Aedelmann
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Hey guys, I've been lurking here for a while but have never posted! I am currently in the process of a full rebuild on a rare Toyota Odyssey 4x4 v6 RV. I bought it a few months ago and started ripping it apart. I bought the truck in "excellent" craigslist condition, which means I'm surprised it made it home. It made a 5 hour drive home and that was all I needed.
We will be building this rig with intention of living in it when the build is complete and traveling around anywhere and everywhere initially heading to Alaska from Florida. This will be my second Toyota RV build, but my first 4x4 RV build and I'm very excited. This build is being done by me, my girlfriend and my father.
Here she is in one of the initial ad photos.
And another I took on the drive home!
After we started digging into it it was clear there was a significant amount of water damage. The entire rear wall was completely rotted out, as well as most of the cab over area. Once the floor was out of it we saw the shady construction of the metal floor subframe. It was surprising that it was even able to hold weight considering it looks like they sourced their metal from a scrap yard. The entire camper was intact inside but was pretty gross and outdated. A total of 5 animal skeletons were found inside during demo. Being the ambitious folk we are, we ripped the damn thing apart.
The next thing we did was clean the entire frame of surface rust with a heavy wire wheel and many hours of work. The frame was wire wheeled, rust converter applied, and painted. A 3M underliner coating will also be applied. A new floor subframe was then designed and welded up. We eliminated the need of the wooden portions of the floor subframe that the original company utilized. It left too much opportunity for rot and failure. The new subframe is completely metal, and very very strong with minimal added weight.
The frame was designed in a way that will allow foam insulation board to sit directly inside of it sandwiched between the plywood flooring and the bottom foam insulation and under coating.
The rear end was then removed from the truck for rebuild. I decided the easiest way to accomplish this was just to unbolt from frame and wheel the entire thing out from under the truck.
We will be building this rig with intention of living in it when the build is complete and traveling around anywhere and everywhere initially heading to Alaska from Florida. This will be my second Toyota RV build, but my first 4x4 RV build and I'm very excited. This build is being done by me, my girlfriend and my father.
Here she is in one of the initial ad photos.
The next thing we did was clean the entire frame of surface rust with a heavy wire wheel and many hours of work. The frame was wire wheeled, rust converter applied, and painted. A 3M underliner coating will also be applied. A new floor subframe was then designed and welded up. We eliminated the need of the wooden portions of the floor subframe that the original company utilized. It left too much opportunity for rot and failure. The new subframe is completely metal, and very very strong with minimal added weight.
The rear end was then removed from the truck for rebuild. I decided the easiest way to accomplish this was just to unbolt from frame and wheel the entire thing out from under the truck.
