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In other news, I finished the pop-top cloth installation today. Sewing the cloth was a good bit of work, but I’m happy with how it turned out. Having the cloth finished makes the interior feet a lot larger. There is 7’3” standing height in the back, and at 6’2” tall, I can stand as far forward...

I’ve been super busy working in the shop on the new interior and getting everything ready for more test trips next month. I’ve made a lot of progress lately; here are some captioned photo collages from the last month or so. It's all still in-work, but it’s really satisfying to have the...

Good timing. I just finished the pop top cloth today! I’ll try to round up some photos and post about it in just a bit. I’ve also been making a lot of other camper interior progress, so I’ll post an update on all of that, too. I just made an update post on Instagram, so I’ll grab that info and...

Hey @Accrete, I’m glad to hear that you have been following along via Dan’s posts. Thanks, it’s all been a lot of work, so I appreciate the feedback. We really liked the Froli Stars that we put in our Mog, and I can totally see that your Froli + 3" thick mattress would be a great combination...

That is super helpful info! Thank you very much @Mules. It looks like I’m heading in the same direction that you went. I was also leaning toward getting Tex 70 thread (instead of Tex 90), so it’s good to see that you used that thread gauge. I’m in the process of making a bed/dinette setup for...

Good question @zimm.. I did not modify the frame at all, but to help emulate the stiffness of the cut rear body, I made a TIG welded steel skeleton frame integrated into both camper boxes that connect into the roll bar behind the B-pillar and connect into the frame mounts under the back floor of...

@Mules, I really like that window setup. It looks really simple and functional, and that’s what I’m looking for. I could make a rectangular window just like that in the back, and a similar (but triangular) window on each side.

@Mules, You are spot on about Sailrite; they have some great products for these tops. About a year and a half ago I picked up one of their Ultrafeed LSZ-1 heavy-duty zig-zag machines for a great deal. I’ve tested it out a few times, and I’m pretty blown away by how thick of material it can sew...

I meant to post this update a week or two ago, but I've been super busy lately, and I somehow forgot to post it....... Anyway, since our latest test trip, I’ve been looking forward to finishing our pop-top roof. Yvonne and I considered both wedge and vertical tops, and we decided that a simple...

Cool, thanks. I'll check them out.

A little update on things: We just got back from a nice camping test trip in the jeep camper. The habitat interior is only partially installed, and I still have a lot of habitat systems work to do, but we took a few days for a desert camping trip to meet up with family. It was a good time...

Passthrough wall and interior photos:

Thanks for the reminder @Mules. I’ve been moving along on the project, but I’m quite behind on updating this thread. I spent a lot of time at the end of the summer picking out appliances, doing internal layout refinement, and trying to figure out the lightest way to build all of the...

Well, it was bound to happen at some point. I can’t say that I blame him; the jeep campers are cool, but that new lifted orange truck will be great for stealth camping and it takes practicality to a new level. 😉

In an ideal world, I would have liked to have my freedom panels removable still, but I had to drop it as a requirement based on how the camper box integrates anyway, so in the end, I decided to go with a direct load path into the roll bar as the freedom panels were already pinned in place. In...

Not a problem at all. Feel free to bring up any configuration topics related to my layout. I spent a ton of time comparing different layouts for this (about half of them had the spare on the back), and they all had pros and cons. What billiebob wrote above pretty much sums up my logic on why I...

I have been getting a ton of emails and Instagram DMs from people asking if I will be making more of these vehicles and selling them. Man, selling completed vehicles has a lot of logistical and liability issues to work out. I think you are right that plans and maybe selling some components (like...

Yeah, I totally agree that 55mph is a good speed for boxy vehicles like this (and our old Mog). My wife and I often find that we prefer to drive at/under 55mph when we are traveling for months at a time anyway. It’s just more relaxed and you have more time to navigate and such. Depending on...

It’s a bit hard to explain the joint without a cross section diagram, but the front wall bond joint is about 3 inches wide and spans the joint between the freedom panels and a section of the forward edge of the back hardtop that I reused. It is possible that a leak could develop over time with...

Yeah, the freedom panels aren't removable anymore. In addition to the roof rack mounts, the back edges of the freedom panels are captive in the roof joint of the front habitat wall. I molded custom fiberglass joint parts (that also interface all the way down the B-pillars one each side) that...