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Welcome to the joys of owning an older wood-framed camper. The leak/rot can be a problem if you don't have the time and/or skills (tho I think skills can be learned) to fix the issues, however as long as you can tackle the repairs on your own I'd say you did good. Our camper also had leak issues...

When it comes to OBS headlights, I'm a believer the factory ones make excellent daytime running lights on low beams and decent driving lights on high beams. With your truck as high as it is, I'd just leave the factory lamps alone and do some nice aftermarket projectors for actually lighting the...

Factory exhaust hangers for OBS trucks like his are steel caged, even if the rubber tears the steel surrounding it won't allow for the exhaust to drop. He can use those for his fuel tank, build a lightweight framework to carry the tank and then hang that off the frame crossmembers with a number...

They are :D Nice truck, cool setup for the whole family to have fun.

You can also install a glare shield under the light bar, should allow you to aim it where you want it without having much of anything bouncing off the hood.

Agreed, on all counts. Not only will the DRW axle widen your track by 7", it is also stronger in that it uses tubes with thicker walls. The brake shoes are also wider, with larger wheel cylinders. And with single wheels on a wider axle, you can also run larger outboard air bellows if you so...

And that's an excellent way of screwing up the rear wheel bearings. If you need singles on the rear just run a pair of SRW wheels like what you have now, they will center the load properly between the hub bearings, right where it belongs. Actually we know someone who does that quite often, it's...

Read the van thread, pretty cool stuff! Good luck with it, I'm sure both you and your son will find it quite enjoyable when it's all done.

How's the glare from that light bar being so close to the windshield and with a shiny white hood below, any issues?

You got it! They say practice makes perfect and this is most definitely one such situation - I wouldn't expect anyone who's been driving FWD vehicles all their life to be able to handle a RWD coming out of control on them, especially around a curve. And then there is that. Last winter I got to...

That ought to make a bit of difference in how she moves under load :D

I strongly dislike open front diffs. They are great for normal driving yes, but when the going gets tough the front axle can provide impressive amount of traction courtesy of the heavy engine sitting right on top of it, and an open diff cannot take full advantage of that. IMHO this is where...

All I gotta say is, wow, you do some truly beautiful work! Bonus points for involving the whole family too!

Honestly, if these are your only vehicles, I'd keep them both. Both are low enough in mileage that barring unforeseen circumstances they should be able to provide you with long fairly trouble-free service life. The PSD probably gets better MPG than the "Duragas", so it wins there, and there is...

Disconnect a fuel line where you can get convenient access to it and run it into a gas jug via a piece of rubber hose. Then jump the fuel pump relay to power the pump up and make it drain the tank for you. This trick works pretty flawlessly with older vehicles, may be worth a shot with your...

Yes that's why I said I think the True-Trac is a bit more snow-friendly than the factory-type LSDs - a reasonably "tight" LSD on a reasonably slippery surface behaves quite a bit like a full-blown locker it there's not enough weight on the axle to force the LSD to slip internally. I have...

Calm down! The person who started the thread obviously used the word "locker" as a generic term, not necessarily implying he's planning on a full-blown Detroit Locker. The True-Trac he was recommended is not a true locker in that it never actually locks the two wheels together. And it actually...

I believe the user "RotBox" on here had or possibly still has an Alaskan camper on a crew-cab diesel Ford of your vintage. I'd imagine they'll be able to give you good insight on how your truck will handle the one you found on CL. Just as long as he actually sees this thread. Or you could send...

I see some influence from woody wagons? Looks quite nicely done!

Over the length of the bed even a small twist in the frame will produce noticeable vertical deflection of the frame rails between the front and the rear ends of the bed. A bushing can compress only so much, once that point is reach you are again forcing the bed to do things you're trying to...