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Today marks the one year anniversary of starting the build!!

I had some leftover weatherstripping which seamed to work.

It's actually not much loader than my original hardtop. The camper is very tight, but the tailgate has a 1/2" gap along the floor. Tailgates weren't meant to be air tight. I'll have to look for some tailgate type seals. Has anyone tried this tailgate seal on Gladiators...

A couple interior shots with the bed platform down.

First test drive to the grocery store accomplished. 50 mph and no problems. A small bit of wind noise from the hatchback/tailgate. I still need to weatherstrip there.

Thanks everyone. After 15 months of thinking about this day, it's hard to believe it's here. I'm going for a drive!

It fits great! I was a bit worried since it hasn't been on the truck since before I did all the fiberglass work. ?

Drum roll please…

Next up weather stripping.

I might have to buy one for the other side. If I don’t put food cans in them, the Velcro back will probably hold them in place just fine. The velcro sticks very good to the carpeted inside. They also have straps just in case or I can screw their backboards to the wall.

Alright, I looked at a ton of wall hanging storage bags for my camper wall storage. I looked at overloading options, backpacks, wheel chair backpacks, duffle bags and more. This one looks to be pretty heavy duty. It even has velcro on the back which will stick to my carpeted walls nicely. I...

Just wanted to share a couple other small Jeep accessories. I really like my med kit and ammo molle bags I added to the back of the seats. I always need bandaids and meds when playing in the woods, and the ammo bags make a great small trash can or water bottle holders.

Mounted the pull handles on the pop top and put on the rebuilt Lexan hatchback (cracked the first one made of acrylic). I'm leaving on the protective plastic film until I'm done. I learned my lesson last time after adding a couple scratches. If I keep working in my garage, I'll have to figure...

I braced the scissor lift and added a few more boards. It’s working good enough now. If I did it over I would have used all 2x6’s instead of the 1x6’s, and shortened the length. But hey, it was built from a free pallet, so no big deal. The four corners have removable braces/stabilizers, for when...

Thanks for the advise and I love this thread also. I'm not so sure I would have taken on this project without the encouragement and support of these forums. It's also very rewarding to try new ideas, even if sometimes they don't work. The scissor lift currently has two problems: It's too...

The punch list is getting shorter. Finish hatchback Add weatherstripping to hatch and truck boundary Mount outside pull handles for pop top Sew and mount headliner for pop top Finish/strengthen the wood scissor lift/rack Mount on Gladiator! After that it's useable to sleep in, but it's not...

I need to stiffen up the cross members and add some bracing.

I knew that pallet would come in handy. I needed an adjustable stand for the camper, so I made a rolling scissor lift! It even folds up thin and leans on the garage wall, when not in use.

Making the hatch back goes a lot faster now that I have a template (the broken window).