I recently got a 1986 Six-Pac MC-100 S/C 8' camper and thought I'd make a long term resto/adventure thread here since there is virtually zero information about this specific camper on the interwebs, which is hardly surprising since it's from the pre-internet 1986 days. This camper is in immaculate shape. I'll be the third owner and the previous owner has owned it most of it's life and is a family friend so I know how well he took care of it and it was lightly used. No wood rot at all. All sub-systems work great etc. I'm essentially just going to be "upgrading" things like LED lighting, solar, in-line water filtration etc. and cleaning/replacing water hoses etc.
I'll post many more photos in times to come, but, for now, it's sitting on the side of my house until I get a pickup for it. The rear width is 64" to accommodate the massive grey/black tank underneath. I have yet to find any current pickup truck with a bed opening that wide and I've been measuring every single pickup bed I see in town lately (LOL). Nearest I've found so far is 60" in full size Tundras/Super Duty Fords etc. I can most likely shave off 2" at either side of the rear since it's just wood and there is room to trim without effecting the grey/black tank, but I'd prefer to just find a new(ish) truck with a 64"+ bed width (the new 2016 Titan long bed I hear is 67" wide maybe?!?!). Possibly just get a flatbed too. Stay tuned.
This thing is light as 8' campers go (at least that I've seen). 1335 "dry" and 1535lbs "wet" according to the manual (taking it to the scales one day will prove that maybe haha), but even tacking on multiple-100s more in cargo etc. it's still a sub-2,000lb self contained hard side. That's a big reason why I bought it for it's light weight & bathroom etc. (and that it was only $1,000). Anyway... more later.
Lot's of talk lately of light weight campers and why no one is making them currently (or trying to/marketing as such, but really failing). I feel like Six-Pac really got it right 30 years ago, but then went to pop-ups with FWC etc., which makes sense, but, to me, there is still a HUGE market for people, like me, that require hard sides (full door), want a bathroom etc. etc.
Gotta think of a name for it. ;-)
I'll post many more photos in times to come, but, for now, it's sitting on the side of my house until I get a pickup for it. The rear width is 64" to accommodate the massive grey/black tank underneath. I have yet to find any current pickup truck with a bed opening that wide and I've been measuring every single pickup bed I see in town lately (LOL). Nearest I've found so far is 60" in full size Tundras/Super Duty Fords etc. I can most likely shave off 2" at either side of the rear since it's just wood and there is room to trim without effecting the grey/black tank, but I'd prefer to just find a new(ish) truck with a 64"+ bed width (the new 2016 Titan long bed I hear is 67" wide maybe?!?!). Possibly just get a flatbed too. Stay tuned.
This thing is light as 8' campers go (at least that I've seen). 1335 "dry" and 1535lbs "wet" according to the manual (taking it to the scales one day will prove that maybe haha), but even tacking on multiple-100s more in cargo etc. it's still a sub-2,000lb self contained hard side. That's a big reason why I bought it for it's light weight & bathroom etc. (and that it was only $1,000). Anyway... more later.
Lot's of talk lately of light weight campers and why no one is making them currently (or trying to/marketing as such, but really failing). I feel like Six-Pac really got it right 30 years ago, but then went to pop-ups with FWC etc., which makes sense, but, to me, there is still a HUGE market for people, like me, that require hard sides (full door), want a bathroom etc. etc.
Gotta think of a name for it. ;-)
