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.
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
8th October 2021
One Step Closer to The Top Coat!
We're almost there! Just one more step before we get to colour it all in and move on to the next stage of this mammoth build. So, this week we're applying the high build primer and making everything just as perfect as we can, because this is our last chance to make any tiny repairs before the shiny top coat goes on ... Any guesses on what the colour might be? Leave a comment if you think you know ...
A New Home on Vintage Wheels
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#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 ...
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#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 ...
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#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 ... |
#11 - Lisa's Taking Welding Lessons!
#14 - Barking Mad?
Sandblasting gets Serious ... |
#3 - Building A Spray Tent & Sandblasting The Cab
#15 - PAINT!
The First Coat of Shiny, Shiny Primer goes on & We Are CELEBRATING! |
Some Films we Made Earlier ...
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A Tour of our HouseBoat,
The May Queen |
Living on A Boat in A Storm
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Recycling A Load of Old Metal
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A Grand Day Out at
The Mount Edgcumbe Car Show with our '41 Ford Truck - 2018 |
Making Elderflower Cordial
The Old Rope Salvage Way! |
Tim's Tour Around his
Upcycled Onboard Kitchen |
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