E350 Chinook Build
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willywalderbeast
Master of None
Cape Cod National Seashore Camping
86scotty
Cynic
Curious about the spare tire on the ground. I'm guessing you just sat it there to get it out of the way? I am thinking you are probably thinking and planning about how to mount it long term and if so I see your issue. There's not a good place on a Chinook if you tie up the rear bumper with a rack.
Hmmmm. What's your plan?
Hmmmm. What's your plan?
willywalderbeast
Master of None
I have a buddy making a custom rear bumper with a swing out for the tire and a swing out hopefully for my Treager grill haha. The tire should clear the bike, not sure the grill will tho. Think I’ll mount it off the front hitch if need be ?
tmurph3000
New member
This is probably my favorite build on this site. Absolutely sick.
willywalderbeast
Master of None
I meant the grill haha. But yea I researched a while ago about blocking the raidiator when mounting a tire or moto, a lot of guys said they had been doing it for a while and were fine. Hopefully I won’t have to tho.
Thanks man!!!
willywalderbeast
Master of None
She’s starting to come together, my buddy who’s building the bumper said all the materials will be in this week! Excited to see the finished product, need to button up a few interior things before we hit the road full time at the end of this year.
willywalderbeast
Master of None
Thanks! Yea most Chinooks were rear entry, they only offered the side entry for a few years and didn’t make that many of them.
No I have a wedding to go to that weekend unfortunately.
86scotty
Cynic
I've always been interested in Chinooks for some reason. I've looked at about everyone I could find online and in real life for about the past 15 years. I've seen exactly TWO side entry models (I mean the classic Chinook Premier/Concourse, not the bigger Glacier things). Those two were yours and one other.
I would love to know the sales numbers.
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1996 ford E350 Chinook motorhome
1996 ford E-350 Chinook motorhome class B 7.4 460 v8 Automatic transmission. Air conditioning/heater all powered options. Propane heater rear bed set up very rare Solar panels Solar panels roof cargo
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willywalderbeast
Master of None
Funny story, I flew out to Hood River OR to buy mine and on that trip in Creater Lake NP if I remember correctly I saw an identical clone to mine, side entry, color, everything haha.
They're out there, but for every 100 or so rear entry units you’ll see maybe 1 SE. I looked on and off for mine for about a year and only 2 popped up. And I wanted the V10 not the V8 which started in ‘97, the last year the SE was offered. ??
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1996 ford E350 Chinook motorhome
1996 ford E-350 Chinook motorhome class B 7.4 460 v8 Automatic transmission. Air conditioning/heater all powered options. Propane heater rear bed set up very rare Solar panels Solar panels roof cargoportland.craigslist.org
That’s a nice looking unit!
86scotty
Cynic
Wow, crazy. I figured there was a small crossover year on SE and v10. I've had one 460 motorhome and one 460 SMB. I'll never have another 460. Just too old and thirsty. The V10, SE combo is definitely the ticket.
Nice find @eporter! If that was a V10 I might buy it sight unseen. I'd really like to know if it's an OBDII 460 being 96 but motorhome manufacturers don't always use a chassis from the same year as their model. Could be a 94-95 chassis. No OBDII, no bueno for me.
Sorry, back to the thread.....
Nice find @eporter! If that was a V10 I might buy it sight unseen. I'd really like to know if it's an OBDII 460 being 96 but motorhome manufacturers don't always use a chassis from the same year as their model. Could be a 94-95 chassis. No OBDII, no bueno for me.
Sorry, back to the thread.....