So even though I've got my FWC camper, I have the insane sickness that still has me looking on Craigslist for more. Just to see, copy the pictures and catalog for later. Since I've found mine, at least 3 have popped up (pun sorta intended..) on the Denver Craigslist in the last 8-9 months. One having been picked up by another member of CK5.com who lives in Denver and another from Expo Portal that flew into Denver a couple of weeks ago and drove his all the way back to Texas.
I've been talking too and met the guy from Denver as we've horse traded some K5 parts and got to meet in person up there and down here. He actually was the one that found the free used top and chopped it down to an easy size to carry for me. Cool dude for sure and he's in the midst of doing a similar fixer-upper job that i'm going through. His K5 and Camper had to have been joined very early in it's life (the truck is a 1977) as it was very original and came with darn near every piece of paperwork for the truck and the camper including the original FWC manual. His is equipped with an Icebox and has diamond quilted aluminum siding I have yet to see on another FWC Blazer/Bronco/Scout camper much less any other model of FWC camper. It's really different, but cool. His was bolted to the cab through the front cab wall of the camper. His is the only example I've found that was so far. Here is a link to his build on CK5.com
https://ck5.com/forums/threads/77-k5-just-had-to-do-it.331436/
The guy from Expo just popped up in the last week or two, but the 1978 K5/FWC camper had been on Craigslist off and on for I think the last year. I remember seeing it prior to our desert trip last year. Each time it was reposted the price came down a little, but the guy wanted a fair chunk of change for it and was unwilling to split the pair. I joked about buying it, swapping the camper to mine and flipping the 78 back out minus the camper and putting a stock top/gate back on it. The part that scared me was the amount of rust on the exterior panels of the K5. I've had that in my 75 and figured I didn't need to go through that again. Besides, I think my tetanus shot is out of date! I responded to the guy's thread and it sounds like the crust was only on some of the exterior, but the floor was solid. Good to hear. I have to give the guy credit for flying into Denver and driving an unproven 40 year old relic/camper combo all that way. He even noted he experienced the camper lift at speeds above 65mph too. His, like mine on the 87 we pulled it from lacked any attachment to the cab structure. Just the bolts on the bedrails. Here's a link to his thread on expo about his:
https://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/1978-blazer-fwc.192204
Going back full circle to me surfing for more FWC Blazer campers tonight, I stumbled across an ad for an '87 K5 Blazer that looks really familiar. It seems like the guy I bought the camper from sold the K5 sans top/gate/rear seat to this guy. He even references the camper in the ad as an explanation for adding the top and truck tailgate to it. It's just funny to see stuff come back around on Craigslist.
https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/d/1987-chevy-k5-blazer/6556529472.html
Got to work a half day at the shop and it's back into high gear. I need to finish the electrical and seal the plywood that's still exposed in the cabover floor and wall. After that it's the bench, bumper and spare tire carrier.