Lynn
Personally, I never get tired of looking at that truck
Hi Lynn, How are ya? I still can't get over the WOT truck pic you posted a month back. Pure ugly but in a good way. Haha.
One of my hesitations on the cab-over-based rig is that I want to be able to stand up from the front seats and walk back into the camper box.
I like the layout of this FG because every thing is on one level with only a small hump over the engine and the seats can swivel around to form part of the living space when you are camped up. I still talk to the owner regularly and I know he wouldn't consider anything other than a full bodied camper. Of course we have been discussing the pros and cons of different layout, engine access , etc, recently in other threads.
And the view aft.
IIRC you do a full-sized cut-out of the back of the cab, but how well does that work with the engine in the way?Have you posted any pix of the area in question?
Here's a couple so that you can get an idea of the size of the cutout. The tour buses normally have the back of the cab cut out but with the motorhome we also cut out the roof and replace it with our own molding and the the wind deflector goes over that. The cutout ends up being about 4' high. One of the early build pics of the grey /blue truck you like shows one of the guys climbing out so it gives you an idea of size. He's about 6'.
When you take the seats out and put aftermarket suspension seats in the engine cover is quite low. Often a centre console ends up there but it's still an easy step through into the back. The bottom pic is actually an Isuzu NPS (very similar to an FG) tour bus with a small drink fridge in between the seats, but it gives you a good idea of the cutout as well.
I threw in some more testing pics too. I'd still like some fresh ones cause the new owner gets pretty serious with it.