It all starts on august 12th 2007.

Picking up what appears to be an ex-British Gas or Waterboard Dodge 50 on Sunday, should be a leisurely 270 mile trip from Stockton to East London at 55mph. I'm hoping there isn't any serious rust to contend with and that it provides a good solid base to work on. Here it is :o)




It's going to be on a budget, the box on the back should help alot in this department because I can use standard house sized cabinets and appliances instead of getting reamed by self build suppliers. Going to have to decide whether to stick with the 110v built in generator that runs off a PTO from the gearbox, or swap out the generator alternator for a 240v option. Guess I'll have to wait till it's in front of me before making any decisions like that. Apparently it's chokka with blokey stuff like switches and dials, can't wait!

I like these old chuggers, fast they are not but they have a certain pre-historic charm and are tough as old boots, the 3.8l Perkins are good for 500,000 miles and everything else seems to be hewn from either granite of carved from old steam engines.

Stuff ready to go in:

Wood Burner.
3000w inverter.
Loads of 12v lights harvested from my V8 ambulance.
Small sink.

Blah blah blah....

The LDV ambulance has a rather nifty twin alternator setup with a snazzy little split charger/battery feed thing, going to see if the scrappy will collect vehicles that aren't running because I REALLY want to strip that lot out.