changing moment? Perhaps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzayD Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Wow I love you. I'm keen to put a rotary into a viva like you have when funds permit. perhaps i should follow suit and live in the bush to save cash... well at least until winter anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthwurmJurm Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 should put a detroit in it man 2 stroke diesel V8 screamer, fuckin sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Just a passing thought, im rebuilding a motorhome (run of the mill camper style ) and have to replace a couple of windows and fit a new one, im told they have to be proper safty glass and all motorhomes/campers/house trucks have to have safty glass fitted in all windows. just thought id let you know so if its the case you may have to fit the right type glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 cheers for the warning cruiser! we came across that when building the last one. Two ways about it- either use safety glass. OR use shutters over the windows. When I was speaking to a certifier (peter wasney) he said that actually you dont need to bother so long as no one is allowed to travel inside the 'house' . I'm gonna check it out further. Hannah and I have been looking at Trademe tonight and these two housetrucks have popped up for sale... This one is very similar to what we want the outside to look like.... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... -271493597. Its got a nice simple pop out. Its a little bit twee inside but still fucking nice! heres some photos off the listing so when it ends there will still be some photos for ya all to see.. And then there is this one which I just gotta say WOW... very effective use of slide outs and great space. Much nicer and more like a proper home than the big expensive plastic buses that rich old silvertops kick about in. Its the exact same cab as ours but sitting on 20" wheels not 16". Plus bigger engine. Long overhang out back! Not that keen on outside but thats because I'm a flakey old hippie and I like wood. But it certainly looks built to last. Fucking fair play to the builder!!! good job!.... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 998781.htm And once again here's some photos pinched off the listing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 oh snap that last one is nicer than my house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 call me a nutter but I fucking love this too.... http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/sh ... 187&page=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 omg you removed rust from mirrors?!?!!?!? those ones are $$$ as but shit me you can get sweet replacements for like $50 choice progress bei. watching this closely. soooo want to do similar but with one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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