FOUND A HAWK!

[SloanKeterine]

I was fortunate enough to find an older FWC. I’ve been reading on the forum from a distinace for awhile. The old camper has had a long hard life. My hopes are to squeeze a lil more life out of it with out a full overhaul. Any help or opinions are greatly appreciated . Thanks WTW

 

[SloanKeterine]

Here she is

 

[billharr]

Your pictures did not load. Might want to start by going through the Camper Builds Thread, lots of great ideas.

 

[SloanKeterine]

Trying to cure photo problem.thanks

 

[SloanKeterine]

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IMG_1099.jpgHere she is

Camper is going on to this Ford 350 Cummins swap.

 

[SloanKeterine]

Camper is going on to this Ford 350 Cummins swap.

 

[CougarCouple]

Congrats SloanKeterine on your find, will be great behind the f350.

Russ

 

[Stan@FourWheel]

Nice find!

Have you measured to make sure it will fit? Most of the olds campers were too wide for the newer 1999 or newer SuperDutys.

 

[SloanKeterine]

You are correct , the camper is about 3” to wide to fit . My plans are to finish the camper ( or at least get it liveable), and flatbed the ford ,with tool boxes on the side . My hopes are to gain some storage, carry more recovery gear, and carry some tool.

 

[shellback]

This was an excellent thread on narrowing a camper to fit newer trucks. https://advrider.com/f/threads/four-wheel-camper-rebuild.1053662/ Unfortunately it's seems the pictures are lost to photobucket. If you are interested in narrowing your camper, perhaps you could get the pictures from the OP of the thread.

 

[Vic Harder]

You are correct , the camper is about 3” to wide to fit . My plans are to finish the camper ( or at least get it liveable), and flatbed the ford ,with tool boxes on the side . My hopes are to gain some storage, carry more recovery gear, and carry some tool.

I like this plan. I'm looking forward to following your build.

 

[billharr]

I like this plan. I'm looking forward to following your build.

+1. Take lots of pictures. ;-)

 

[SloanKeterine]

First thing first, had to fix the plywood near the door frame. The weld let loose and every time it rained . The water would go down the door , hit the door frame and then pool near the rear of the base of the floor pack. I didn’t want to replace the whole thing due to no way to lift it . I repaired the damaged area , then I doubled up the floor with another piece of plywood to strengthen this cross cut in the floor. I cut the new piece of plywood to sit flush with the 90Degree drip edge the FWC attached to the front and rear of the camper .the floor and material was painted with porch paint sourced from the local homedepot.

 

[SloanKeterine]

Damaged Floor, work in progress....

 

[SloanKeterine]

Does anyone have any idea what brand of heater is in the early FWC? Went test run the heater with no success . Thanks everyone! More pictures coming

 

[SloanKeterine]

photo of repaired floor, and a couple layers of porch paint.

 

[SloanKeterine]

Last night pulled out the multi meter and noticed I wasn’t getting power to the thermo coupler. A few minutes cleaning the wire connection with Emory cloth and she came back to life . Shut the unit down cleaned all wire posts/ terminals to get a good connection and it works great. These campers never stop amazeing me. I love the simplicity and straightforward approach that was taken building them. This little heater will turn the camper into a oven . HA!

 

[SloanKeterine]

Can someone tell me how a flatbed four wheel camper gets fastened ? Do they use elevator bolts? If you own one do they move a bunch ?trying to figure out the headache rack on the flatbed . Thanks in advance

 

[SloanKeterine]

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