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Hi, yeah ill get some measurements for you but know that they probably wouldnt be the same for you and i would likely do it different. First you need the airconditioner and they are almost always a little different size from each other. Also my first cover was just going to be hinged…. Then i...

Hi Tom, congrats making it through the whole thread! Id consider the build complete, but of course there is no shortage of maintenance that needs to be done regularly as well as repairing things that break. There likely will be some improvements/changes in the future but i suspect most of the...

Hi Ahab- I actually just finished listening to all 25 hours of Moby Dick this last week! Regarding the Herculiner, I usually just prep stuff by scraping anything loose off, then sand/rough it up a bit then wipe it down with Xylene or some other cleaner first. Ive only rolled it and had good...

-Noticed I'm starting to get some weather related cracks on the tires so decided I should have gotten tire covers a while back, but better late than never. I got the biggest ones I could find on amazon which still arent big enough but I just glued a portion of tarp to the bottom to help cover...

-The trailer CBC (cargo box cover) got a little TLC, including a coat of Herculiner on the roof and lower edges. I also put an extended drip edge over the back of the trailer roof since rain was leaking in through the top door seam, then painted the whole trailer. -Installed a Donaldson Snorkel...

-Radiator started leaking before another camping trip. Was able to make it there and back with just a partial refill. I ended up having the existing Radiator rebuilt (which cost $400!) but it was the best option I could find at the time. I did buy a couple untested takeout radiators to keep on...

Its been a while since I updated this apparently. Most of the work has been done so the last couple years have mostly been fixing issues that come up. The next couple posts will just show some of the work/repair that I've done. -Mice got into the campers potable/clean water tank fill area and...

I managed to get one more project done on the truck (trailer) this year. I've been wanting to put a door on the front of the trailer's CBC (cargo box cover) for some time so we can get into it easier from the truck side. Originally I had thought of putting some panto graph hinges on it like I...

We have enjoyed the "camper" but when using it in spring and fall it can get cold. We had been using an electric ceramic heater that kept us warm but the floor was still super cold. While reskinning it, I had decided to pull up the floor. I couldnt get many of the old floor screws out so I gave...

Its been a while since I posted on here, but there has been some progress since last summer. I was able to finally finish re-skinning most of the van box with aluminum skin (both sides, rear sides and small door). The front of the box, roof, and large door still have the original steel skin...

I'm afraid its still sitting on my work bench slowly getting buried by other projects. I did "Check things out" again maybe a month or 2 ago just to verify that everything should physically fit, and it still looks like it will. Its one of those projects that will have the deuce out of...

I should have talked with you before I started this aluminum project! I do like the Zinc-Chromate in a can but its not always easy to find it for under $10 a can. When I can find it, I buy a few cans of it but lately its been $20+ each which is why I went the Alodine route. I could only find...

I think I just got them from Amazon. They are made by Stanley/POP rivet, the part number was MPA-6, and I think they were about $30 for a bag of 500. Once you are done installing the blind/POP rivets, you can just hammer these things into them and it makes it look like a solid rivet. I added a...

While reading about Alodine and general prep of aluminum, it seems that the aircraft guys were the experts on it and I saw lots of references to "Aircraft Spruce". That company also appeared to have one of the best prices and didn't charge the hazardous shipping add on that a lot of other places...

Here are some pics of how I finished up the truck for the year. I ended up getting the passenger side and rear skins replaced and decided that was good enough for this year. I'll finish up the drivers side in the spring (hopefully) and then re-insulate the walls and probably end up repainting...

Anyone know how much the back van-box doors weight? I need to figure out a way to take them off to replace the back sheet metal and re-skin the narrower door. I dont have any equipment for something like this so I'm open to clever ideas on how to handle the doors once the hinges are unbolted...

well I got some items done in the last week. Took all the passenger side panels off and removed all the loose rust and painted POR15 rust converter on all the framing. I forgot to take a picture before putting the panels on but here are the corners: Picked up the sheetmetal and put the 3...

thanks for looking out for me Ahab, The last thing I want to do is to put extra work into something only to find out I introduced a problem worse than the one I originally tried to fix. I did know of Galvanic corrosion and have read up as much as I can on how to prevent it in a reasonable...

well I have been working on the truck, although not too much... its hard to get motivated to do work that one hates. Thankfully, I found a better way to remove rivets that goes faster. Here are the tools I now use: A small grinder to cut a slit in the rivet head without damaging the sheetmetal...

We recently took a week long camping trip to Hayward Wisconsin and had a good time. On the way home while fueling up another deuce pulled up so we had a brief but fun chat. Once we got home I had decided to fix a little rust that was starting to appear behind the rub-rail along the side of the...