75 Trunkback Rebuild

The finished product:

                                        Well, not quite. It now has the appropriate decals.

Some pictures of how this all started.

Doesn't look too bad at a distance, and the eye of the "inexperienced".

That's all about to change.

Note both corners opening up.

Rear damage

And now for some of the "hidden reality"

Curbside

Rear rot

Walls are gone, amazing how hard this comes apart considering that everything is rotted out.

And now the restoration begins:

View from the rear looking forward

And more....

Why do they call it "restoration"? You have to totally destroy it and simply build new.
Any way parts is parts

                                                                    
                                            Former part headed to the dump.

                                 
                                        At last some fun begins.

        











Only way to make new walls, the old were too far gone to even trace...

Much better insulation than original.. The walls have 3/4" boards sandwiched between 1/8" hardwood plywood to make the original wall thickness of 7/8".


Flooring is 3/4" AdvanTech flooring, much more water resistant than plywood ( I am prejudiced here, it's made where I work from logs I supply).

New flooring, it will cover everything this way, under closets, etc. and no cutting!

new walls

dinette taking shape

cabinets forming up

                            No, the light bulb is not part of the camper                        

                                                            


 Rear bed frame

              
 Above: Interior laid in, note no roof (ceiling)


Ceiling, inner roof is hardboard, you can see my reusing the cabinet above the table.

Ready for outer skin (roof).

I used rigid foam in most areas, around the curves such as under the front window I used a thinner foil coated foam.

Fall 2012 Installed a power converter into the trunk area, feeds all DC and charges the battery on the front hitch.

New one piece roof, eliminates one seam, more than twice as thick that will help strengthen, last a long time, but a devil around the curve of the front roof "hump". Getting set up to slide uphill.

Some interior finished shots

Able to reuse the cabinets after some refurbishing.

The shower stall was rebuilt, gray water tank under floor for shower and kitchen sink and went with a porta potty.

View of my two completed projects:

My current two projects Avalair and Argosy can also be viewed on Blogger under my profile"dan72ali".