Redditor Swoesh recently shared photos of his father’s incredible DIY off-road motor home. The photos document the transformation from German fire brigade truck to a mobile living space complete with a 2-person bed, a kitchen with double sink and an electric stove, a bathroom, and a table that seats four. There’s even a hydraulic lift for a motorcycle on the back. Other Redditors are so impressed with the build that the post is making its way up the top ten posts of all time in /r/DIY. Swoesh gives all the credit to his father, leaving one commenter asking, “How do I upvote your dad?”

BY Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a Brooklyn-based creative technologist, contributing editor for MAKE magazine, and co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi. He's also the owner of Awesome Button Studios, a technology consultancy. Highlights from his work include the Descriptive Camera (a camera which outputs a text description instead of a photo) and The Enough Already (a DIY celebrity-silencing device). Matt's work has been featured at The Nevada Museum of Art, The Rome International Photography Festival, Milan Design Week and has garnered attention from The New York Times, Wired, and New York Magazine.

5 Responses to DIY Off-Road Motor Home

  1. This thing reminds me very much of the MaxiMog: http://www.maximog.com/

  2. Alex Hanssens on said:

    I’d say this is not a DIY project. Look at their website http://www.outbound4x4.com/en. There you see a company that builds the campers which you can hire. There are lots of companies making a living this way.

  3. Ronald Pottol on said:

    Here is an impressive built by the user from a bare chassis (well, kept the cab as well). http://robgray.com/graynomad/index.php

  4. Pingback: Living on the Road - Lets Go Trucking

  5. Craig Franklin on said:

    That thing is very neat. Looks pretty rugged. It also looks alot like the Unicat http://www.doityourselfrv.com/unicat-one-extreme-rv/

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