Wow that is really cool to hear! thank you for the comment!

@@LifeofLind Any time! My dream is to someday own a Barth. You got a great deal on this one. Normally someone has there hands deep into a remodel on them and runs out of money or time. Keep the great content coming 👍

i'll look in to that. I did check for overdrive underneath it and definitely didn't see one.

Our pleasure! hahaha

It really needs a diesel engine putting in it, maybe a 6bt from an old DAF or something. Though 6bt and similar Cummins engines are expensive in the US in running condition. An old DAF LF with no MOT is only £1000 running and driving over here..

Dude. Bring it to Commie-Fornia. At 3 time's the national fuel average tax it'd been $1200 👌.

@@tech4pros1 would benfit form an old detroit V8

No rational person wants a front mounted 2 stroke diesel v8. They're for diesel pushers.

Same here. I have done more of these trips that I can even remember. Funny how you can sum up so much aggravation and it totals up to a great memory.

Colabs are tight!

Just so that you know, tanks are built to last about 300 miles of driving on hard ground. Then they'll get bazooka'ed or something like that. No reason to design them for high mileage.

she really is!

Your wife is a saint for doing that with you! I have asked mine to do similar tasks in picking up cars/trucks that I bought but she just laughs so I either have to tow it home or phone a friend

I agree, lots of the older RVs need saving. Biggest problem with that isn’t keeping the chassis going, but the house. You have to be very comfortable with RV house systems, along with often working in very cramped spaces, being handy at retrofitting old things to new and vice versa. There are parts availability issues, too, which make keeping a much older RV going a lot harder. To be honest, RV makers seem to build obsolescence and lack of serviceability into their products.

@@jeromep I know what you mean. Here in the UK (west country) we don't see a lot of the US style RVs but we do have a lot of (new age) traveller's who travel and live in converted trucks and buses. I know a guy who converted an ex m.o.d Bedford 3tonner and also a 1970 Leyland Bus into campers/motor homes. The Guy next door to me has just bought a 2005 48seater coach to convert into a motor home.(he took down his garden fence so he could park it :) So many vehicles out there that need saving.

@@colinhutchinson1664 I love hearing about RVing in Europe. It does seem to have some significant differences than in the U.S. There is a UK based guy who has two channels on KZfaq, Aquaholic and Motoholic, who does walk throughs of mostly modern European RVs, and occasionally shows some modern U.S. RVs that have been imported. Those "new age" travelers you mention we call "van life" over here. Van-lifers are in a different class. Most of them are full time, or close to full time. They tend to be less fully equipped than RVs, frequently without bathroom facilities, so they rely on public facilities, which is possible, so long as your standards for public facilities can be low. There are also a lot of travelers out there that also take buses and convert them, most of them these days seem to be "schoolies", they take retired school buses and turn them into motor homes. Some are very skilled and do a great job of making them a fully functioning motor home, others put in less effort, and money, and end up with just a very spacious "van life" van. There is also a pretty big full time culture in the U.S. These people aren't homeless, they just want to live on the road. I think wanderlust and nomadic tendencies are hard coded into a lot of Americans.

@@jeromep Plus America is vast and contains the A-Z of climates and terrains. It must be like having 50 different countries that speak English. No wonder some people choose not to be tied to one place. I'll check those channels out too. 👍

I'm not up to date on your current videos but I am guessing that because it's an extended length chassis with the trailing axle Barth was speccing a GM 454 / TH400 power train with a 4.56 rear end. That would be the recommended set up for that GVW. Keep in mind when your Barth motorhome was new the double nickel 55 MPH speed limit was still enforced. There wasn't any reason for RV manufacturers to build units capable of going any faster. The RPM's you are seeing match my numbers above. Adding an overdrive would be no easy feat because the chassis does not have an ECM. Gearvendors aux transmission or 4L80e swap (along with adding a TCM) are easiest options available.

Same here 😂

Me too!

Me three....Glad to see you got it home...It really is a house on wheels !!!

There was a direct link to this part 2 video contained in the part 1 video. However it was only posted within a reply to a comment made by a viewer of the part 1 video. I got the impression that he'd just finalised his part 2 video that night and stuck it there as a triumphant finale to the story (which I hope it isn't my friend as now we're keen as mustard for a Part 3!)

people that don't lose it over the small things are usually the ones living until 105

maybe the carpet... but the rest will stay

Us too! It's like a luxury apartment on wheels

Needs new rear end. Switch gears. 3000 Rpm at 65 70 is what you want with that engine. Any faster your just crazy.

454 cuin. In a chevelle they say it could pass everthing except a gas station . You might be lucky to get 5 to 7 mpg with all that weight.

always stay in the light! go pick up another RV they are out there

He should have added a filter in that spot it would have saved him the carb issues. But sadly he is not the sharpest KZfaq content maker.

thats the plan

Me too!

thanks! we have more coming

Thanks 👍

​@@LifeofLindyou still running that LMM?

LPG?? Seriously? If you want to run out if gas and have no way to refuel that'd be great!

Lmao you really need to be reminded constantly huh?

Thanks!

@@jamesspooky9488 its the plight of the religious. Have to keep reaffirming the ridiculous

more to come! thanks for watching!

@@LifeofLind You'll end up doing vlog reviews of gas stations. ...which COULD be interesting.

i guess it was good the window was broken haha

yeah it's gonna clean it up

thanks!

Thanks for watching!

Extremely easy to tune actually, could just be becaus eim used to working on corvettes but i know all the fun modifications to make a q jet purr, a few involve a dremel and patience

That 454 is plenty

@@jb-uw2vt think he’s talking fuel economy

Pretty standard for large class A motor homes of that era.

@@pm4813 yeah, fuel economy and the superior torque of a good diesel. I know the 454 is a stump puller, but you can't compete with a diesel.

@@RandomGuyDan Yeah, I'm aware. it still is. I think it's silly, but it's the way things are done.

Very cool! thanks for the story

yes, much better quality

im thinking that too

I’m no expert on the aftermarket EFI systems. I’ve seen a few videos on the Holley Sniper but I think there’s also FiTech, FAST, Edelbrock, MSD, and several others. You just need to research them and see which looks good for you. I have a ‘78 Ford Pinto that will be getting EFI but not sure which one. I have a friend that is trying to talk me into an OEM Ford port fuel injection system from a newer 2.3. I’d go with a 2 barrel EFI, which is less popular than the 4 barrel.

will be a part 3

I hope so too! Thanks

come on down!!!!

yeah, its still pretty solid

That is awesome!

Amen and amen. Stand up. Come by pastor, come on by.

You cannot do that with that gearing. RPM is too high for a diesel.

@@bobbob-fg5wy gearing would change, there were models with a diesel. The trans is much different on the diesel model. I am also willing to bet that the gearing on the rear end in combo with that 454 is probably well over 4.1:1. but those big blocks were plenty happy at 3-4k all day every day under load like that.

@@mrbenvlogs the gearing wouldn’t change, the gearing would need to be changed. = More cost. Possibly even the whole axle to a larger size. Transmission may be different but the final ratios/output speed are no different. Direct or slightly over driven. Most Transmissions are found behind either. I worked at a place that had a pair of Louisville trucks, one big block 13spd the other 3208 Allison. Transmissions would interchange on the SAE bellhousings. Converting this would depend on how you used it, your projected miles over time would need to be fairly high to warrant the cost of changing the complete driveline to diesel, especially seeing as it’s perfectly useable as is, well once some tune up and maintenance is done. A gear vendors or different overdrive transmission however could pay for itself.

That one parked behind me for a week surely was. They just pulled out, wonderful smell of diesel being warmed, rumbling engines & all. And LOVED the air horns! That one was a bit more blue too, so this one may be faded a bit. But not too much. So eye-turning!

Well, you know what they say about RVing.. Pay thousands of dollars so you can pretend like you're homeless for a weekend.

@@10HDFLHX I live in mine in the desert southwest, which makes it economically feasible. I think it’s going to be a utility hook up and curb appeal for an underground bunker house here in the desert. It’s nice and cool underground

yup lots more coming, thanks for the sub!

love that show. so funny.

VGG, often imitated...rarely duplicated

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks!

Thanks 👍

thats the plan

Good Timing!

Yeah I watched it for the first time yesterday 👌👌👌

HaHa, me as well. I salute the craziness to go 5 (or 8 ) hours away to pick up the bus!

Me too

Me too, i just watched the first part yesterday...😊😊

I used to frequent your fine, fine movie theater.

thanks for the sub!

i got 3...

if go longer gears it may take the engine out of the power band. the engine is already having a hard time moving that.

@@crazeguy26 yeah, that's true. It's hard to get a gas engine to push something that big efficiently at highway speeds. He could probably get a drive train from a bus cheap enough. It just sounds like it's not shifting into a higher gear.

Welcome aboard!