Hi there. I was thinking do you want to insulate any of the walls and the ceiling before any covering? Maybe check for any possible leak spots and get them sealed outside/inside. I like your idea of the pine shiplap on the ceiling,it's a lighter color and natural wood. I'm not sure what color you would like to have on the sides and you wanted the grooves in the paneling gone. There's different choices for you in this camper shell project. Have a nice time and take cars. 🪚🔨📐
Hi! Thank you for the advice! The next video I posted is about what happened to this camper. Almost exactly a year ago this camper broke and fell off my truck while driving because of decades of water damage that i couldn’t see 🫠 I got a more common fiberglass shell and built it out and love it. Really wish this one worked out though, maybe in the future I’ll find one with less damage
@@StrayWithMe,I have a fiberglass canopy too and I have the back of my truck built out too. My Dad helped me with it back in 2019. It's simple and functional . Take care 🙂
The camper was so water damaged that it fell and broke off while driving. But the door was not like that. The main wall had to be bolted through the floor and latched on the sides. I know what you were thinking though, I’ve seen camper shells like that. This one wasn’t like that.
Use a semi-gloss water baseenameland drop a few blackdrops of paint on a piece of cardboardAnd brushed through itAnd when you paint along with the grain of the woodIt will leave a grayish with streaks so that it would look like a natural whiteOakAnd then go back and you can paint the seams a dark gray or blackIt will look good if you take your timeand the floor you can just put a piece of half inch plywood and you can always use it in the camperlaundry detergent or Don will clean everything up off the plastic in your bed
@@jasonjones5213 I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to replace the walls entirely. We had a lot of rain and it showed a lot of leaks so the existing wood isn’t going to cut it anymore.
That's the thing with 50 year old things, they have seen a lot of rain.I want to do a 1978 Coleman pop up pickup camper, so I'm going to run into the same problems,Canvas looks good though.
Hi there. I was thinking do you want to insulate any of the walls and the ceiling before any covering?
Maybe check for any possible leak spots and get them sealed outside/inside. I like your idea of the pine shiplap on the ceiling,it's a lighter color and natural wood. I'm not sure what color you would like to have on the sides and you wanted the grooves in the paneling gone.
There's different choices for you in this camper shell project. Have a nice time and take cars. 🪚🔨📐
Hi! Thank you for the advice! The next video I posted is about what happened to this camper. Almost exactly a year ago this camper broke and fell off my truck while driving because of decades of water damage that i couldn’t see 🫠 I got a more common fiberglass shell and built it out and love it. Really wish this one worked out though, maybe in the future I’ll find one with less damage
@@StrayWithMe,I have a fiberglass canopy too and I have the back of my truck built out too. My Dad helped me with it back in 2019. It's simple and functional .
Take care 🙂
That back section opens two ways. Single door and the complete "wall" will lift like a hatch.
The camper was so water damaged that it fell and broke off while driving. But the door was not like that. The main wall had to be bolted through the floor and latched on the sides. I know what you were thinking though, I’ve seen camper shells like that. This one wasn’t like that.
Use a semi-gloss water baseenameland drop a few blackdrops of paint on a piece of cardboardAnd brushed through itAnd when you paint along with the grain of the woodIt will leave a grayish with streaks so that it would look like a natural whiteOakAnd then go back and you can paint the seams a dark gray or blackIt will look good if you take your timeand the floor you can just put a piece of half inch plywood and you can always use it in the camperlaundry detergent or Don will clean everything up off the plastic in your bed
Maybe use adhesive and just bradnail over existing panels?
That’s a good point 👍
It's beautiful I see potential ANNIE SLAON PAINT will solve that little issue ..
I have a 1978 Coleman tent camper I want to start on this spring.I have used drywall compound in simular situations and it worked fine.
The vibrations of the moving vehicle wouldn’t crack it? That’s what I’m mainly thinking about
Yes it probably would, good thing you thought of that.
@@jasonjones5213 I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to replace the walls entirely. We had a lot of rain and it showed a lot of leaks so the existing wood isn’t going to cut it anymore.
That's the thing with 50 year old things, they have seen a lot of rain.I want to do a 1978 Coleman pop up pickup camper, so I'm going to run into the same problems,Canvas looks good though.
@@jasonjones5213 I’ve heard the canvas can be the most annoying thing to repair so that’s great that’s in good shape!