Now the fun begins my new 78" Ocelot shell

[carld]

Made a 4 day trip to Sacramento CA. to pick up my new 78" Ocelot shell. Plan is to build it out with side dinnett that folds out into a 3rd or stealth sleeper. From Decatur TX. stayed two nights at my brothers house in Santa Fe NM., one nitght at the Mojave Reserve, one night at Ecoho Lodge in Sacramento, first night out in the camper outside Quartzite AZ. for the milky way.

 

[ski3pin]

Congrats on the new camper!

 

[jimjxsn]

Very nice, enjoy the new camper!

 

[Taku]

Will look forward to the build. We built out our Ocelot in 2013 and very much enjoy it.

 

[firemen7]

Nice set-up, enjoy and happy travels

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

Looks great

 

[carld]

Here is my progress on building my Ocelot shell. First are the two side dinette seats. The seats are 20x20" and tilted 5 deg and the backs are 10 deg. I reinstalled the original battery, isolator, and solar controller under the back seat. Ive got the TF49ACDC truck fridge in and wired with a120 shore power plug under driver side front corner. The table mounts to a shelf and can be removed allowing the dinette seats to fold into a couch for sleeping.

 

[ski3pin]

Very nice!

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Looking great.Have lots of fun with it.
Thanks for posting your work.
Frank

 

[Tuff Guy 62]

Congrats on the new camper, looking good!

The black "racing stripe" down the sides is a new look for ATC.

 

[carld]

Pictures of the dinette side and the galley side of my Ocelot.

The side dinette has two fold down benches that fold down with the table for sleeping for one. On either side are two large cabinets for I use for clothes and outerwear. The cabinets are topped with shelves and a small cabinet between for medicine, radio, and small electronics. I also installed my series 1 Sirius radio and mounted the antenna on the roof.

The table is mounted to the wall shelf with a two piece extruded aluminum 30" hinge https://www.vintagetrailersupply.com/Table-Wall-Mount-p/vts-516.htm that allows the table to be removed and is supported by a 1x2 angled leg that is bungee cord spring supported to keep it in place.

The galley has a TF49ACDC truck fridge, Dickerson Marine two burner cook top, 10 liter gravity feed water can into small sink, an under sink cabinet, 5 drawers ranging from 20x17x8 to 8x17x4, and a bottom sliding door cabinet. All the drawers have self closing drawer slides. The sink drains into a gray water tank mounted under the truck bed.

 

[carld]

Some more pictures with the top down, room for two to eat and one to sleep.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Very nice Carld.
You made great use of the space.
Enjoy your camper.
Frank

 

[longhorn1]

Congrats and awesome build-out

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Carl, nice build out!

 

[jimjxsn]

Carl, that looks awesome! Enjoy that new camper.

 

[PokyBro]

Carl,

Very nicely done inside build, and you did it so fast! I like how the symmetry came together, and you created a lot of extra storage, plus the additional bed. Nice!

I still have to make my drawers for my galley, could you let me know what you purchased for self closing drawer slides, and where you got them. Do they keep the drawers closed tight enough for dirt road jostling?

Thanks,

Poky

 

[takesiteasy]

Nice job on your camper build!

 

[Ronin]

Awesome build - love how you framed the passenger window with the cabinets. Looks like you didn't go with the slide out bed. Does the sink drain into a container or out the side of the camper? Enjoy the camper!!

 

[carld]

The drawer slides are Richelieu 2-Pack 16-in Self-Closing Drawer Slide from Lowe's. They are great, spring loaded and provide a good amount of resistance to open so they won't open on the road even the roughest roads. At about two inches from closing the spring engages and automatically pulls them closed.

The drain https://www.vintagetrailersupply.com/Flexible-Camper-Drain-p/vts-2055.htm goes goes out under the truck rail over hang then throught the truck bed via a removeable plug to a 2 gal water container I found in the recycle trash at Big Bend NP. The 2 gal container fits perfectly in front of the rear fender just below the truck bed plug and is held in place with a 6 inch bungee cord.