$200 hoopty

[wiigelec]

hello all. i purchased this hoopty camper for $200 and plan on a complete rebuild. basically bought it for the jacks and the heco lift hardware.

want it to be light and modular to tow the boat.

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Good luck! Quite the project, they always seem to grow

 

[wiigelec]

Good luck! Quite the project, they always seem to grow

in this case it shrunk lol

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[wiigelec]

there was a bit of rot in the places that required all the walls to be taken apart so i disassembled the entire camper, which wasn’t hard as there’s not much to these things. the roof was completely trashed and went to the dump with the aluminum siding.

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[wiigelec]

tub built and “glassed” in with grey weed fabric and tightbond ii ready for primer and paint. then up on the blocks for walls

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[wiigelec]

truck bed test fit and cab clearance measurements then on the blocks. the “glassed” and painted joints seem pretty solid.

 

[wiigelec]

boxed in and started framing the windows

 

[vintageracer]

That $200 you spent buying this camper will be the cheapest expense of the whole build!

 

[wiigelec]

That $200 you spent buying this camper will be the cheapest expense of the whole build!

yep it’s like a free boat. nothing more expensive than a free boat.

 

[wiigelec]

roof framed, lifted and foam panels fitted for glorious shade!

 

[wiigelec]

little side project, got some 100Ah LiFePo4 cells for the power system, top balancing before battery assembly

 

[wiigelec]

progress is being made. framing is complete and getting things glassed and primered