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Also visible in the previous photo is the cylinder support piece that I mentioned I also should have added in front of the water tank. Sent from my Passport using Tapatalk 2

The rear section of the camper has a storage closet on the sofa side and a propane compartment on the driver side. I debated on this propane compartment as it is only accessible when the roof is up, but I don't ever intend to travel with the valve open, and the bottom will be well ventilated...

I made a large slide out tray for my ARB fridge, it will get a maple face frame that looks like cabinet doors. I didn't find high capacity drawer slides, so I used four that are rated for 100# per pair. Sent from my Passport using Tapatalk 2

I started laying out and making the maple face frames for the cabinets. This was a good excuse to buy a Festool Domino jointer, like a biscuit jointer, but has an oscillating end mill that makes a deep and narrow slot that premade loose tenons are put in with glue. Sent from my Passport using...

Note that I added additional supports under the water tank and batteries both in the 2x4 supports under the floor, and also the 1x2 "stud" under the 1/2 floor on top of the 3/4" Sent from my Passport using Tapatalk 2

I insulated the floor with 3/4" foam and topped it with 1/2" ply. I made a 2'x2' cutout for a shower pan that will be made from copper sheet. I made the enclosures for the water tank and two golf cart batteries, as well as a large storage cabinet under the sofa, and the cabinet buy the...

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I used 1/2" marine ply for the sides. I glued and screwed the whole thing together with 2" screws and liquid nails. The original lower section was still holding together nicely after 30yrs and was just construction grade AC ply and nails, I figure marine ply with screws and glue should last a...

After taking the old lower section to the dump, I went and bought a pile of marine grade ply. I used 2x4 PT for the floor framework, to keep it off the truck bed. Sent from my Passport using Tapatalk 2

Semi related, I took a brand new Mazda in for its first oil change "complimentary!" The tech forgot to put oil in it, I found out 1/2 mile later when the idiot light came on. I walked back to the dealer, they fired the guy on the spot and bought the car back full price. The owner maybe honest...

Not sure why my pics are not showing any longer, they were there before!

$60 worth of Eternal Bond tape made the oops water tight and fairly un-noticable, Its supposed to be good for 15+ years, longer than I'm going to care about it.

So the above pic shows an obvious problem. I had introduced a slight taper to the cab-over, coupled with puffy insulation, caused the roof to not lay flat at the front and rear. Turns out this has happened to several people on WTW that re-roofed their Alaskans, but that didn't make me feel any...

My Dad drove down from Ma to help get the roof on. I think this was the day before I had to disappear on 12hr nights shift for 1.5 month

I must have my story mixed up a bit, because this is still the old lower section at this point, around mid Sept 2014

Once I had a good roof i was able to get an over all length measurement, so I could begin framing the cab-over roof section. I made doublers from 1/2" ply and extended all the roof framing. I staggered all the joints and none of the joints are over the bulkhead. I made a few test pieces and the...

At some point during all this the two huge and heavy boxes containing the roof and all the sheet metal arrived. The fact that the boxes were heavy was irrelevant, because they were destroyed in transit. Fork truck tines had pierced the box in several places. I refused delivery and off they...

I used three different phones during this period, my photos are horribly unorganized, and some are missing, so I will get rapidly to the point. At one point I ordered the roof and sheet metal for the lower section. After spending several weekends framing up and insulating the lower section, I...

I reinforced the jack bracket locations with 3/4" ply