I finally got all the bolt holes where I wanted them (new rear auto trans crossmember, new motor mounts etc.) NEXT up is figuring out the HYDRO-BOOST brake/steering, front end steering parts, and hopefully a tilt-tele steering column. Then around back to pull the 1965 rear end assembly out and put in the new '76 Eaton rear end with great big brakes, which will work great with the '78 front disk setup I already swapped in.
Engine came from a 76 motor home. low mileage great wet/dry compression, 4 bolt main, double hump heads.
Doing this alone, I used a chain come-along, a bigass old time chainfall, and a rope fence stretcher pulley to pull it toward the back (3 times!).
Here are my vintage RV's: 1965 Chevrolet C-30 Caveman motorhome (my baby truck), and 1951 35' Spartan. I just took the Caveman out of the shed to clean it up for a trip out to my 45th class reunion. It has been inside in storage for so long that the new master cylinder (from the NEW front disk brake conversion I did 4 years ago) got condensation in it and rusted on the inside. SO I had to put a NEW new master cylinder in it (being down to our bones, I bought a rebuilt). The trailer is a beauty, and houses my gallery and Ellen and Me's art studios. (click the picture to biggify)
