Starting on inside clean-up ('89 B350 Ram Wagon Maxi)

For those who don't know, Gojira is the Japanese name for Godzilla. Fitting, I think, for this hideous green behemoth. A project for retirement, to be used as my mobile camp/command center/home whilst I roam the desert Southwest in search of UFOs. So far, I've only driven it from the dealer to home, then to work, where it's parked in a covered, secured garage (with 13 windows, I reckon it would be an inviting target for vandals). I've maybe put 100 miles on it in the past month. Well, one must do a maiden voyage of some respectable distance sometime. My son & daughter in law need a weekend off from the kids, so I'm heading south, some 135 miles one-way, to baby-sit the grandkids so they can celebrate their 16th anniversary. Anyway, I need someplace to stash three bench seats so I can get busy building a bed frame.

 

That thing is indeed a beast....Looks in great shape too!

 

Green? Looks black on my screen.

And that thing is indeed HUGE.

 

Shiny OD green. Whoever had it before put a bunch of old-school GI stars on it, but they came off pretty easy. It's almost 19' long...12' from inside the rear door to the back of the driver's seat, interior width is 68", just long enough for me to lay my 65 1/2" old self across the wheel wells. But it's only a tad shy of 54" high. Thought (still thinking, rather) about fabricating a pop-top so I can stand up.

 

I know some of the conversion companies did that kind of thing, but, that's some serious sheet-metal carvin.....

 

That thing is amazing though.

 

This thing rolls like the Titanic, pre-iceberg. Set the (working!) cruise control at about 64mph & floated on down the road. Used about a 1/4 to 3/8 tank for 140 miles...not bad at all (a/c was off...comes out defrost & floor vents, though). I'm guessing about 12mpg. Got the three bench seats pulled, removed rear seatbelt floor anchors, re-set the license plate light bracket (it was just kinda flopping about loose), and replaced two missing headliner screws. Had to cut off two rear seat mount studs & grind them down flush. I'll start on the bare section of the floor next, a 4' section at the barn doors. Got some rust to remove & some small holes to patch before putting new flooring down.

 

wow,never seen one of those, very nice. thanks for sharing. post some more pictures once you are done

 

You could get BIG BUCKS for that thing in Japan lol

 

If they added stickers, they'd get 10 more HP.