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Thanks MDM54,You're right about the home sewing machine not taking #69 thread(i tried),that pucker is probably about 1",I was a little apprehensive splitting it but it makes sense to split in several places along the back up to the seem,at the time it just seemed that corner would be less...

Just found this,I thought this would work great in a FWC http://mobilerik.com/927/camper-pop-up-lift-mechanism/

Awe A pucker,I moved it to the garage today to get the liner and roof in place and I got a pucker.My home made liner that seemed to fit so well before I cut and sewed the windows now a has pucker.If I could just sew this probably would have never happened.The sides look Okay Not sure what to...

You're doing a great job,very clean,I'm sure it'll show in the finished product....

I had to feel like I'm getting something done,so I (think) finished one side the front and back although I still have some wiring of outside lights

I was also trying to figure out if there's a more "efficient lifting system" than those dang panels,With the roof being so light and so many different pop up campers with different lift systems,maybe something will work better.but i would guess if there was something better ATC or FWC would've...

Thanks Marty i think that's my problem,the camper is not sitting level,I'll probably have to either figure a way to level it on the trailer or try to get it in the garage and level it that way.i live in West Virginia there is no place level here ha

I wanted to paint the camper before I put the liner on(hopefully this weekend) but I did have to make the flip panels and I did that this week and its causing me a great deal of stress cause the roof doesn't seem to want to line up even though I basically put them back in the same holes. Marty...

i skipped a step!! I got 11yds of 18 oz Vinyl coated polyester off ebay (great price) and cut it 24" and tacked it around the camper to see where to put the windows I guess I made a mistake cutting the windows in,the guy I tried to get to sew the screen and velcro,covers in wouldn't do it...

This is where I'm at now,I removed the liner and took kmcintyre advice from another post and took the roof off also to redo it.The old liner was all moldy I got some 1/4 foam insulation(I can't remember who to thank for that tip but I seen it here) and another hatch up front I also ran new wires...

I hated to stop for a while but I found A truck that I did bed off restore. Now back to the camper,(these two projects consumed my life besides working 50 hrs a week,wifey hasn't seen me much.)with it basically closed in I insulated some of it and found that if I sanded the cheaper 1/4 plywood...

The floor was a little easier than I expected,just measure cut and stain At this point I just wanted to get it all closed in again,so I went to a local scrap yard to find some aluminum for the damaged front and lower half of the rear,I was able to get a 4x8 sheet of 1/16 aluminum,It was a...

I really didn't know where to start so I just started taking the front and rear aluminum panels off and the rotted floor pac.To much dismay when I took the front off all the aluminum support frame fell out. Luckly I was able to take it to my work and get a lower frame welded,the original was...

A little history behind this old FWC,I drove to Denver 20+ years ago to get this camper,I was hunting out there and A friend I was with had one and him and his buddies worked part time for FWC.I thought these were so neat,I had to have one.I kept it all this time an about 5 yrs ago with it just...

Thanks Marty I never thought about that,I don't have the interior done yet and I'm putting it back to the original layout,I was thinking,if I had the cabinets done and the back panel was to lay on the countertop maybe that work.

Here's my old roof,pretty bad with a lot of mold. my new roof is much cleaner The new flip panel lays down good in front but not the back and this pic is the back panel up.

In doing this total rebuild,i took a lot of advice from the good folks on here and decided to take the roof off since I'm doing the sideliner (and everything else).Well I had to make new flip panels anyway and I did do this before probably 15 yrs ago for the front and wasn't that big of a deal...

Sagebrush,isn't that the truth,I just ordered 3 FWC decals for this built and FWC charged me $7.50 "shipping and handling" now the shipping was $1.50 so the additional $6. Was apparently just to put them in the envelope

Louis My camper is around 85 but I would assume you would do the same.There's nothing but trim pieces that held mine on,no glue,no staples.I really don't know why it didn't leak.The PO did silicone around the top of the the trim,I was thinking when I reassemble mine to maybe put a few stables...

I know you're right on removing the whole roof and I may end up doing that (I should) but what really surprised me is that the only thing holding the liner on is the trim screws with molding,mine had goobs of silicone around the top but the inside head liner is tucked under the roof

I haven't taken the trim off the roof yet but I have taken it off the the bottom and it seems funny to me that the liner is only held to the camper by the trim screws.I wasn't going to take the roof all the way off (if I can help it).I only have the front flip up panel on, my back one is...

11 yards is enough to do at least 2 campers and will only have 1 seem in the back..It's 61" wide and mine is only 24"wide and a rough measurement of 10yds..I got samples of materials from http://www.seattlefabrics.com/products.html so I knew what material I wanted,BTW I got the gray..

I just bought 11yds of this http://www.ebay.com/itm/18-oz-Vinyl-Coated-Polyester-Fabric-by-the-Yard-61-x-1-yard-Blue-Color-/331457207164?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d2c639b7c and couldn't be happier,I think it'll work fine,I'm going to cut it out tomorrow and find someone to sew the screen...

I'll be watching this post.I'm about ready to undertake the same project on my mid 80s Grandby.I called 4FWC yesterday and was told that they could make and install one for me or sell me the vinyl by the yard for about $20 a yd and I'll have to cut an install screens and windows myself and...

Nice pics,I love seeing these old campers still being used...