Two Unlikely Objects: Flying-Bridge Motorhome, Original Content On YouTube

by Jack Baruth

Published: February 13th, 2012

two unlikely objects flying bridge motorhome original content on youtube

Back up in yo’ass with the resurrection! The elder Niedermeyer’s Curbside Classic on the Boaterhome got a bit of an unexpected boost from links on Reddit and elsewhere over the weekend. The Boaterhome is an odd device, for sure, but it doesn’t really speak to the imagination the way the newest Blastolene special does…

Meanwhile, our friends at YouTube have a bit of a problem. Everyone understands that a major part of YouTube’s business is taking other people’s copyrighted works and putting their ads next to them. Right now that’s illegal; should SOPA, PIPA, or any of those other odious bills become law, it will probably be punishable by death. In an effort to come up with new, unique content, YouTube has funded a variety of projects, including DRIVE. Our friend Matt Farah, who was very possibly the only part of “The Car Show” that was even watchable, is now on board with DRIVE. Take a ride with him on the Deco-Liner by clicking here.

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Jean-Pierre Sarti on Feb 13, 2012

Jay Leno featured this rig on his site a couple months back. Built by the guy who built his tank-car I think. Here is the link: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/decoliner/1364218

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Nickeled&dimed on Feb 13, 2012

What an absolutely inspired performance sculpture! My only concern - when you put a COE (where on earth do you find a '55 White COE, anyway?) over the engine and then work it into the bodywork, how is the engine accessed? The whole point of a COE is to tilt the cab forward to make accessing the engine easy. and damn you jack, for posting bright shiny objects... I was going to come on for a quick read and got sucked into the vortex that is Blastolene... ooohh shiny!

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- Slow_Joe_Crow on Feb 13, 2012
  
  Best guess is routine maintenance is done by opening up the "doghouse" since lots of pre-1960 forward control trucks didn't have a tilt cab. Major jobs would probably require dropping the engine out the bottom or doing some sort of body surgery. In this case the silver dots on the panel behind the driver's door point to some sort of access panel.
  
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- Krhodes1 on Feb 13, 2012
  
  I assume engine access is through the big hump behind the front seats. The whole "cab" is out ahead of the original GMC motorhome drivetrain.
  
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- Windy on Feb 13, 2012
  
  @krhodes1 on the Jay Leno video which shows the rig with some of the interior unfinished Randy shows the engine access by tilting back the front bench seat (which has gas struts to hold it open. engine access looks much better than on the original motor home (I had a friend who had one in the 70s and access was very tight on them) this kind of Artist and Craftsman really gives me hope for the future. he dreams his artistic vision and then he builds it never loosing sight of the practical aspects that it must be safe and fun to drive as well as look wonderful long may he prosper
  
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Jellodyne on Feb 13, 2012

Drive is great. I really enjoyed Albert Brooks playing against type, and Ryan Gosling was surprisingly good for someone with almost no dialog. Don't recall seeing Matt Farah.

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- OmarCCXR on Feb 13, 2012
  
  "Drive" the youtube channel, no association with the movie.
  
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Felis Concolor on Feb 14, 2012

Amazing fab skills. The real magic is how these builders make it all look easy; their rapport with materials is supernatural, as complex shapes simply emerge from their deft manipulation.

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