halfway through '56 Shasta resto-mod.

Bought this '56 Shasta a year and a half ago not knowing what I was getting into, but we (my wife and I ) thought it was cute and knew we could make something out of it. It was a hundred miles away and I knew I could drag it home one way or another.  We aired up the tires at a gas station and didn't drive over 50 mph. made it home no problem.  Later when I greased up the bearings I found no cotter keys in the bearing nuts. Yikes. It smelled beyond discription so I knew I was going to gut it. Not knowing about your site ( which is great and full of info ) I worked from the outside in and did not remove the top. I soon discovered that's not how they built them. 
We have a small old pick up camper ( circa 1959 ) and it servces us well as a kitchen but not so much as a bed room,  the bed is a single and does't work well for two fat old people, plus the midnight potty run is no fun either. So I thought we would build the Shasta as bedroom, toilet and shower, plus a toy hauler for our motorcycle and pull it behind our truckcamper. We pull a small trailer for the motorcycle anyway.
 I removed the front floor, moved the frame rail for the black water tank, and inched my way to the rear, propping and adding more weight as I went.  

Submitted for your perusal.

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