Very High Quality Molded Expedition Cabin

[mhiscox]

SHELLVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING! (Sorry. :sombrero

Fellow Northwesterner and ExPo member Brian Beaulaurier came this morning to pick up the shell with an impressive tilt-bed equipment trailer that turned out to have about at least a nanoinch of extra space between the fenders. It wasn't trivial come-a-longing the trailer onto the bed, but it went well enough and I'm sure it rode securely back home.

Brian hasn't picked out a chassis yet, but knew that he needed to grab the shell before petunias got planted around it in my back yard. He's off to Africa soon, but has assured me that we'll all get to hear of the work on the rig when he gets back and gets the work underway.

Thanks for all of the interest. I'm very happy that this unusual cabin is going to end up in expedition use.

 

[adventureduo]

Awesome, im sad you had to sell it to make space.. but im not sad it was going to turn into a cottage in the back yard Glad it's going to stay roaming like it should.

 

[squeezer]

I miss it already...:wings:

 

[mhiscox]

I miss it already...:wings:

Yeah, me too. Looking through the Commercial Truck Trader last night just wasn't the same.

On the other hand, the unfinished white one is still trapped in Fred Fitzgerald's yard by his inoperative vehicles, so there's still hope for us.

 

[doubleb]

Do not worry ExPo! Like Mike mentioned, it has gone to a good home. Over the winter will be the planning stage, then once next summer rolls around I will get crackin! Luckily, on top of the wicked deal Mike gave me on the shell, he also gave me a fresh copy of "Travel Vans". Thanks dude :victory:

I'll keep everybody updated on the progress.

Well, I'm off to Africa!

cheers,
Brian

 

[T.Low]

Yeah, me too. Looking through the Commercial Truck Trader last night just wasn't the same.

On the other hand, the unfinished white one is still trapped in Fred Fitzgerald's yard by his inoperative vehicles, so there's still hope for us.

Good luck Brian, looking forward to the thread. With so many options, I'm real curious as to whats gonna happen with this one.

Mike, we never outgrow it do we. When I was sixteen, after we exhausted ourselves wheeling and performing recoveries all night, we'd drive back into town, grab a Mountain Dew and a Moon Pie from the local all night corner store, park the still steaming, mud coverred FJ40 under a lamp post and look thru the auto trader.

 

[Expedition Key]

Good luck Brian, looking forward to the thread. With so many options, I'm real curious as to whats gonna happen with this one.

Mike, we never outgrow it do we. When I was sixteen, after we exhausted ourselves wheeling and performing recoveries all night, we'd drive back into town, grab a Mountain Dew and a Moon Pie from the local all night corner store, park the still steaming, mud coverred FJ40 under a lamp post and look thru the auto trader.

Just checked out your Astro, very cool!

 

[T.Low]

Just checked out your Astro, very cool!

Appreciated, especially from a guy drivin a Tacoma.

 

[mhiscox]

I just found out today that the link to the detailed Picasa photo album mentioned in the first post was broken. Given that this thread hasn't had a post in 43 months, I suspect that hasn't caused a lot problems. Nonetheless, it's fixed now, FWIW.

 

[bahndo]

Any updates on the truck/cabin? Love to see what ended up happening with it....

 

[mhiscox]

Any updates on the truck/cabin? Love to see what ended up happening with it....

Nothing to share on the green shell, but the less-finished white shell I'd pass on to a Portland-area friend got sold and mounted on an SBU Unimog. I had a picture once; I'll post it if I find it.

 

[Overland Hadley]

I did not realize this was an old thread, (should teach me not to skim through) and I got excited and started planning what I could do with this. O'well.

 

[mhiscox]

I did not realize this was an old thread, (should teach me not to skim through) and I got excited and started planning what I could do with this. O'well.

I'd been trying to get the shell to somebody like you for a decade, my friend. Sad it evaded you all these years.

But well I know the experience of stuff becoming unavailable just as I get interested in it. People now hire me just to become interested in their stuff so someone else will buy it.

 

[mk216v]

Oh only if I could go back in time 4yrs.........

 

[mk216v]

It's alive again!!!(well, sorta)
Green "Shellvis" is up for grabs, currently located in Cali. Contact DesertDrifter(Tim) here on ExPo.