Sawcy Camper Conversion

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[user not found] wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 11:59 pm
RLWake wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:35 pm :popcorn:

Love the new Shaggin Wagon project. Hopefully the smog fix will be relatively DIY-able.

Reminds me of what my dad did not too long ago. He bought an old ambulance-that-wasn’t-actually-ever-an-ambulance and made it a camper type thing. Painted it, added a futon and paddleboard racks in the back, made like a deck with an umbrella slot on the top, that thing is dope. Plus it has the Ford 7.3 powerstroke. I think he said he’s gonna sell it soon.
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I don’t wanna :scoot: this thread and I think the only picture I have is from when he bought it and before he did anything. It’s Ford’s metallic gtey that you can get on the S550 mustang I think. It’s a neat-o project. Idk what he wants for it. You interested?

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That’s pretty sick
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Battery was completely dead today; so replaced that with the mid-grade Duralast option from autozone. CEL is gone even after driving around a few blocks. I’ll bring it by a smog shop tomorrow and see what happens.
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OBD scanner didn’t pull any stored codes either.
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SAWCE wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:10 pm OBD scanner didn’t pull any stored codes either.
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Take it to get smogged now, worry about the CEL later if it comes back?
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D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:58 am
SAWCE wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:10 pm OBD scanner didn’t pull any stored codes either.
:notbad:

Take it to get smogged now, worry about the CEL later if it comes back?
Fingers crossed that that’s how things play out this afternoon.
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SAWCE wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 9:41 am
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:58 am

:notbad:

Take it to get smogged now, worry about the CEL later if it comes back?
Fingers crossed that that’s how things play out this afternoon.
If they don’t disconnect battery again and take it to one down the street …
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max225 wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:12 am
SAWCE wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 9:41 am

Fingers crossed that that’s how things play out this afternoon.
If they don’t disconnect battery again and take it to one down the street …
:word: there are about 10 smog shops in a very small radius of my house. I’m sure I can get it to pass by doing that for one of them, or throw a little cash at one of them under the table to just pass it anyways.
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SAWCE wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:15 am
max225 wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:12 am

If they don’t disconnect battery again and take it to one down the street …
:word: there are about 10 smog shops in a very small radius of my house. I’m sure I can get it to pass by doing that for one of them, or throw a little cash at one of them under the table to just pass it anyways.
Musclegate 2021 ..... the horror.....
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SAWCE wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:15 am
max225 wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:12 am

If they don’t disconnect battery again and take it to one down the street …
:word: there are about 10 smog shops in a very small radius of my house. I’m sure I can get it to pass by doing that for one of them, or throw a little cash at one of them under the table to just pass it anyways.
Come visit me and no bribes are necessary. No cats? No problem!
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Acid666 wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:18 pm
SAWCE wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:15 am

:word: there are about 10 smog shops in a very small radius of my house. I’m sure I can get it to pass by doing that for one of them, or throw a little cash at one of them under the table to just pass it anyways.
Come visit me and no bribes are necessary. No cats? No problem!
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LA and L.A. are very different.
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D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:37 pm
Acid666 wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:18 pm

Come visit me and no bribes are necessary. No cats? No problem!
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LA and L.A. are very different.
There is a local band here called "The other LA". And they suck balls
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No dice passing smog. Dude said he wasn’t pulling any codes either other than a readiness code so he said put 50-100 miles on it to see if the CEL comes back and if it doesn’t that should at least clear the readiness code and we should be good. I’ll cruise up the freeway a bit tomorrow evening and see what happens.
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Awesome buy. Once you get it set mechanically, I'm curious what your interior build is going to be like.

With so many people doing these camper builds, are there plans available by model? Can you buy interior kits designed for your van of choice, or is everything still basically one-off custom stuff?
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What happened with this beast?
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Chilling in the driveway.,,. We've had some other stuff we needed to prioritize, but next month we'll finally get it over to a shop to get it mechanically sorted. Turns out one of my BIL's has a family friend with a body shop in Lake Forest area, so once the mechanics are done we'll drop it off up north to their shop and get the exterior fixed up for cheap, and then move on to actually doing the conversion inside.
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SAWCE wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:24 am Chilling in the driveway.,,. We've had some other stuff we needed to prioritize, but next month we'll finally get it over to a shop to get it mechanically sorted. Turns out one of my BIL's has a family friend with a body shop in Lake Forest area, so once the mechanics are done we'll drop it off up north to their shop and get the exterior fixed up for cheap, and then move on to actually doing the conversion inside.
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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