First I rewire my sons 2007 FORD f150 (now mine). Now I am helping a friend with his MOPAR, 1962 Plymouth Savoy 440 big block.

a shorted alternator made a mess of the wiring. After trouble shooting a no start, no charging issue, we decided to replace the engine bay harness. Thanks Evans wiring harnesses for making a custom harness that allowed for the Mopar electronic ignition.

Its running and charging now. I offered to install his exhaust cutouts on my lift. Then tackle a custom dash panel for aftermarket gauges. 

It's a big day for my son. He purchased a "mini home" from a friend of ours who lives about 1/2 km down the road. We severed 2 acres from the 16 acres we own next to our place for him. These homes are well built - 2x6 construction. It's crazy how prices have gone up. This building alone (14 years old) cost more than what I paid for my house on 8 acres! 

This was about 2 hours ago. They had to set the home down on the road in order for the truck to turn around and load it from the other side. This allowed them to place it with the proper orientation.

The home gets mounted on piles screwed into the ground. Here it is almost in place. He opted to have the rear face the road so he can enjoy the view from the vier area at the rear of the property from his living room window.

Some inside photos taken when we first looked at it:

Here is how it looked at it's original location. It was custom built and only used during the summer months

 

It's our plan that when he outgrows it (marriage, kids etc) he'll move into our 4bedroom home and we'll slide over to the mini home.

 

 

They dont make them like they used to. I think they are built to normal building codes now for insulation etc. Looks like a great deal for him and you.

Unfortunately there was some damage to the interior walls during the move. The truck got stuck moving the building up onto the pad and they had to use another truck to pull it. There was a pretty good "jerk" before it got freed up and I'm sure that's what did the damage. We'll be doing some drywall repair and paint to most of the interior before he can move in. My son isn't phased by it. He rolls with the punches pretty well. At least everything else is ok (windows, appliances etc)

I was impressed too with how well they are built. We almost bought a new one when we first moved here. They are pretty air tight and have air exchangers just like a new home. While the mini home came with two heat pumps my son wants to install a wood stove to take advantage of all the free wood we have here.

About 200 feet

$750.00 in insulation, ready to go in Saturday.

I am using Rockwool because of the sound deadening quality.

I know I paid about $35.00 a bag the last time I bought it. 

I still had one bag from back then.

Sticker shock, $91.00 a bag was the best price I could find.

That's insane the price of that now Randy. But could well be considered a deal come 25.

 

got sidetracked off my invader again had to save this s10 plus i had last winters low buck rebuild engine just sitting there needing a home shes a 68 307 with hipo 305 heads and a bit of a cam headres 600 vac and a 700r4 hoping for fire in the hole today

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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Are you talking about the heat pumps? Our house already has two lol. The gov't here has been giving them out for free like candy.

65 SD L79 wrote:

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What about one of those outside burners? You could heat both houses and your shop with one unit

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 Best Outdoor Wood Furnace | Central Boiler

Used the cat's favourite Rockauto box to ship car parts.

Now the cat has to put up with a much smaller box.

To the receiver,

MAY CONTAIN ORANGE FUR 

-- Edited by ABC123 on Saturday 16th of November 2024 07:50:14 PM

Not sure if this was a Canadian option or not, but I added it as a convertible doesnt have a dome light. So, I picked up this 1969 12 rear view mirror with the map light for $30. The back was excellent, but it needed a new mirror installed (which I already had) and I re-wired it. The big difference from the original, was converting the standard 561 bulb to accept a similar bright white xenon (600 lumens) bulb that mounts 90 degrees from the way the original bulb mounts. The picture shows the end result.

-- Edited by gtodrive on Monday 18th of November 2024 08:18:46 PM