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#1 Living The Dream

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Posted 03 December 2017 - 07:12 PM

Hi All.
 
I am sure many of you have seen my post in the FWC section of this site, but I wanted to cross post this particular project and I thought folks besides just FWC owners might find the information useful.
 
I wanted to share a few videos with you all that follow my progress replacing the canvas material on my 84 four wheel camper fleet. This was a major project for me and I wanted to make these video to try to help the next person come along and figure things out a little quicker than it took me. Through reading countless post on this site and others I slowly planned and purchased all the different materials I needed.  Total cost of materials was only $280 so I am pretty happy with that.  The first video covers the different materials and planning stages of the project. 
 
 
 
Then the next video is the real meat of the project.  All the sewing and assembly is shown in detail.  I tried hard to get ever seam included so the next person could follow along. I am sure I did not do everything 100% perfect but it seems to be working so far!  The windows were definitely the most complicated part.  If you wanted to really speed up this project, a canvas without windows would do that.
 
 
And finally, I show the install of the canvas.  Again I tried to cover as many details as I felt where relevant. The install was actually not too difficult considering what a big deal I made out of everything. You will definitely need some extra hands to get it all together.  One point I did forget to mention was that having the canvas off the roof means the roof can float all over the place. You need to figure out a way to rig up the roof to remain in place while you center everything on the camper and install the canvas.
 
 
Hope you enjoy the videos and find them helpful.  Please let me know if you have any questions about all of this. Good luck with your project and thanks for following along.

 


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#2 Casa Escarlata Robles Too

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Posted 03 December 2017 - 07:31 PM

Thanks for sharing your pop up liner installation.

I am sure there are members who will find these videos very useful.

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Posted 04 December 2017 - 12:22 AM

Thanks! That will be a great one for the archives. Will be useful for me in a few years likely.


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Posted 04 December 2017 - 02:44 AM

Wow!  That's awesome!  I had ATC do mine and they took the roof off entirely.


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Posted 04 December 2017 - 03:15 AM

That's an incredible amount of work, even if you hadn't fabricated your own canvas piece. Good for you.  Nice to know how your camper is put together.  Makes it much easier to identify issues when then arise and while they are small.

 

I noticed you just used a bead of silicon and then screwed through it.  Did you use butyl tape under the metal strip as well?  I know the factory does that on the bottom strip in the nose piece, but I never noticed any butyl tape used the strip portion the comes into contact with the canvas material.


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#6 Living The Dream

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Posted 04 December 2017 - 04:10 AM

Thanks for sharing your pop up liner installation.

I am sure there are members who will find these videos very useful.

Frank

That the plan.  Glad you enjoyed!

 

Thanks! That will be a great one for the archives. Will be useful for me in a few years likely.

Great! Looking forward to seeing what you do.

 

Wow!  That's awesome!  I had ATC do mine and they took the roof off entirely.

My roof was entirely off at one point in time too.  Surprisingly light :)

 

That's an incredible amount of work, even if you hadn't fabricated your own canvas piece. Good for you.  Nice to know how your camper is put together.  Makes it much easier to identify issues when then arise and while they are small.

 

I noticed you just used a bead of silicon and then screwed through it.  Did you use butyl tape under the metal strip as well?  I know the factory does that on the bottom strip in the nose piece, but I never noticed any butyl tape used the strip portion the comes into contact with the canvas material.

What do you mean issues when the arise???? I hope not!!  Joking of course. I am sure I will find issues and ill tackle them as they come.

 

I did not use any butyl tape under the metal trim. When I took off the trim, no tape, so I decided to keep it that way.  No idea if I made the right choice or not. Do you know what is standard today?


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Posted 04 December 2017 - 04:30 AM

I am truly impressed! Not only in your work to replace your vinyl, but in the pro documentation! Well done!!!
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#8 Living The Dream

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Posted 04 December 2017 - 05:17 AM

I am truly impressed! Not only in your work to replace your vinyl, but in the pro documentation! Well done!!!

You are too kind.  First I think I started to enjoy building the camper more than using it. Now I think I am starting to enjoy making videos even more than building.  It's a lot of fun!  I'll keep them coming. Video of the door rebuild is in the works, it was a smaller of a project.


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Posted 31 December 2017 - 07:19 PM

Tim, your videos are fantastic! I'm writing this on the last day of 2017 and it's a good time to reflect on all the great things that people contribute to this site. I'm not trying to exclude all the many contributors who help keep our older campers going, but I have been following your rebuild and very informative videos and just wanted to pass along a big THANK YOU! Enjoy your continuing ski season.
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#10 Living The Dream

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Posted 02 January 2018 - 04:47 PM

Tim, your videos are fantastic! I'm writing this on the last day of 2017 and it's a good time to reflect on all the great things that people contribute to this site. I'm not trying to exclude all the many contributors who help keep our older campers going, but I have been following your rebuild and very informative videos and just wanted to pass along a big THANK YOU! Enjoy your continuing ski season.

Thank you so much!  I am truly honored people find them so useful. I truly enjoyed making the canvas and the videos!  New videos on the galley build are in the works! Happy new year to you too. 


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