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    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West '96? Hawk Shell "Build"

    Fast forward to this Thanksgiving, time to prep for a new years trip again. Fresh paint on the lower bulkheads under the carpet. Leftover engineered hardwood from out house went down pretty quickly. Started replacing the interior walls after finishing the insulation. Using some 3/16...
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    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West '96? Hawk Shell "Build"

    Well, obviously been a while. Wife and I bought a house in December 2019, so was pretty busy with that. Built a little trailer out of a pallet stand from work to pull the camper in and out of our backyard because trying to swap it in the loose dirt was a recipe for disaster. Still need to add a...
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    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West '96? Hawk Shell "Build"

    Absolutely possible. Thank you for the tip! I am really tempted to remove and replace the inner walls in this thing but really trying not to bite off more than I can chew and keep it easy. I've really had trouble finding where the aluminum frame is to attach things to the walls.
  4. J

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West '96? Hawk Shell "Build"

    Well, got this thing mounted up in my Chevy after my wedding and its been on since. We have used it a couple times sorta as-is and been making a list of things to fix. We'd bought self inflating camping pads from Costco to use directly on the plywood and they were not comfortable. We upgraded...
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    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West '96? Hawk Shell "Build"

    Just got back from a big trip out in Sand Hollow, Utah for my bachelor party. Didn't destroy my Jeep so time to focus on getting this thing together for weekend trips. Has anyone used a bolt in D-ring for the turnbuckle mounts? Something like this...
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    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West '96? Hawk Shell "Build"

    Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I have my bachelor party coming up so Jeep prep has taken up most of my shop time. Really excited to get this thing on my pickup and get going on making those upgrades (don't have a good support to work on it off the truck). We have a ton of 1" .095 DOM...
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    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West '96? Hawk Shell "Build"

    I didn't get much info from the previous owner. Fortunately though I was at a party with another local wheeler and showed him a photo of my new purchase. Funny enough he used to own this exact camper. I guess he got it as a basket case and sold it to another friend who did the work on it. It...
  8. J

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West '96? Hawk Shell "Build"

    Have been lurking craigslist in CA on and off for a few years looking for the right camper and finally pulled the trigger. Almost missed my moment on this Hawk shell, was helping a buddy install his engine in his rock crawler when I should've went to look at it, but the person looking at it the...
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