Abandoned $154,000 Luxury Barth Motor Home Pt.2 (Will it make it home this time???)
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- I finally attempt the second recovery of our Barth Motor Home! It's stuck 380 miles away deep in Nebraska, and after sitting another 10 months it has problems again... Will it Run and Drive? Will I make it back to Colorado?
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My grandfather would be proud of these Videos. He is the one who started Barth Motor Coach!
Wow that is really cool to hear! thank you for the comment!
@@LifeofLind Any time! My dream is to someday own a Barth. You got a great deal on this one. Normally someone has there hands deep into a remodel on them and runs out of money or time.
Keep the great content coming 👍
So your the grandson of Bob Barth?
@ one of a few yes
@@Midwest-RC wow 👌
North Platte, NE….
My then wife and I were headed to Denver from South Dakota for our honeymoon. The fuel pump goes out on my 1995 Ford Taurus. The Ford dealer gives us a wedding gift. A 88$ fuel pump…the labor was a GIFT from them. Sooo awesome. It renewed my faith in humanity for sure. We broke down in North Platte, nice town.
The tool set that he loves..didn’t have what he needed, I felt that. Great stuff lol
From an Old Scottish mechanic a tip for you = Next time you get fuel line supply problem, petrol or diesel. Gravity feed the fuel via the fuel line direct from the carburettor or diesel injection pump into a Jerry can ( or bigger ) container sitting above the height of the carb or inj. pump. Fuel will flow downwards to feed engine. It will get you home. Reason you were getting smokey exhaust is cos you overdosed the petrol ( gas ) with fuel additive (( Red X is best ) and it was cleaning out any water and dirt in your fuel tank and fuel lines and carburettor . Also in addition to giving your cylinder head , vales,pistons and upper cylinder a de-carbonising clean and overhaul. The needle valve ( shut off ) in your carb probably got jammed and stuck. Hence why using too much gas and " flooding " the carb and high mileage consumption. A light tap on the carb with a spanner,or similar,usually frees the carb needle valve and solves the problem. It has probably got an electric switch overdrive on it which you did not use. Looks like a brilliant motor home. After you get it cleaned and sorted out I hope you and your family have many happy years with it.
i'll look in to that. I did check for overdrive underneath it and definitely didn't see one.
We had an old motorhome like that. It was a Rockwood I think. Towed our motorcycles to Sturgis. The trip there was an adventure. Went across Nebraska to Rapid City where we stayed. It ran horribly!! Husband would pick up speed going down hill so we could make it to the top of said hill. Made it to our campground and he spent the next 2 days figuring out the problem. He replaced all the fuel filters. There were 2 or 3. Trip home, she ran like a dream.
After watching both these videos I feel like I've already driven across Nebraska, TWICE! Thanks for getting that off my bucket list. Really!
Our pleasure! hahaha
Man - you have patience of a saint. I would have lost it! Great video - looking out for the next one. Take care.
Sweet ride. Loud engine noise at cruise RPM could be fan clutch not disengaging.
you are correct!
This is definitely brings back memories of me driving our old motorhome home the first time with my family inside no backup car tagging along. The anxiety I had if we break down and it was winter. I do remember those terrible headlights on it as well. We made it and now the motorhome had many upgrades including brighter headlights. Great memories of camping and general trips.
Watched the first Barth video a few days ago went searching for a second video and to my dismay there wasn't one. Then lo and behold I'm randomly clicking through UA-cam vids and boom, Barth number two! Subscribed! Looking forward to more on this big beauty.
Same here 😂
Me too!
Me three....Glad to see you got it home...It really is a house on wheels !!!
There was a direct link to this part 2 video contained in the part 1 video. However it was only posted within a reply to a comment made by a viewer of the part 1 video.
I got the impression that he'd just finalised his part 2 video that night and stuck it there as a triumphant finale to the story (which I hope it isn't my friend as now we're keen as mustard for a Part 3!)
I enjoyed watching someone that know which side of the road to drive on.
Got her done! Congrats on getting it home! Now the actual fun can begin. You will find the good the bad and the ugly of motorhomes of that Era. We started back in 1986 with a new Sportscoach. It to was considered a "highline" coach back then. Drove all through the west and have fond memories of those trips. Believe or not it never let us down. Over the years we've owned 7 different RV's.
Once we got them squared away all but one were reliable. One very expensive diesel pusher had to be returned as a lemon🍋! That was a nightmare of sorts, but we got our money back, and got another one made to our specs that was fine. Through the years we found that most manufacturers make their customers into their quality control departments. We have to sort out the short comings and issues not corrected at the factory. Sad but its part of the experience.
I just stumbled across this video. May the algorithm gods be ever in your favor. Your content is pretty good, but I gotta say you have that vice grip garage vibe going, that’s not a bad thing. I’d love to see you two guys do a colab. You got my sub!!
Same here. I have done more of these trips that I can even remember. Funny how you can sum up so much aggravation and it totals up to a great memory.
Colabs are tight!
Please do a full restoration on that machine. It's nostalgia is absolutely off the chart! If you do modernize it do it surreptitiously.
maybe the carpet... but the rest will stay
Could have been worse, you could have been here in the UK and paid $1000 for the fuel :) Great video and having a wife with the patience of a saint makes it all the better!
It really needs a diesel engine putting in it, maybe a 6bt from an old DAF or something. Though 6bt and similar Cummins engines are expensive in the US in running condition. An old DAF LF with no MOT is only £1000 running and driving over here..
Dude.
Bring it to Commie-Fornia.
At 3 time's the national fuel average tax it'd been $1200 👌.
@@tech4pros1 would benfit form an old detroit V8
No rational person wants a front mounted 2 stroke diesel v8. They're for diesel pushers.
He reminds Me of Myself on car engines. I learned by driving junk when I was younger. A man that can handle all these issues when they come up is becoming very rare these days. Nice watch
This motorhome is nice, way more advance at his time. Wait to see the Restoration on it, Best of Luck...
I bought a 1991 Holiday Rambler Imperial in 2010. It is very similar to this Barth that you purchased. When we went to look at it the guy wanted 11k for it. By the time we left, he sold it to us for $1,500.00 dollars. Every time I pointed out something wrong with it he would knock off a thousand dollars...lol. It had a lot of stuff wrong with it, but it ran like a top. We spent 10k fixing it up and was a great motor home. So much fun to drive!
I don’t know how you stayed so cheerfully positive. I was on edge the entire time for you .
people that don't lose it over the small things are usually the ones living until 105
Starting the day off with some ice tea. Yes sir! That is me every morning. It's a must have!
Glad she made it home and I'm looking forward to your next update on this one!
I couldn't have done what I've seen in these two videos. This has reinforced my conviction to never buy old used stuff unless absolutely necessary. I'm glad you all made home safe,
You did great for her maiden voyage 😄 thank goodness the mrs was there to help ya😄
So glad you finally got her home. My dad had an ‘82 Barth MCC Detroit Diesel for over 30 years and never had any major issues with it. Very well built coaches back then. Sticker price was $161k on that one in ‘82 and only 45 ever made.
yeah, its still pretty solid
I had an old bb Chev motorhome. Great machine, served us well. What I did was swap out the old Rochester 4 barrel, for a brand new Edelbrock replacement. Doubled my fuel mileage. Did the same thing to an old square cab too. Doubled the mileage. They just seem to be more efficient than the factory carb. Maybe look into swapping the rear gears. They are common and not expensive.
You keep your spirits up even when things go wrong. God Bless you and your cute family! 🌈🌷
thanks!
Really looking forward to seeing what needs to be done... Congrats in getting her home. I think a quality Motor home like that will be worth the spend and the hours, good luck and keep us posted :)
You guys are SO ADORABLE!!
Baby girl is soooo cute!! Yer a lucky man!!
My tool kit is 3 screw drivers a hammer and the allen wrenches I use to adjust my guitars - and I find your videos utterly compelling! Guys like you AMAZE ME!!
Great to see you got back home safely. Looking forward to the next installment. stay safe J.
16:39. Yay!!! Good videography, good taste in music. Why am I so facinated with this thing that was mostly made to be parked.
thanks!
Kim is the real hero (heroine) in this saga! What an accomodating wife. God bless you both
she really is!
Your wife is a saint for doing that with you! I have asked mine to do similar tasks in picking up cars/trucks that I bought but she just laughs so I either have to tow it home or phone a friend
I worked at a family-owned RV trailer business back in my 20s. We had all sorts of clients with all sorts of tow and motorhomes come in come in for repairs. We even had an intracity style transit bus or two come in with Dometic heater or wiring issues on occasion. I forgot about the Barth brand until your video. We had one guy who stored his old Barth in our lot during the summers. He took it out of storage to drove it to Florida every winter. Fun times.
love this RV, Cant wait to see you guys out in it for a weekend
Us too! It's like a luxury apartment on wheels
My Dad bought a 1984 Holiday Rambler with the 460 back in 1999, and we used to take it out for a good 200 mile trip a couple times during the summers. That thing ran great! He stored it every winter at my aunts place. He let it sit for over a year without changing out the RV tarps, and when we went to go grab it after it sat for that time it leaked inside and parts of the ceiling caved in. I was angry with him for not taking care of it. Fortunately someone bought it and fixed it up inside, and it still takes trips to and from Florida every Oct.-April.
Thank you so much for recovering this beauty! So nice to follow along with your adventure.
454 cuin. In a chevelle they say it could pass everthing except a gas station . You might be lucky to get 5 to 7 mpg with all that weight.
Crazy, glad to see you make it home finally. On those electric fuel pumps, they need to be installed as close to the tank as possible. Everyone installs them next to the engine and it burns them up because they're not made to draw a vacuum.
yeah will be moving it!
Hope you can put new manifold with fuel injection
Barth is built like a tank, just needs some love.
Just so that you know, tanks are built to last about 300 miles of driving on hard ground.
Then they'll get bazooka'ed or something like that. No reason to design them for high mileage.
Greetings from West Yellowstone, Montana. Can’t wait for your next video. My uncle had a Barth motor home when I was a child. First time I ever rode in it, we went all through Yellowstone Park and the Grand Tetons. A home on wheels, I was thrilled. I am now 63 and am enjoying your videos. Glad she made it home safely.
Very cool! thanks for the story
Love this video! Bringing this Barth beast back to life is so cool. This rv has lots of life left in her and happy as heck to see you taking her out for adventure.
more to come! thanks for watching!
@@LifeofLind You'll end up doing vlog reviews of gas stations.
...which COULD be interesting.
Love the scenery, great video, miles and miles of open road, amazing to see, England is the opposite, , miles and miles of congestion, an open road doesnt exist., beautiful country is america.
She's a High Maintenance Old Gal that's for sure, maybe an LPG conversion could save a little on fuel costs? Looking forward to the restore and repair vids. Good Luck!
LPG?? Seriously? If you want to run out if gas and have no way to refuel that'd be great!
Hi, stumbled across this today. It is scarily very similar story to how we picked up our American RV (1979 Xplorer 260 on a Chrysler Dodge Ram chassis 5.9l/360 cubic inch V8 LPG/unleaded). We’re in the Uk. Split fuel lines and bad smells. Love yours, absolute classic. So much style.
Best wishes, good luck and keep updating us. Cheers 1/
10/10
best of luck!
It definitely needs an overdrive. Glad you made it home. ✌
Needs new rear end. Switch gears. 3000 Rpm at 65 70 is what you want with that engine. Any faster your just crazy.
Glad !! You Made it Back To Your Home Stead! Will See you on the Next One!!
Who would put an electric fuel pump at the front of a long ass motorhome? Pumps like that are far better at pushing. Closer to the tank is best. Great vid, glad you made it home safe.
He should have added a filter in that spot it would have saved him the carb issues. But sadly he is not the sharpest UA-cam content maker.
Wow! Love your attitude. It's refreshing to see people who attack problems/opportunities with such gusto.
What a truly nice man. Looking forward to seeing how the project works out.
Thanks 👍
@@LifeofLindyou still running that LMM?
Glad to watch part 2 directly after part 1. So glad you made it home safely and in one piece. Going to click on Part 3 now.
Enjoying your story. Regards from Mozambique 🇲🇿
Wow what a great couple of videos. We have nothing so grandiose in the UK and something that huge running on anything other than diesel for us would seriously break the bank. Here’s looking forward to more.
Glad you enjoyed it
A big red flag is the tag axle. Back in the day, if the chassis was overloaded, they added a tag axle. I was impressed that you got the engine to fire up.
I lived in Scott's Bluff Nebraska for about two weeks back in 2001 or so. The girl that I was seeing lived there. Well that relationship lasted about 2 weeks (met her online. Go figure haha) hence my relocation back to my home state (California). I've be in New Mexico for almost 5 years and my wife and I really like it. The reason I said Scott's bluff is that the little town at 22:52 really reminds me of it. it most definitely does need overdrive though! Really glad you made it home. God bless you and your family my brother!
This will be amazing if you fully restore it. Something I’d love to own!
thats the plan
Nice job. Your wife is a saint to deal with that. Maybe a transmission with overdrive would make all the difference. Plenty of options bolting up to a big block Chevy. Good Luck
I got an all day smile. Glad you got home safe. That coach will bring you & your family many happy memories. The one I hauled to NASA, they are still using it as far as I know.
That is awesome!
Just came across Part 1 an hour ago and was hoping Part 2 would be soon and there it was queued up ready to go. I just subscribed and look forward to more videos, hopefully Part 3 and maybe Part 4.
I had an aunt and uncle who had one of those motor homes, can't remember the make, they sold it when they weren't able to drive it anymore but they were quite proud of it and loved driving all over the country in it in their retirement years.
If you were in Virginia they would've pulled you over without tags, they don't play around here. I'm glad you made it home safe and sound. Still not a bad price for all you've been through so far, beats paying the price the original owner paid. Here when you get towed they charge you daily impound fees as well and they add up very quick, hopefully you didn't have that problem there.
Hopefully you'll make a Part 3 and show us what else you found wrong with it including the fire damage the previous owner reported.
Stay safe and looking forward to the next video.
yup lots more coming, thanks for the sub!
I was anxiously awaiting part 2 and looking forward to seeing the upcoming episodes!
thanks! we have more coming
Good job getting the old girl home safely it will be lovley when a full makeover is done respect to you .stay safe and snjoy
That’s a good rig to make it with just carburetor issues. Great video ✌🏽
Them Quadra jet carburetors have a foam float that’s coated ... additives and carb cleaners will eat away the coating on the float And it’s just a sponge after that .... you can buy a brass float if needed
Love those 80s RVs. Just like Classic cars they need saving, plus everything about the 80s was great and will never be repeated. 😁
I agree, lots of the older RVs need saving. Biggest problem with that isn’t keeping the chassis going, but the house. You have to be very comfortable with RV house systems, along with often working in very cramped spaces, being handy at retrofitting old things to new and vice versa. There are parts availability issues, too, which make keeping a much older RV going a lot harder. To be honest, RV makers seem to build obsolescence and lack of serviceability into their products.
@@jeromep I know what you mean. Here in the UK (west country) we don't see a lot of the US style RVs but we do have a lot of (new age) traveller's who travel and live in converted trucks and buses. I know a guy who converted an ex m.o.d Bedford 3tonner and also a 1970 Leyland Bus into campers/motor homes. The Guy next door to me has just bought a 2005 48seater coach to convert into a motor home.(he took down his garden fence so he could park it :) So many vehicles out there that need saving.
@@colinhutchinson1664 I love hearing about RVing in Europe. It does seem to have some significant differences than in the U.S. There is a UK based guy who has two channels on UA-cam, Aquaholic and Motoholic, who does walk throughs of mostly modern European RVs, and occasionally shows some modern U.S. RVs that have been imported. Those "new age" travelers you mention we call "van life" over here. Van-lifers are in a different class. Most of them are full time, or close to full time. They tend to be less fully equipped than RVs, frequently without bathroom facilities, so they rely on public facilities, which is possible, so long as your standards for public facilities can be low. There are also a lot of travelers out there that also take buses and convert them, most of them these days seem to be "schoolies", they take retired school buses and turn them into motor homes. Some are very skilled and do a great job of making them a fully functioning motor home, others put in less effort, and money, and end up with just a very spacious "van life" van. There is also a pretty big full time culture in the U.S. These people aren't homeless, they just want to live on the road. I think wanderlust and nomadic tendencies are hard coded into a lot of Americans.
@@jeromep Plus America is vast and contains the A-Z of climates and terrains. It must be like having 50 different countries that speak English. No wonder some people choose not to be tied to one place. I'll check those channels out too. 👍
I'm not up to date on your current videos but I am guessing that because it's an extended length chassis with the trailing axle Barth was speccing a GM 454 / TH400 power train with a 4.56 rear end. That would be the recommended set up for that GVW. Keep in mind when your Barth motorhome was new the double nickel 55 MPH speed limit was still enforced. There wasn't any reason for RV manufacturers to build units capable of going any faster. The RPM's you are seeing match my numbers above. Adding an overdrive would be no easy feat because the chassis does not have an ECM. Gearvendors aux transmission or 4L80e swap (along with adding a TCM) are easiest options available.
We had a old motorhome years ago, the overdrive was on the floor next to the next to the high beam switch. couldn't tell from the video of you have two switches there..... great video.
Thanks for sharing. dont think it has OD
Love it Dustin! Glad the beast is finally home!
Me too!
That thing is sweet and rare. It needs a diesel swap and a more gears transmission. Love it
I agree!
I bet a Holley Sniper EFI would do wonders for that engine. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens with the Barth.
im thinking that too
I’m no expert on the aftermarket EFI systems. I’ve seen a few videos on the Holley Sniper but I think there’s also FiTech, FAST, Edelbrock, MSD, and several others. You just need to research them and see which looks good for you. I have a ‘78 Ford Pinto that will be getting EFI but not sure which one. I have a friend that is trying to talk me into an OEM Ford port fuel injection system from a newer 2.3. I’d go with a 2 barrel EFI, which is less popular than the 4 barrel.
There was an old guy who went to our church. He sold cars for almost 50 years. He would talk about lot rot quite a bit. He had a Porche that had been sitting on the lot for a year or so. Some Chinese engineers were wanting to take a test drive. He went to get the keys and noticed a flat tire. While they were fixing that they decided to start it up so that they could hear it run. The battery was dead. After they jumped it back to life it suddenly died. Fuel pump went out. They could not wait for that to be fixed but said they would be back the next day. They got it started and pulled it into the shop. Got it running good enough for a test drive when the oil pump went out. They had to order a new oil pump so the Porche wasn't ready the next day. The guys decided to buy a new Nissan from them instead. Lot rot 101. Enjoyed the show. Take care folks. Vaughn
Beautiful “classic” motorhome. I’d enjoy it just as it is (except maybe the bathroom)! 😉
yeah it's gonna clean it up
You're a better man than I am, I would have been madder than hell about that bumper being pushed back. Although getting anyone to admit to damaging it after almost a year would probably just be an exercise in frustration and wasted time. Glad to see it made it home, looking forward to the progress.
The Western US is littered with the dead hulks of RVs from days past.
Keep the quadrajet please. They are a great carb for economy and performance. Hard to tune but great when running right
Extremely easy to tune actually, could just be becaus eim used to working on corvettes but i know all the fun modifications to make a q jet purr, a few involve a dremel and patience
nothing worse then the smell of an old motorhome, love those kind of adventures
i guess it was good the window was broken haha
I didn’t know you were a tech! LOL I used to work on them when I was younger. The old ones were built better .
yes, much better quality
Stumbled upon your channel...saw the first video on this motorhome so of course I had to click on this one! So happy you got her running! Definitely got a new subscriber here!
Awesome! Thank you!
Been waiting to watch this Part 2. Looking forward to see where your going from here. Maybe will work out good after you get to looking things over. The fuel mileage will probably improve since you finally run all the stale fuel out as when you made Part 1 you had stale fuel to start and added some then. Thanks for sharing your video with us.
will be a part 3
I'd have preferred a diesel myself, but hey, it runs!
My passion is old computers, rather than old vehicles, but I can definitely appreciate the retro vibe this is giving!
it's pretty awesome!
I love when people say 'God bless you" at the end of any video. thank you
Lmao you really need to be reminded constantly huh?
Thanks!
@@jamesspooky9488 its the plight of the religious. Have to keep reaffirming the ridiculous
This is what I want (or something a bit smaller) for my retirement days. Until now, I did not know it. Thanks.
looks like it would make a fine retirement vessel
Nice Rig, bring 'er back to life.
Wow that was a long trip for sure but glad to see you all made it home safe a bit of trouble but you got that fixed and got back on the road great work ...
Yes! Thank you!
In the 80s 55 was the speed limit,and that big block needs that old emission stuff pulled.upgrade the ignition.
It's pretty awesome. When you were showing it off I felt like I was watching old episodes of The Price Is Right.
come on down!!!!
Now this is gonna be a blast, excellent job Dustin! Keep up the great work!
Nice motorhome. The motorhome has another electric fuel pump closer to the tanks to pump the fuel to the manual fuel pump up front in the engine. The rear fuel pump usually goes out first. I have bypassed the rear fuel pump on mine before and only replaced the front manual fuel pump in the engine so I could get home.
That was awesome! Thank you for sharing your rv adventure. Can't wait to see what's next!
Thanks for watching!
We owned a 97 Fleetwood bounder with a 460 with overdrive. The best mileage we go with it was 6.5. We drove it all over the country for 12 years. Loved that old unit.
NICE! Just finished watching "part 1" yesterday
great to see that beautiful bath recused and taken home . all it needs its a damn good clean and a new carpet . the originality and high end fixtures are stunning !! great layout out too .
thats the plan
Caught part 1 last night and how lucky getting part 2 this afternoon. 🤞 hope it comes home 😊 deffo subbed.
Great life adventure with the family along! Your little girl will probably remember this trip for life. All good things don't come cheap even the time it took?
So true!
Hope it all works out for you mate, nice project.
Cheers
From Australia.
I hope so too! Thanks
Had a couple Barths. Both were good, the first being a 30 footer with a 454. The second was a 21 footer with a 350....yours is BIG!
My 30 footer is in the book Mobile Mansions pulling my 1937 Halsco trailer
Maybe a diesel swap would help the mpg. Definitely needs more gears or longer legs in the rear end.
if go longer gears it may take the engine out of the power band. the engine is already having a hard time moving that.
@@crazeguy26 yeah, that's true. It's hard to get a gas engine to push something that big efficiently at highway speeds. He could probably get a drive train from a bus cheap enough. It just sounds like it's not shifting into a higher gear.
thank god for part two, i was so bummed for you at the end of the other video, all good things come in the end
thanks for the sub!
Used to have an Emerson factory in my town. Princeton IN. The one here made tv’s.
I used to frequent your fine, fine movie theater.
Good job. Glad you made it home. Looking forward to seeing it clean
Thanks 👍
I watched part one. two minutes ago. i am not getting chores done today.
Really enjoyed this! Thank you for sharing your adventure with us.... Nice to see Kim and your sweetie of a daughter! It's true; behind every cool dude is an even cooler woman.... Everything is so big and so flat out there!!!!! Amazing. XX
Glad you enjoyed it!
What an awesome drive! Really looking forward to seeing how you get on with the refurb.
Hey thanks a lot for that tie wrap trick. I will tell you if you put the tube in a can of carb cleaner and fill the car up through the vents it'll give you a lot more run time and you won't run the risk of burning a hole in the Piston with starting fluid if you let it sit for a while before you crank it up it'll dissolve some of that crap in the carburetor too
Nice, Ill keep that in mind too!
In describing the odors inside the motor home were you giving props to Derek of Vice Grip Garage?
love that show. so funny.
VGG, often imitated...rarely duplicated
Just watched parts 1 and 2. This was captivating .... will he get it running? Will it breakdown? Will he get it home finally. I guess we know the answer to that question. I'm eagerly looking forward to see how this old RV progresses!
it's turning out pretty swell! thanks for watching!