pics of truck campers

[Chevyland]

Thanks jocko

Found this when I pulled the carpet
It was under the tar mat
Didn't even see it for several weeks, until I was getting ready to put the new carpet in.
You can see it was folded over at the high hump.
I was stoked to say the least

[jocko]

are you going back to parchment or doing saddle interior? either looks great, real nice rig.

[Chevyland]

The interior is about perfect as it is now.
I think Chinook actually dyed the seats and door panels
The headliner is cut out to allow passing through, but it is parchment
All I am doing is new carpet
New wood inserts in door panels
And I had custom sheep skin seat covers made for comfort over original buckets

Here it is in paint
And right after it came out

You can see we striped the paint on the sides of the coach

[Chevyland]

Then we buffed. And buffed. And buffed

The side door was pretty much toast.
We are in the process of building a new one.

[jocko]

That came out nice. I always wondered how to paint a motor home's cab roof.... Seems darn near impossible to me without some major muscle movements!

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by jocko

That came out nice. I always wondered how to paint a motor home's cab roof.... Seems darn near impossible to me without some major muscle movements!

That is actually a fiberglass cap. Moulded in white.
Chinook is know for this. Helping against leaks

[Chevyland]

Here's how it sits now.
Need to finish interior still, in the coach.
And a few exterior trim things
The hard part, it takes a lot of shop space.
Problem is, after all that buffing, I hardly want to leave it outside

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

Here's how it sits now.
Need to finish interior still, in the coach.
And a few exterior trim things
The hard part, it takes a lot of shop space.
Problem is, after all that buffing, I hardly want to leave it outside

just saw this , man that's just kool all over , very nice work .....Don

[jocko]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

That is actually a fiberglass cap. Moulded in white.
Chinook is know for this. Helping against leaks

I'm talking about painting the truck cab roof, seems it would be not so fun.

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by jocko

I'm talking about painting the truck cab roof, seems it would be not so fun.

Oh. I misunderstood
No power tools in that space.
Also the paint is not as smooth as all other areas, because you can't lay it on correctly
But looks fine, you can't tell unless you run your hand over it
The hardest part is getting the cab clearance lights off, and then back on
I've still got one to go,it ain't easy

[SS Tim]

8' Palomino soft side pop-up.
The slots really make it IMHO!

[special-K]

Campers with fiberglass tps have proven themselves a more than worthy investment today. I wanted to buy the GMC Chinook Livrat was selling here about 10 years ago. I think Superchevy ended up buying it. It was Medium Gold Poly, just like the '70 CST/30 Custom Camper former class C Winnebago I bought as a cab & chassis. I'd believe Chinook might have dyed the interior. Mine had a Parchment bench seat interior. Winne replaced the cloth seating surfaces with a plaid cloth. Those name brand companies did a lot more than just mount their camper on GM's truck, like the more economical ones did.

[cherokeejohn]

I used to paint large utility trucks/equip for a living back in the late 90's, It was all for our power/electric provider here in Maryland, Baltimore Gas & Electric co./ BGE and when it came to prepping/painting those tight areas like that roof between the camper It is a PITA, but it can be done properly. For those cab lights, I used a specialty screwdriver from Matco that has a 90* bend in it close to the head. For prep, it was hand or block(if it fit) sanding and prep solvent/ tack cloth. For paint it was turn the flow up to heavy and the fan spray down to a tight pattern and hold the gun back a bit. Its kinda like those carnival games where you have to shoot the water gun into the little hole from just too far away, that's about the best explanation for that part, lol. And don't be afraid to lay it heavy there either. I don't miss that work!

[jocko]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

Oh. I misunderstood
No power tools in that space.
Also the paint is not as smooth as all other areas, because you can't lay it on correctly
But looks fine, you can't tell unless you run your hand over it
The hardest part is getting the cab clearance lights off, and then back on
I've still got one to go,it ain't easy

Originally Posted by cherokeejohn

I used to paint large utility trucks/equip for a living back in the late 90's, It was all for our power/electric provider here in Maryland, Baltimore Gas & Electric co./ BGE and when it came to prepping/painting those tight areas like that roof between the camper It is a PITA, but it can be done properly. For those cab lights, I used a specialty screwdriver from Matco that has a 90* bend in it close to the head. For prep, it was hand or block(if it fit) sanding and prep solvent/ tack cloth. For paint it was turn the flow up to heavy and the fan spray down to a tight pattern and hold the gun back a bit. Its kinda like those carnival games where you have to shoot the water gun into the little hole from just too far away, that's about the best explanation for that part, lol. And don't be afraid to lay it heavy there either. I don't miss that work!

Thanks! So it is doable, just not fun. Probably better than removing the camper or the cab I guess. Good info, thanks again.

[jocko]

that ochre K20 is just about perfect. Happen to know the camper mfgr?

[Steeveedee]

I just bought a new camper shell, and had it installed in February. My truck is a Custom Camper. I wish I had seen some of these older bigger camper shells when we went to get ours. We might have gone even bigger. My wife can stand up in the new one, but a couple more feet off the back would have been the real deal, if I had thought of it! Bad enough that we are pushing enough wind to only get 7 MPG, now while pulling a 26' travel trailer. Guess I shouldn't complain, but I'm used to taking a station wagon and a bunch of sleeping bags and tents.

ETA- yes, the window frames and the roof are different colors. I stripped and painted the roof while the shell was off, and have yet to go back after the window frames. The roof got painted some white that was brighter/whiter than the off-white that was original.

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by jocko

that ochre K20 is just about perfect. Happen to know the camper mfgr?

Security is the mfgr. The medium gold metallic job ( '70 only?) ain't too shabby either.

[jocko]

Thanks, I've heard of them but haven't seen many. That's screen saver motivational material! Yes, all three of those trucks are pretty sweet!

[Greg58]

I snapped some pics of my neighbors camper.

[Greg58]

He had the restored C-20 and recently added the camper, went to Colorado to pic it up from the elderly original owners.

[richards72chevy]

Lots of nice trucks in this thread.

[factorystock]

Traveling lighter and shorter would be the way to go. IMO, a camper about 8-9' long puts the center of gravity in about the right place, anything longer upsets the balance. This size looks good to me, this C 20 must have the heavy duty leaf spring option, weight of camper doesn't appear to even bending the springs.

[HO455]

A 1965 Avion and a 1969 Mann. Both posted in the craigslist finds thread this week.

[factorystock]

Hugger orange? Seen with the only 16" rims available in this era, the 2 piece 16" rim.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by factorystock

Traveling lighter and shorter would be the way to go. IMO, a camper about 8-9' long puts the center of gravity in about the right place, anything longer upsets the balance. This size looks good to me, this C 20 must have the heavy duty leaf spring option, weight of camper doesn't appear to even bending the springs.

I'll have to disagree on that. I never felt the 10' Huntsman on my truck. All it did is settle the truck about an inch and made it ride better. If anything the camper improved the center of balance.

Does the camper have to be "on" the truck for this camper thread? I guess the OP isn't around to answer, so... Enjoy!



I was just given a 33' 5th wheel camper, much like this one, from our trucks' era