Old Rope Films

Old Rope Salvage Films

About 2 years ago we decided to make a few videos for fun and post them up on You Tube. Well, they went down really well and we really enjoyed creating them, so 2 years later we are back making them again, only this time we are a little more organised ...
Join us for our new, ongoing series as we set up our workshop and set about building ourselves a Tiny off-grid Home-on-Wheels from the remains of a 1975 Bedford Firetruck. We promise it will be mayhem.

You can watch a new film on here every second Friday (or thereabouts!) or join us on our You Tube channel where you can subscribe, comment and never miss a video.

Latest Film
17th June 2022

Trying (& Sometimes Failing!) to Stay Motivated

A New Home on Vintage Wheels

#1 - A New Workshop
& Delivery of the BIG BEDFORD

#4 - How & Why we are Building A Tiny Home
on The Back of A 1975 Bedford Firetruck
Part 1: Meet The Truck

#7 - More Dismantling of
The Bedford Cab!
All The Fiddly Bits an' Everything ...

#2 - Rescuing Our Stuff from
Damp, Mouldy Storage Containers

#5 - Choice or Necessity?
Why Are We Building A Home on The Back of A Truck?
Part 2: Meet Us

#8 - Paint Scraping, Building A DIY Sandblaster and the Salvaging of One Very Grimy Oven ...

#3 - Building A HUGE Workbench
on A tiny Budget

#6 - Dismantling The Bedford MK
Stripping The Bedford Right Down
to its
Undercarriage!

#9 - Converting a Salvaged Gas Oven to Electric ... For less than a fiver ...

#10 - Welding, Grinding & Panel Beating / Repairing the rust holes in our 1975 Bedford Truck ...

#13 - Overcoming Adversity?
This was the week when EVERYTHING went wrong!

#16 - Bodyfiller, Fibreglass &
SO MUCH SANDING!
Yes, sanding IS boring. It's dirty, messy and it really gets in your nostrils ... But, someone's got to do it ...

#19 - We FINISH Restoring The Cab at long last ...
Don't miss the unveiling of the cab in all her glorious shiny new colours ...

#22 - Inventions & Experimentations
Tim goes full Mad Inventor in this one, so strap in, it's a (slightly) dangerous ride ...

#25 - Zinc Plating
From Grimy to Shiny - We perform alchemy on all our rusty, little bits!

#28 - Will This Pain Never End?
Continuing to 'blast' our way through all the big panels ...

#11 - Lisa's Taking Welding Lessons!

#14 - Barking Mad?
Sandblasting gets Serious ...

#17 - Last Prep Before Top Coat!
Applying The High Build Primer ...

#20 - SOUNDPROOFING The Cab
Transforming this tin can into a luxury ride? ... Maybe ...

#23 - DIY Powder Coating
We perform some alchemy and transform all the rusty, musty bits of metal into Silver & Gold

#26 - What's Next For The Truck?
A Catch-Up

#29 - Tackling The Doors (Man!)
Tim finally faces his nemesis ...

#3 - Building A Spray Tent & Sandblasting The Cab

#15 - PAINT!
The First Coat of Shiny, Shiny Primer goes on & We Are CELEBRATING!

#18 - The Big Top Coat!
We're Finally Getting The Top Coat on just in Time for Winter - Find Out The Colour in This Video!

#21 - A Christmas Miracle?
Could it be? Could it FINALLY be?
Yes, it could!
Mains Electricity finally makes it to The Workshop!

#24 - Building Our 'Epic' Wooden Headliner
We have some problem solving to do this week, bending wooden planks and trying to figure out how to construct our headliner ...