1985 Hino Housetruck- kiwi style

[Aar0sc]

I like that a lot!!!

Just one thing; that little extension at the side... looks a little dangerous!

[Aar0sc]

Just read the build thingy - well done!!!

Also:
Is that Practical classics?

[MG Mal]

Love all the work you have done.

not exactly my thing, but the idea's and innovations you have used are ace.

I bet its well coy in there, but being a heavy goods driver myself, I cant help but wonder how it handles.

Mal.

[JPB]

Five Shredded Wheats? Remind me never to get the wrong side of you.

This is a fabulous build. The Formula One team motorhomes with the popout extensions must have copied that idea from this sort of vehicle, but they have no character and aren't made from timber. Love this and I totally see the appeal of building it on a TK since they don't have a tilt cab, so need no clearance above the cab roof.

Does your Hino truck have a tilt cab and if so, does the upstairs bedroom have to be removed for engine access?

[Aar0sc]

Read his build blog!

[JPB]

Read his build blog.....

Not an option here, there must be a dodgy word or maybe some nakedness on there but it's coming back as added to proscribed list, I'll need to wait 'til I get home but am guessing that the answer to the cab question is on there?

[MG Mal]

He has rigged the front section to lift, so that the cab can be tilted.

you will have to check out his blog to see how ingenious the build is.

mal.

[JPB]

Have done now and yes, that's fantastic work. I'm particularly impressed by the quality of the welding and the stuff with wood, as I've never whittled anything that big before and if I did it would probably collapse.

[Aar0sc]

I take it the photos I put up of the cab tilting didn't work then JPB?

technology eh?

[JPB]

I take it the photos I put up of the cab tilting didn't work then JPB?

technology eh?

Good heavens above man, I'm far too dense to realise the relevance of those pics, and by the time I did, I was already home and had been able to access the link to the forum that carries the build thread. Mind, I think that the work system's a bit tight to prevent access just because the word "f**k" appears once in four pages!

I've embraced a complete new (to me) concept with the help of this thread, lovin' this house truck stuff.

Though I will 'fess up to having lived in an old Thames Trader horsebox for a while, a good few years ago, but that only had a pool table, a mattress to fit said table, a pot-bellied stove and no home comforts of any sort. It was also quite chilly in there in the Highlands during January.