00:00One of the coolest things about the DecoLiner is the fact that you can drive it from the
00:05roof.
00:06I always get asked, is that legal?
00:09Well, it's not illegal and it's a very fine line.
00:23I was never a big motor homer.
00:25I always thought it was kind of weird driving around in a big box and sleeping in it.
00:29Then I built the DecoLiner.
00:31It's really cool.
00:32We had a lot of fun with it.
00:33I put over 15,000 miles on the DecoLiner.
00:35The wife and I drove all over America.
00:37While building the DecoLiner, Randy invested over $100,000 in parts and a whole lot of
00:44time.
00:45The DecoLiner was a 6,000-hour build executed over an 18-month period.
00:52I know, do the math.
00:54It's a serious medical condition.
00:57Seven days a week, 10 to 12 hours a day, there were only 15 days taken off.
01:02Yeah, I have issues, obviously.
01:06It's not based on anything else.
01:07The chassis under the DecoLiner started as a 1973 GMC motor home.
01:13That motor home was a very iconic motor home.
01:16It was way ahead of its time.
01:18The DecoLiner has a 455 holes and a front-wheel drive system in it.
01:26Most motor homes, you walk up a flight of stairs to get above the engine and the drivetrain.
01:31Because the DecoLiner is front-wheel drive, the frame is only 14 inches off the ground,
01:36and it allowed me to stack the roof and still keep it under the 13.6 legal max here in the
01:41States.
01:42The vehicle was recently sold for half a million dollars.
01:47I had seen the DecoLiner on a couple of television shows and always loved the design of it, the
01:53art deco aspect of the vehicle.
01:55By happenstance, I met somebody who knew Randy, discovered that the vehicle was for sale,
02:00so we arranged a meeting and worked out a deal.
02:04It's an amazing vehicle to be involved with because everybody smiles profusely at it.
02:11It just brings a lot of joy to people.
02:14I've always thought of the DecoLiner as Flash Gordon's motor home.
02:17One of the coolest things about the DecoLiner is the fact that you can drive it from the
02:20roof.
02:21I always get asked, is that legal?
02:27Well, it's not illegal, and it's a very fine line.
02:31For a policeman to pull you over and write you a ticket, he's got to put down what vehicle
02:36code you violated, and there's nothing on the books about driving a car from the roof.
02:44And it'll probably come as no surprise that this isn't Randy's first build.
02:49This is what I do for fun and profit.
02:52I actually make a living building these crazy vehicles.
02:55A lot of people know me for the Jay Leno tank car.
02:58That was the very first car that I built, and that really put me on the map.
03:02Believe me, when Jay Leno buys your car and gives it the thumbs up, you're a hero.
03:08So here we are in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
03:11There's this giant car show, really had fun bringing the DecoLiner and letting everybody
03:17see it and experience it firsthand.
03:20When I negotiated the deal for the DecoLiner, I also negotiated a deal for one of the DecoPod
03:25motorbikes.
03:26And after I got to know Randy better and got to experience the quality of his work, we
03:30created a new vehicle, a Roadster.
03:32The DecoLiner is the center of attention wherever it goes.
03:37One of the lessons that I learned very early on about the DecoLiner is that there's a certain
03:42responsibility that comes with driving it.
03:44I was driving it to its debut in the Portland Art Museum up in Portland, Oregon, and I was
03:50late.
03:51It's showtime.
03:52And I'm mobbed at the gas station with everybody wanting to know what this crazy thing is.
03:56So I finally get fueled up and I'm like, I need to go, I need to go, you guys.
04:00And then here comes a bus full of 30 deaf kids.
04:03They all surround me and the guy, he's asking me questions and he's signing to the kids.
04:10And I'm in a hurry and I got to go.
04:12That's when it really hit me, wow, you don't have time for 30 deaf kids?
04:19What's wrong with you guy?
04:21That's when I realized when you bring the circus to town, you better have the patience
04:28to deal with the response, the smiles and the joy and letting the kids go up on the
04:34upper deck.
04:36That's what floats my boat.
04:37It's really an honor and a privilege to drive this thing and make people smile and laugh
04:44wherever it goes.
04:45I'm a lucky guy.
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