Dodge camper shell

[sokoji]

So I I wanted something that would keep stuff in the bed dry, camp in and still be able to fit full size lumber in for house projects. So i started with some leftover lumber and it kinda grew from there. I thought of adding the pop up portion later so that's why it's a little out of place. It will be sitting on a Dodge 3/4 ton long bed.

 

[sokoji]

Got a bit more done on it, doing poor man's fiberglass to keep it waterproof, first time I have done it I'll see how it holds up.

 

[sokoji]

With the theme of keeping it cheap I used some oops paint to load up the canvas, it of course was a horrible color. Will top coat it with something better. Also got the pass through cut, kids are going to love being able to crawl into the back.

 

[rebar]

Looks good!

 

[konfuzed]

Man thats pretty cool. I've got an old m105 (1.5 ton) military trailer that I've wanted tobuild out. But it's 3000lbs empty and my halfton pulls it fine but it's just to much to drag everywhere. However I've been seeing a lot of factory ram beds (4th gen to match mine) for sale. That would be perfect to shed some weight. Keep up the work buddy, and the post

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[sokoji]

Looks good!

Thanks. It's definitely coming along.

Man thats pretty cool. I've got an old m105 (1.5 ton) military trailer that I've wanted tobuild out. But it's 3000lbs empty and my halfton pulls it fine but it's just to much to drag everywhere. However I've been seeing a lot of factory ram beds (4th gen to match mine) for sale. That would be perfect to shed some weight. Keep up the work buddy, and the post

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Thanks, yeah this isn't to heavy yet. I was able to load it on the truck by myself for as test fit.

 

[ITTOG]

That looks cool on the truck. Good job.

 

[sokoji]

That looks cool on the truck. Good job.

Thanks, it turned out well, but there were some mistakes that I made that I am hoping that I can fix.



Got the rear door on. Still need a latching mechanism and had to trim it a bit since the opening changed size when I mounted it on the truck.

 

[ITTOG]

I think of you read any build on here mistakes will be mentioned.

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[sokoji]

Got around to adding a third brake light and some locks, I'll probably end up changing up the locks but they will do for now.

 

[twokitties67]

Looking good

 

[sokoji]

Looking good

Thanks, it is turning out pretty good, took it on its first trip about 100 miles down the free way and it held up just fine. I did find one small leak on the top when it rains alot. I added I couple more layers of paint in that area to see it would seal up. It also survived a hailstorm with just that small leak so all in all not to bad, once I get the leak figured out I'll move onto adding pink foam board to help insulate and stiffen up the walls some.

After the hailsotrm.

 

[sokoji]

Got the floor in and started putting in the insulation for the walls. Insulation is 1.5" foam board and I'm gluing it in, the skin was only 1/4 plywood but together with the foam has really taken the flex out of
the skin.

 

[sokoji]

Has been pretty slow lately, been fixing mechanical issues with the truck, as well as the issue of wood being 4x it's regular price has really but a damper on my motivation. I have got most of the foam board in, just need to put it in the roof.

 

[sokoji]

Got the foam in the roof in.