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After the corners have been finished we started to install some useful "add ons": Please help me with the name of these parts: They are lashing rails , used to fix goods in vans or trucks. In Germany they are well know as "Airline tracks". What is your name for this ? Next idea was to...

This weekend we finished to attach the Aluminium-profiles. Two cartridges of Sikaflex-PU-Glue, a few hours of Aluminium sawing, filing and sanding and one fit of rage later every profile was fitted in his place. I hope they are still there after the first trip! :D Cabover passengers side...

We had a little break in our work to keep "the brain clear" and "Oktoberfest Time" is sometimes hardcore work for bavarian busdrivers. ;) I had some trouble with my charger. I made a test installation to charge the battery on domestic power ( 230 V ) and the output was only 10.85 V. But...

Hi xrcris, good progress on your rebuilt. I like it very much. For me it is very interesting which different solutions and technics we/you all use while restoring and repairing our campers.

.......me too. I am out for work these days. In munich there is "Oktoberfest" now. A lot of work for private bus companies like ours.... I can't wait to see the possible upcoming problems with the roof......but, do i want to see this ???

After the "test-fit" yesterday it was time place the popup-frame back to the campers-frame. First we attached a Butyl-sealing-Tape and after that we lowered the aluminium frame step by step down to the sealant. and finally screwed the parts together. Useful tool to do this work...

The Door-frame was our next part. Fitted in place today Then i supported the roof from the inside and removed the ratchet-straps from the roof. We lowered the popup frame to the wood-frame of the camper. We were not sure if it would fit! I checked the old pics were i could see that also...

New Screen, the door is original ! Drillholes - Camouflage:

Hello Bill, i am so glad that so many of you are reading my built/renovation. You guys have the biggest TruckCamper experience collected in this forum. I started this thread also with the reason to grab some informations and help if necessary and possible. I checked out your FWC built and it...

I don´t want to bore you with another aluminium Profile. More on the weekend. The Screen door got it´s new screen today and the underbed storage got his lid back. Somebody screwed his License Plate to the Entry door so we have to cover the holes now. Pic of the finished door on Friday

Todays work was to install the last window: and the newly designed windowsill at the rear window: The lady needs a place for the flowers ;) More aluminium-profiles bonded in place: How to fix the "3-screw-nuts" in place at the rear door frame ? We used some thick cyanacrylat...

....really first rate workmanship..... ??? You need to know another one ? There are lot´s of things which are not so accurate work. Esp. the aluminium-profiles are not "my job" but i hope to get it done!

Hello BluesideUp, i am glad to read you know parts of my home country. I hope to travel (a small part ) of yours next year. You can see my project here: http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/8779-jayco-sportster-8ft-renovation/page-7#entry103760 We try to renovate at a low cost budget but...

Hi BluesideUp, the luck is with the hard-working they say in germany. I follow your thread since month´s and it is great which high tech camper you are able to convert your alaskan in! Congratulations! Restoring my Jayco i always dream Alaskan ! I am in a good contact with Don Wheat so i hope...

one thought on any camper: saves weight and reduces the risk to crash the jacks somewhere: How to release and mount 4 camper jacks in seconds. The german FWC-Importer has a Patent now for a change system called D-Jacker...

....on sunday viola installed the front window: We also started our work to cover the holes the jack brackets and the first owners left in the panels. It´s not very stylish for this nice old camper but new panels would have blown our budget by far, sorry. The aluminium L-profiles are...

Test fit in the kitchen: The original water crane left two holes in the countertop so we used them for the new crane ( only cold water/no city water connection) and the second hole is closed by a soap dispenser

Today we started with placing reinforcements to the cabover. Our wood stripes don´t match with some screw holes on the panels After the glue has cured we placed the front panel to the cabover: Then we had to test fit the second panel to make sure we do the correct cutout for the front...

Only a little progress today. Most time we worked on cleaning the cabover aluminum panel and doing a test fit. So we realised that we have to add two wood strips to which we can screw the panels. Test fit also for the ply-countertop which was already in the camper by the time we bought it...

Jayco announced a wet weight of 1354 lbs / 615 kgs incl. Propane and 15 gal of water. There is a little awning on the roof, AGM Battery + Portable Toilet. The new furnace is more lightweight. We worked not for a lightweight renovation, but some changes, 9mm walls instead of 1/2" ply, changed...

Hi Rusty, thank you very much for your comments and the nice feedback. I also follow the Alaskan Forum and all your posts. I don´t know if there is one Alaskan in europe. Also Guttis Alaskan from Iceland is back in the USA i think, Yes, we also had our doubts when we started! We told ourselves...

Today she first installed the rear window: It is fix which is important because in europe it is not allowed to place an exhaust under a window that can be opened or less than 12" from the side of a door or window. With this original window we were able to place the exhaust of our Truma...

Hi BigAl, my best wishes for restoring this Alaskan. Rusty is right: The frame looks very good at this age. Much better than the frame on my ´92 Jayco which you can find in "Hallmark and other brands..." Manfred

Hi Bill, have you ever tried to ask Palomino with this ? May be their informations are much more helpful for your work than any other can provide. While asking them it would be helpful to give them the serial number. I asked Jayo mfg before restoring my Jayco and got a lot of help incl...

Today i started with a small but important repair: The right side guide of the ice compartments door in the fridge was broken. I fixed it with 1/2" part of an plastic cable channel The next door was the one from the propane compartment: We installed the frame 180° reverse to the original...