Back in April I bought a 1980 Fleet with the intentions of completely rebuilding it similar to what PokyBro has done. However after giving it some thought, I decided I'd be better off to just simply build a camper from scratch. I paid $1000 for my Fleet and the only thing I would be using from it was the frame. Not to mention all the work required to strip it down to the frame and then having to alter it to the specs I wanted. With that said, I began spending countless hours planning, researching and taking measurements from the old Fleet. I liked the width of the old Fleet but also liked the additional room the extra 6" of width a new Fleet has, but didn't like how much wider than my Tacoma it would be. So I settled on splitting the difference and designing a 72" wide camper. With my design plan in place and calculating material, I decided to start ordering pieces and parts. It's been slow making progress, but it is starting to come along nicely with the frame nearing completion. Fortunately I have a good friend who owns, and is quite competent with, a tig welder. Here is my progress so far:
