Chinook RV

i has been quite cold up north here that has slowed down the progress, hoping to get more done today

happy day, i got the exterior heater box installed, i need to use some damming material and expanding close sell foam to seal the cowl vent to the box, needed to cut it up to get the box in, finished the welding of the doghouse, put my manual steering column in and measured the shaft so i can extend the steering shaft.
tomorrow it is supposed to snow so a inside the shop day, i need to measure piston protrusion and valve recession in the cummins engineso i can get the correct thickness of head gasket

o steering shaft is in and brake and clutch assembly will get welded in tomorrow, even get the brake light switch mounted

got a bunch done today

tomorrow is weld'er up day, tacked into place and put together to check clearance and it turned out great, i am glad i did not have to trim the inner fender to get the clutch master in. i really thought i was going to have to

stuffed a core engine in the hole to make mounts and plan out plumbing, fits really nice

got things level

you guys can ask questions, i do not mind, lol

I expected the 12V to sit a lot higher. Those are tall motors. It looks like you have no issue with vertical clearance.

... But will you have to hack the doghouse to get it to clear the rear?

Where will the shifters end up?

Looks great so far. Keep it up!

this picture is with the doghouse on, plus i am moving the engine forward 1 1/2" and up 1/2" to be the same distance to the rad as the 460 was, i did get the rad mounts done today, so tomorrow i hoping to get engine mounts done.
really happy with the clearances
shifter should be just behind the doghouse, should be just between the two floor reinforcements