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I just got back from a little jaunt down into Mexico. We spent a few days outside of Bacadehuachi with the fine folks & good friends from Conserventures (the organization that puts on the Overland Expo). This was the first real trip in the camper. Lots of tight twisty two lane Mexican black...

Smallest I think they make is the basic SHURflo Nautilus 1gpm pump: http://www.adventurerv.net/shurflo-nautilus-single-station-water-pump-gpm-p-1713.html That would probably be a better fit for my application. I believe the one I ended up with was one of the classic series pumps @ just shy of...

My 3/4 ton Dodge is fine with a Granby on it. The suspension is stock, with the exception of new shocks (I have 200,000 miles on it).

As I said way back at the beginning - I'm not a professional camper building guy. I've never done this before, and I fully expected to run into problems, and I was absolutely certain I would learn a few things. If you've read this thread, you know what construction methods I've used, and you...

I finally finished the last part of the first round. The water system. Sorry, no pictures as I'm in SoCal, the camper is in AZ, and we're heading to Mexico a couple hours after I get home. It's a pretty simple set up. 30 gallon plastic tank mounted under the front bench seat. A gravity...

FYI to anyone interested. We have a Hawk (2010) with the extended cabover. It came with queen bed, but we got tired of pulling out the bed and trying to stow the bed mattress extensions during travel. Our solutuion was to remove the FWC mattress and buy a 4" foam the size of a double bed (54"x...

I'm wrapped up installing a lift kit on my girlfriends Jeep . . . probably going to be a while (been stuck in the garage all weekend catching up on non-camper related projects). I think I've been by your house though - I was out that way a while back and remember the airstream.

Goodtimes, I just found your build posting.You sure did a great job.We do need to get together since we are both in the Old Pueblo.I live around San Joaquin and Bopp.Send me a PM if possible. Bisley I'm just down the road from you - just off western way, between Kinney & Bopp.

Nice! I kinda wish I didn't have the left side window in mine so I could have pushed the cabinet all the way up to the front wall like you did.

One reason for 115 V is when you're camping in the dead of winter somewhere where you can plug in an electric space heater. Saves about 1/4 tank of propane a night for us'ns... We stick to the low desert & beaches of Mexico during the winter. It's not often that we see sub-freezing temps...

I went back and forth on the electrical system. My first thought was to incorporate both 12vdc and 120vac, various interior and exterior outlets & lights, motion sensors, shut down timers (for reading lamps in the bunk), and a bunch of other stuff that tinkerers like me find entertaining to...

Jacks. You've all seen them before. The only thing I did slightly different was to use some hand-nuts from McMaster Carr so I could pull them off easily once I load the camper. This also lets me use the jack brackets as a base for other items when we are in camp (solar shower etc). All I do...

Getting towards the end here . . . Tie downs. At the suggestion of a friend and fellow FWC owner, I added an extra set of tie downs in the front. Cheap insurance maybe? I dunno - but I have never been a huge fan of relying on a single tie down to prevent something from moving in two...

What was the rough cost, fabric and labor? What type of fabric did you go with? Thx We were out the door for under 7, without re-using anything from the old cushions. There are no folded and stapled corners - each cushion cover has a zipper along the hidden (long) edge, through which the...

Upholstery. What a pain this turned out to be. What we wanted was pretty simple. Two bottom cushions to form an L shaped bench, one backrest to run the length of the camper from the front wall all the way to the side of the pantry, and a pair of 15 x 24" cushions which we could use as back...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. natjwest - The main countertop is somewhere around 39" tall. It's a comfortable height for both my girlfriend and I to work at (I'm short, she isn't). Anything beyond that and it starts to feel tall - hence the stepped counter. The decision on the hinged...

I'll get the the upholstery soon - but first, the rest of the cabinet work. The counter tops (3 pieces) were made from 3/4" plywood covered with a laminate sheet from Wilsonart (sold @ Home Depot & Lowes). The process was pretty simple since there really aren't many things going on here. Pick...

A typical butt-joint probably would have been fine - but what fun is that? Being that I've never worked with wood and I'm a bit of a glutton for punishment, dove-tails sounded about right. A bunch of drawers about to happen: And a little while later: You can probably see that the bottom...

On to everyones favorite part: the interior. Way back at the beginning of this thread, I stated that I never really liked the interiors that FWC put in their campers. I'll elaborate on that a bit now. The overall layout is fine - 'fridge/cabinet/sink/stove/etc on the left half of the camper...

Thoughts about the roof, fabric top, & the door. By this time, I had already spent a big chunk of $$$, and was fast approaching a somewhat soft budget ceiling. I was willing to break it - but I didn't really want to if I didn't need to. On the other hand, I didn't want to cut corners...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. CJ8 - did I mention that when we left your place, we forgot a *almost* empty beer bottle in the camper? What a not-so-nice surprise when we got home and opened the door to load some junk. Luckily, the smell dissipated over night. I'll have more of the...

The final step for the siding was to apply a bead of Silicon sealant around all the edges. This keeps the putty tape clean and helps prevent it from drying out and crumbling. At least that is the story I was told. Since I'm far from a subject matter expert on camper building - I'll take...

Sealing the siding. At the recommendation of the guys who built the siding, I used putty tape anywhere that something would penetrate the external skin of the camper. That included the door, windows, any hatch covers (propane, water, electrical, etc), the trim along the edges, the roof clamps...

The only problem I had with the siding involved an oversight on the part of the guys making it. From the factory, the top 6" of the siding does not have a pattern rolled into it (it has the embossed faux wood grain - but no corrugations), which allows it to (visually) match the front of the...

Installing the siding is really a strait forward task. There are essentially 5 sections of the camper, with regard to the siding. The left and right sides, the back, the front below the cab-over extension, and the cab over extension itself. It is typically installed from the top down - and...