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Inside the Hauler's Living Quarters and Road Trip Realities

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Bob Keselowski's 1980s Cabover Custom Race Hauler RV: Old School ARCA Series Survivor!

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Brian recounts his childhood experiences traveling in the hauler, mentioning that when his parents went to races, he would often stay with his grandmother. He shares an amusing anecdote about his parents falsifying his younger brother Brad's NASCAR license at 14 to list him as 18, allowing Brad to travel with the team while Brian had to ride the bus. He then shows the interior living quarters of the hauler, pointing out the bunks (accommodating 6-7 people), a small bathroom with a removable toilet, and a compact TV with a VCR (now removed). He highlights the small windows for ventilation and a flip-down panel to create a walk-around space. Brian confirms there was no air conditioning in the back of the hauler during earlier days, making it extremely hot.

Goal: Provide a tour of the hauler's interior and share more personal travel stories

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but yeah, it uh there was no communication. The cab's its own deal. We had a deal leading before that. There was a it was uh like a big stake truck and it had a hole in the back the back of the cabin the front of the box where you could kind of go between the two. I mean, that's that was early '80s. That was late model days into the first part of the ARCA days. Uh that thing was rough. This thing was a lot nicer when we built it and then uh you know, as we got the the more sponsorship in the Mopar days come through, that's when we got our first tractor trailers, but that wasn't until '97. And we didn't even get it until like the second or third race in '97. So we ran this the first race or two in that those first Mopar days. And nowadays, it's just hauling around some go-karts and things like that. Brad and uh and the guys will go over to GoPro and and get some laps in for road course racing, but uh we were talking about maybe taking the truck in this and we may if we run the Charlotte event, may take that in this just to have like a full-on vintage thing, right? But we didn't really want to drive this all the way to Watkins Glen. It's not something you want to have a super long road trip in right now, so. Would you believe me if I told you that I've never owned a flex head ratchet until now and I've never owned a stubby ratchet either? Now I got it all with Tool it. This set right here is certainly a great addition to my toolbox, especially at the race track. You never know what you're going to need. Half the time your race track toolbox becomes a fix your tow rig toolbox or cobble your trailer back together toolbox. We got long 3/8, stubby 3/8, medium 1/4 inch, and a long 1/2 inch. We need them extra torque. They have ultra compact heads, 3/8 drive and what's like a 1/4 inch body for tight spaces like engines and machinery. Built stronger and last longer up to 75,000 cycles. And don't worry, there's a lifetime guarantee. You break it, you get a new one. Toolen is a brand dedicated to developing narrow tools for tight, difficult working spaces. Their focus is creating solutions where regular wrenches and tools just don't work. If you remember a few videos ago, we did a spot on this Toolen adjustable plier wrench. And I'm not joking, I leave this in the door of my truck and I use it all the time. It's actually in my pocket when I started filming this because I just used it to take the battery out of the money car. I'll grab this before I grab anything else…

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