Master Gator Takes Gainesville Tailgating to the Next Level

There are weekend projects, and then there are weekend projects that take 6 months and over 1000 man-hours to complete. This one is the latter, and it is appropriately named the “Master Gator.”

Created by Keith Moody, the “Master Gator” began as a 1992 Ford B700 with a 5.9 Cummins and Thomas Body, which was picked up in an auction down in Broward County. Working with some of his friends, Keith began by gutting the inside of the bus including seats, rubber floor, plywood subfloor, heaters, driver's seat, and windows. Then using the help of his friend Martin from Master Blaster in Fort Pierce, they sandblasted the inside before priming and painting the complete interior portion of this tailgate machine. Keith even stripped down the windows to their raw aluminum state, and took them to a machine shop where he was able to anodized the frames black. As he would put it, “Not one part of this bus is half assed, all wiring, plumbing paint etc was done right.”

The original plans always included a back porch, which was very fitting for tailgates. This portion of the bus was cut using a plasma cutter and extreme precision.

As far as plumbing goes, this tailgate bus is set up. It features running water, 2 sinks, with properly vented plumbing into a 36-gallon waste tank, exterior shower, 16 gal fresh tank with exterior fill, and an RV flushable toilet. With a Kenwood CD player, 2 1000watt Cadence amps, 10" 1000w subwoofer, and 4 Cadence coax speakers on the bottom of the benches, this party machine is ready to rock any tailgate it attends. And with two 22” LCD TV’s on-board, there is no SEC game they miss while throwing down a few cold ones.

The electrical include items such as a 1000w inverter, 20-amp on board charger, marine battery selector switch, and a new Carrier roof A/C.

The bus was completely sandblasted on the outside, epoxy primered, and painted with high quality Nason 2k urethane paint by Martin at Master Blaster. The final touch to the bus was its beautifully added decals, which really gave it the final “oomph.”

Keith enjoyed putting this bad boy together so much that he recently bought another bus so that he would have another project for the weekends.