djsixbillion
Adventurer
I'm the very happy new owner of a well-loved 2004 FWC Hawk. Found a deal that was too good to pass up, and now we have this beauty sitting in the side yard:
Sorry for the bad pictures, I'll get some better ones after I have a chance to clean it up and do some needed repairs. Overall its in good shape, all the systems work and it doesn't leak water! I'll be doing some cosmetic refurb - new flooring, curtains, seat and mattress upholstery, etc., and could use some guidance from the experts here. Don't even have a truck to put it on yet, which leads me to:
*Question No. 1 - After reading kcowyo's awesome build thread/great american novel, I'd really like to put the Hawk on a Toyota T100, but am a bit concerned about the dimensions. Can anyone with a T100 post the actual bed dimensions (LxWxD)? I'm mostly concerned about the depth, as I don't want to have a huge gap between the bottom of the camper sides and the bed rails.
*Question No. 2 - The previous owner had this camper mounted on a Ford F250 with a service body, and as such just had it bolted through the sides of the camper into the storage boxes on the side of the service body. There are no eye bolts as I've typically seen on the FWC's. I plan to replace the flooring in the camper anyhow, so I'm wondering if I can just run four large grade 8 bolts with some suitably large metal backing plates/washers through the floor to mount the camper to the truck bed? Aside from aesthetics, is there any reason this is a bad idea? Here's a pic of the underside where you can see the previous mounting holes. There are access ports where the front set of eyebolts would normally be, but no eyebolts or rear access ports:
*Question No. 3 - The only spot in need of pressing repairs that I've found is under the front corner of the cabover portion. The bottom panel looks like plywood with a vinyl/plastic coating of some sort, and in the corner there is a small spot where the coating has peeled off and some dry rot has formed in the plywood (see pic below). What would be the best course of action for repair? Grind/sand out the dry-rotted area, fill with epoxy or some like material, then reseal with??
*Question No. 4 - The metal trim around the perimeter of the roof has taken a beating over the years and looks quite "wavy" for lack of a better word. How big of a job is it to replace this? It would be mainly a cosmetic improvement, as it still seems well-sealed, but I'm thinking it would go a long way toward making this old camper look new again.
Sorry for the bad pictures, I'll get some better ones after I have a chance to clean it up and do some needed repairs. Overall its in good shape, all the systems work and it doesn't leak water! I'll be doing some cosmetic refurb - new flooring, curtains, seat and mattress upholstery, etc., and could use some guidance from the experts here. Don't even have a truck to put it on yet, which leads me to:
*Question No. 1 - After reading kcowyo's awesome build thread/great american novel, I'd really like to put the Hawk on a Toyota T100, but am a bit concerned about the dimensions. Can anyone with a T100 post the actual bed dimensions (LxWxD)? I'm mostly concerned about the depth, as I don't want to have a huge gap between the bottom of the camper sides and the bed rails.
*Question No. 2 - The previous owner had this camper mounted on a Ford F250 with a service body, and as such just had it bolted through the sides of the camper into the storage boxes on the side of the service body. There are no eye bolts as I've typically seen on the FWC's. I plan to replace the flooring in the camper anyhow, so I'm wondering if I can just run four large grade 8 bolts with some suitably large metal backing plates/washers through the floor to mount the camper to the truck bed? Aside from aesthetics, is there any reason this is a bad idea? Here's a pic of the underside where you can see the previous mounting holes. There are access ports where the front set of eyebolts would normally be, but no eyebolts or rear access ports:
*Question No. 3 - The only spot in need of pressing repairs that I've found is under the front corner of the cabover portion. The bottom panel looks like plywood with a vinyl/plastic coating of some sort, and in the corner there is a small spot where the coating has peeled off and some dry rot has formed in the plywood (see pic below). What would be the best course of action for repair? Grind/sand out the dry-rotted area, fill with epoxy or some like material, then reseal with??
*Question No. 4 - The metal trim around the perimeter of the roof has taken a beating over the years and looks quite "wavy" for lack of a better word. How big of a job is it to replace this? It would be mainly a cosmetic improvement, as it still seems well-sealed, but I'm thinking it would go a long way toward making this old camper look new again.
Nice camper.
