rebuild

Hi everyone! My wife and I bought a beat-up '77 Fleet a couple weeks ago and are hoping to completely rebuild it! We've never had a truck camper before, and this is one of the few small enough for our little old truck (2002 Mazda/Ranger) to carry. The goal is to turn it into something that...

This summer I bought a used Hawk in La Jolla, CA. Did not pay what person was asking but after all of my travails I my have overpaid, but, heh, I now have a Hawk! Just as we were loading the camper the guy said, "oh, you have a Silverado (2014-2017) and I don't think these fit those beds. It...

HI All, I'm getting near the end of the restoration of my 2000 Eagle. I need some advice on routing the cables behind the folding panels. The picture is of the cable entering through the roof, going behind the panels, and then disappearing through the counter to the electronics bay below...

Hi Everyone, I just got my hands on a Fleet of unknown vintage (somewhere between 2006 and 2009, maybe) and I am refitting it. I figured I'd just pull the old furnace and pop a new Dometic model into the hole. The old furnace is a Dometic/Atwood 8516-IV. The guy I bought it from said it...

Hey everyone I’m new to owning Four Wheel Campers as I previously have a Palomino. I’m interested in trying to buy a 86’ Grandby I found in my area. It’s cheaper and I get why but I have a carpenter here as well as a welder so I’m not too helpless and I love renovating the camper to some degree...

Just picked up a new to me, 2000 FWC Hawk. Just started with a deep cleaning inside and out and came across a few things. 1. The top lip of the lower portion of the camper had deteriorating foam that could not be salvaged so it was scrubbed down to the aluminum. Would it be necessary/ or any...

OK, I decided to start a new thread and this could just turn into a continued build thread depending on how this all goes. I posted a bit ago about cracked welds in my frame that I discovered due to door misalignment and what I thought was pretty significant twisting during jacking and lowering...

As some of you know, my Fleet flew off my truck 9 days after purchase. The seller "secured" it with two ratchet straps in the rear, to two U-bolts that were anchored into weak, old wood. I asked if he was SURE that it was secure, because even I (total load-securing-rookie) thought it was risky...

Hello all....well, here is my attempt at documenting my rebuild. I was recently gifted a 92 Jayco Sportster from a Brother in my men's group. It was his father's, and had many years of love. After sitting a bit, he forwarded it to me. With my wife's permission and enthusiasm, I picked it up with...

So here's the back story, bought this 1980's fleet off a guy on Vancouver Island last fall for about $900, the guy had a decent ad on craigslist and it looked in decent shape from the photos online. As soon as I got there I knew I was getting myself into a project but I'm just now learning the...

Hey all, On the hunt for an older FWC Fleet. Looking for one to gut and rebuild. I am located in the mid-atlantic but willing to drive for the right deal. Cheers!

Before getting into our rebuild it’s worth mentioning our motivation for going the route we did. My wife and I are backcountry skiers, and love to travel! After we finished college in WI we moved to CO and took a year off before I started graduate school. She found work in her field and after a...

Just purchased a used Grandby. Sorry folks no grand adventure for me. Two laps around the planet, a small skirmish under my belt and seen enough wilderness to last a lifetime, I have no desire to leave the hardball. Plan to used my FWC as a mobile office. Nothing wrong with the current...