“You know what? I think I want to build my own motorhome from scratch!” …said nobody, ever. Think about it: you are going to make a street-legal, human-occupied rolling brick that will be comfortable enough to be considered a rolling luxury, stable enough to drive without scaring the last living daylight out of yourself, stout enough to put up with the conditions of the road, powerful enough to get up hills and down the road but engineered so that the engine isn’t taxed by heat and weight? That’s a lot of work for a manufacturer like Prevost or Fleetwood, but to take that project on yourself is monumental. And for the result to come out looking as good as this one does? That’s exceptional.
The basis for this home-brewed house with license plates starts with a 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado…or, at least, it’s unitized power package 455 and automatic transaxle. Yeah, if you’re getting some hints of GMC Motorhome, you aren’t far off, even with the Ford truck front clip and the white-and-green livery that harkens to the Lotus Cortina’s paint scheme. The Ford traits continue on as you walk around, with taillights that look raided from a Country Squire mounted horizontally in the back. 
Inside it’s like you’ve returned to the better parts of 1973. The cabinetry, the seats, the shag carpeting that looks lovingly maintained…it’d almost be a crime to not roll down Interstate 70 on the sunny June day without John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High” playing, doesn’t it? You’ll have the comforts of home courtesy of an oven, a cooking surface, a sink and a fridge. You’ve got plenty of storage, and if you feel like trying out the engine that runs the air-conditioning system on it’s own, you can live quite comfortably, too.
You know, maybe this isn’t the one for Chad. Maybe this one should be for Lohnes, as he keeps finding old drag strips. Let him re-live the early 1970s and the footsteps of those who came before him. Chad can go ripping by in a 1969 Camaro that’s ready to run!
