Finally back to work in the shop My C.O.E.

[royce]

Great news!! The COE is drivable so I pulled it out of the shop so I could clean up a bit and trade places with the El Camino




Found a water leak and an oil leak after the truck ran for about 5 minutes

Don you are so talented at so many crafts, I stand amazed. Well done sir.

 

[rharman]

Love that truck. Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[don long]

This week is the week for working on the COE. So I moved the truck outside the shop to get the fork lift close enough to lift the sleeper off the truck




Then put the truck back on the 4 post lift, moved the sleeper back into the shop and went to work building a floor structure and opening the right side to build some steps and an entry door






Once the structure was built I found some diamond plate to cover it for the floor



Then took the sleeper back out side to remount it onto the truck. Then pulled the truck back into the shop and put it on the lift so I can raise the truck up to a comfortable working height to build the stairs.

 

[don long]

found some time for my C.O.E this week so decided to build the steps into the sleeper.
got a good start before running out of material

 

[bugnut]

Glad to see the COE getting more attention.

 

[Swanny1953]

What he said! Keep it coming, Don.

 

[don long]

Here is the final results of my attempt to build a set of stairs into the back of this C.O.E.

I'm planning to carpet the sides of the stairwell to finish it off

 

[Swanny1953]

Looks great, Don! Nice bling!!

 

[STINEY]

Just found this thread, wow, super nice work!

I am in the planning and parts gathering stage of building Grandpa's 1957 GMC LCF onto a P-32 chassis nearly exactly like yours. Was shocked to see you revamp all that steering box fabrication work and go with a R&P.

Could you explain what the steering geometry issue was? I was planning on replacing the motorhome box with a G-Series Van box in place of the driverside idler motorhome thingy. Now you have me scared....

(my motorhome steering box is exactly like yours, by the way. There were two versions from what I have been learning.)