Slowly Working on the Plan....

After several frustrating months of phone calls to Arrow Wrecking and Service, leaving repeated messages with the service persons there I am done with being nice. I sent out a "here's my offer" letter to the Balboa's since they have just ignored me. All I asked for was the cost of the engine and the time for the rental of the space used to store "The Long Hauler" in Floriday.

With that check I can get another engine, ship it to FL to another shop and fly down there to actually work on the SECOND swap for the RV!. I located another 1977 Dodge Coachman Camper Van that is for sale. The camper part was ripped off and all that's left is the frame and cab (and engine!!!!). My PLAN is to get this van cab, extract the engine, ship it to Florida and do the swap.

My bet is that this return road trip won't happen until March but so be it! I need to beat Arrow Wrecking and their crappy service! I can do a better job than they did.

Here's a link to the running donor van from Joe in Sherburne, NY. His project was to strip and redo this RV into the band road-trip van but it didn't happen. Glad that he posted this on Craigslist! His patience and good nature are appreciated.

The Plan: get this van, extract the engine and ship it to FL to the new shop I'm working with. Fly down there to help install it and then drive it back to NY. The irony is that the shop in FL is a block from the knuckleheads the fubared this last repair. He's also the same guy that provided me with a replacement carburetor for the Dodge that weekend you read in the previous posts.