Vintage Camper Trailer Restoration - Ep 1: Before Renovation
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- After building a Tiny Home, Jenna bought a 60 square foot pop top vintage camper trailer and started renovating it a tiny nomadic home.
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I understand why you changed the cushions but the vintage yellow print was kinda cute!😊
I’m sorry but how does this only have one like after 10 months when it’s by the creator? RUclips's weird
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Hi Jenna 👋
Do you know this young couple? They have a baby 👶 under 1 year old and ...they r rocking a VAN tiny vacation home 🏡... hope u do a collaborative video with them. 😃
I just wanted to drop in and say, I love you intro song. It makes me happy every time.
I love the color, just need to make it brighter.
I just bought a 1971 Trails West Campster to restore/personalize - looks very similar. I love your ideas, they really help, and I am so excited! Just retired at 70, and LETS GO CAMPING!
From the start, Ryan was very helpful and is continuing to be helpful about his ruclips.net/user/postUgkxGqOCINHE0Z0E5gxzSdNi9NWGugRY5Hm2 Plans . Also, they have answered all the questions I have asked & I got outstanding support from his My Shed Plans full package.
Hey guys! I know it's been awhile since I posted the "BEFORE" video, but I promise the "AFTER" video is coming soon. I took the camper on a long road trip late last summer and realized it still needed a lot of work. Then, before I knew it, winter hit! I'm finishing the camper - NAMED APOLLO - this spring. So I'll post a new video soon. Thanks for hanging in there.
If you'd like to see more photos and articles about Apollo, check it out here: tinyhousegiantjourney.com/category/vintage-camper/
And on the dedicated instagram: instagram.com/apollothecamper/
Hey Jenna! I love your videos and have to ask if your boyfriend was with you when you lived around Mt. Hood? Your video made it seem like you lived there with your dog. If your boyfriend did live with you then what complications did you come across? Thanks!
That’s one of the most functional small trailer layouts I’ve seen! I love the rear door and the pop up roof... very cool
I would not only get that toilet on a pullout shelf like you said but on a lazy susan too, so you can get leg room. This tiny camper is sweet. Good for you Jenna. I love the color it is too. ~Smile! (Name - Sunflower)
Ciecie Newson I lazy Suzi is that circular type shelf mostly in corners ...but how would you use that you mean to swivel it? Why not just turn it side ways on the pull out lol
Oh I don't know, it looked like it wasn't square and didn't fit in the drawer if turned. But yes, swivel is what I meant. :-) I'm no builder but it looked like once the seat was pulled out, it was flush against the wall in front of it. Thanks for teasing my brilliant idea. Your idea works too. LOL
Oh, that is a great name!
That's a good idea, being able to swivel your throne to the open area especially for people with longer legs is a nice solution (:
Excellent idea!
Jenna, I recently purchased a hybrid popup trailer and have been modifying it also. It is very similar to yours but this one has a drop down back wall that can make into an extra room. Like yours I have a portapotty and no hotwater or shower either. I was able to make a throw together room out of 1 inch pvc pipe that breaks down into four single rods with fittings glued and four upper rods that support the four corners. It goes up really fast and then you can use harbor freight velcro wrap straps to hang cloth siding. Then I rigged a 110 volt on demand shower head commonly used by the Brazilians. the shower head hooks up to a fitting on the side of the trailer so it will use either electric pumped water from the trailer or city water from the trailer. If you want to see pictures let me know.
Love the trailer. I lived in a little trailer.. several trailers when I was a kid. 12' long with 5 people. It was a bad experience at the time so, I think I've been directed back to this issue, partly, to work through those dark memories. A bright yellow trailer sure helps. So cute and joyful. I love the way you have fun with it. Sounds like fun to live in it part time.
DIY rev
Wow! Sorry for that... right now I’m living with my mom in a fifth wheel with two dogs and a cat. Our trailer is about 15 or 20 ft. Can’t remember. It is horrible! Floors are rotting and breaking, ac doesn’t work, we had a family of mice in the winter. We long for a house of our own!
very brave of you
Be Free by now you probably set with some different circumstances because I was displaced for 22 years and I've never seen anyone else last longer than a year before somebody gave them something really really big
A map on the ceiling would be cool.
Demetria Young I agree, a ceiling map would be great.
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Tiny House Giant Journey wait are you selling my other tiny house I let you borrow lol
Tiny House Giant Journey hey Jenna, call the trailer "Goldfinch". A yellow bird with lots of freedom.....
Kampa - Geyser Portable Hot Water System- Amazon it. it can run off small (think they are 1 pound) gas canisters as well as the big tanks.
Tiny House Giant Journey
How does her Nissan Frontier tow the yellow trailer?
Very great!
I would name that camper "Lemon Drop".
Wonderful name for this sweet lil' home.. Cheers! Xo
Nice name mate 👌🏾
Joseph OBrien love that name!
Name it Lemmy
Thats an awesome name
How about Yellow Submarine like the Beatles song, it will suit the porthole too. Looking forward to your new videos in it.
We’ve been considering that! You read my mind. But, I’ll never be able to use the song in my videos..$$$
First thing I thought of too..
Tiny House Giant Journey ...Yellow Submarine is perfect! You should make all the windows round now. 😂
But you could use Yellow Land Submarine as I just posted.
my friend Tom has the same trailer and he calls it Mellow Yellow.
It’s very spacious didn’t expect all of that and that little space
I love the color that it already is! And it goes nicely with your truck too. Thanks for the vid.
I just recently bought a vintage handmade trailer and I’m in love! Thank you for the ideas!!
Call it " Old yeller" Very Cool!!!!!!!!
But it reminds everyone that Old Yeller died... Hydrophobia, I think. Not a good memory.
Cute name!! The trailer is vintage and it's yellow - perfect!
small footprint
Old Yeller was shot. Cujo had rabies/hydrophobia, iirc. I never saw the O.Y. movie but, wait....I think he was rabid, too, now that you mention it.
@@s.c.7362 yea ol yeller had rabies
How about naming it Mellow Yellow.
L Esty I just said the same thing lol
I said "Mellow" too!
I love me some Mellow
Quite Rite Slick
Love it! You're gonna have so much fun in it! I fully understand about the attention. I have a little square trailer that I've traveled the country with. I named her Square Bear. I couldn't go anywhere without someone stopping to chat and ask me questions about her.
It is pretty cool to have a unique and/or vintage trailer. I had my doubts about traveling around in mine, but my very first night out, within 10 minutes of me hitting the road, I stopped at a grocery store and a guy pulled up and said, "Would you like to sell that camper?" I said no, it's my first trip out in her, lol. I should have let him make me an offer...
CoolCat Carolena square bear! So cute! Love the name
I'm 16 so I obvs never had one for myself and nobody else in my family likes small spaces but I'm infatuated by them and honestly I wanna live alone so I feel a square trailer would be good for me. I don't like big spaces and I don't really hang out with anyone outside of school (and work when I get a steady job) so I think it would honestly be really nice for me despite its size. I didn't think people named theirs but I really wanna name mine when I get one now that I saw your comment lol.
Spork you'll love it. Yes, name it for sure, although it's hard to sell it. I got attached to Square Bear and now I've been in a van for a couple of years and still don't wanna get rid of her...but it's time...good luck to you!
Lee Ann Wolff I know how you feel. I think it's time I part ways with square bear. You still travel in yours?
CoolCat Carolena 0
Hello Jenna. Enjoyed your video. We have a 1966 Wagonette, made in UK, and we think it is the only one left. We exhibit it at classic caravan rallies. Like your van, the door is at the back. When we first saw it it was rotting in a back garden, full of metal shelving and spiders. My husband who is a joiner by trade ripped all the rotten plywood out, and rebuilt the inside. It is quite something!
So - awning - we bought a porch awning on ebay, had the width reduced, installed an awning rail (both ends of the van are fibreglass), and we also had a canopy awning made. We have a submersible pump, a child's paddling pool, some old awning poles, cheapie shower curtain, and with these aids, we can have a shower. We did try the solar shower bag but in the UK, we needed to add hot water to it, our summers generally are not too warm.
I look forward to seeing the finished van, happy camping. Susan (wife of Edward in UK).
Little Miss Sunshine :)
Name it Lemon Drop! Lol, love it! Good luck.
Instead of glass, maybe think about Lexan sheets. You can buy them at Orchard Supply Hardware, or online from TAP plastics. You cut them to fit yourself, using the same frames as you already have and you can double them up if you want them thicker. I used them in a camp trailer I built and put window tint between the layers, keeping it from getting scratched. You can get colored tint film, too. (Think yellow windows, or contrast red or blue with your yellow trailer. Just for fun!) Good luck with your renovation! Happy trails!
Joseph Erwin Sun going thru yellow may give you tummy problems.
The Rubber Ducky!
I love the yellow. Adorable, plus it stands out to other motorists. Good for safety!
Wow, can't believe it has more space than my Scamp and weighs less! What a find!
summer, sunshine, daisy. i like those names, it’s so adorable & i love that color yellow
I think you should make the Awning on the front and make it able to be concealed so you can hook up the shower there, with a spot to put it away into (so it isn't constantly on the door entrance to your trailer). Also I don't know if I spelt awning correctly whoops!
Love your channel and please properly (in depth) show us how you are going to convert your trailer and show us the best way to do this as you did an amazing job on your tiny house!
❤️💕
lol poor guy walking around on his knees. "i'm having a great time honey. really"
The widows on the door are held in with a kind of spring along the side of the frame. Move the window down to a neutral space (where the window locks do not engage) then push the window to the side and lift out of the frame. I hope this helps.
U R Not SHORT. If U Not standing on something to touch the top, like u r doing. Your not SHORT.....😖🤒🤕🙄 your not SHORT. DAM.
Paint the same color yellow and red stripes.Looks very cute with the red truck.
I think the colour is so retro, so perfect!
Paint the red strips black and call it Bumble Bee... :)
I love the sunny yellow. What an adorable little trailer.
Little Lemonade' for the name...
Nice lil camper...I never saw a neon painted camper but it actually looks badass.
I love your new trailer! That's going to be a lot cheaper and easier to move around in!
Just watching this makes me miss our pop up camper we had years ago.
Brian, on Adventure Van Man...has a really good outside hot shower set up. Name of little trailer.... how about Woodstock, after the tiny yellow bird friend of Snoopy. :D
Beth Kasten Cute name!!
But you might attract some burnt out hippies! 🤣
@@lemurianchick thats not such a bad thing!✌✌✌😁
@@lemurianchick HEY!!! I resemble that remark! LOL!!! ; )
The original paint still looks great! If I may say, love the custom door with portal you mentioned. Looks like so much fun!
Also lemon drop is a fun name lol and also “ old Yeller”
Name suggestion: BumbleBee
Ceiling sugg: yes, map!
Cabinet sugg: cool print contact paper...maybe the same print as the map?
Exterior: Omg, love it! I was born in early 70’s tho. I can see where you might not be attached to the color since you’re younger.
Does it smell musty or of mildew? There could be black mold under the vinyl? Maybe get it tested for mold? But, I suppose while camping one is exposed to all molds anyway? Happy camping! I used to wake up w/ a stye as a kid. Major mold allergies.
Omg that thing is so retro and adorable
That trailer is adorable! I cannot wait to see how it looks when your done :)
She has a very soothing voice, I appreciate that on people. ☺️
Pop Secret! Reminds me of a popcorn kernel... Nice little project there Jenna!!
I like it!
Or 'The Kernel'!
Cute. Goes with the color, size and pop up😉
That trailer is super cute. I'm sure it's about to get much cuter.
That looks absolutely fantastic! You're going to have a blast both updating and using it, I'm sure. Cheers
Great work you have inspired me just purchased a Viscount 15t caravan 1964 trust mine will look great when i finish again great work from Australia
I'm excited to see what you do with this place. Hope you have fun! :)
Jenna you look more beautiful in this video. I think it's because you're glowing with excitement about this new trailer.
As for naming it, I second the name Sunflower and also suggest of Poppi.
there is a portable on demand hot water system you can but for outside hot showers. It works great and is not expensive. When I was a kid if you needed hot water to do dishes etc. you just heated a pot on the coleman stove outside. We never cooked inside - the picnic table was well used. I now have a motorhome and I still use the coleman stove for everything. Love the look of your trailer.
I love your pop-up trailer - it totally makes sense for when you're on the road versus towing your tiny house. Thanks for the super tour. ;)
Charles H That trailer is awesome!! Pop up is great. Keeo it the same color!
Wow, it's really lightweight, and it looks like a lot of fun!
I would put the toilet where the fridge use to be. The camper is too cute. Honeybee should be the name. what are you going to do with the tiny house?
Michelle Brooks -- We put toilet where the frdge used to be. And my nephew made a video tour. He loves the Hunter.
Brilliant name x
This is the 1st I've seen of it but you should call M and M.. Because it looks like a big piece of candy and I hope you kept it yellow it's kewl🏆
Name it General Mustard (From the game, Clue).
Don't you mean Colonel Mustard from Cluedo?
this is pretty cool! for some reason I actually feel like this would suit me more than a tiny home because it has the bare necessities i would need and just enjoy traveling a bit with my family.
You should see what I have! I have a 1952 Pontiac Chief. It is really a tiny house, completely built out of wood instead of an outer metal casing.
Do you have any photos?! I’d LOVE to see it! Even though this is two years old. So you probably won’t see this...
@@jamesfv1 I did see your reply. I don’t know how to upload pictures from my phone to the internet. I found out that it really does have metal with house siding all over it and a tiny house-type roof built over the flat trailer roof. It looks like a tiny house. I painted it light peach with dark brown trim and painted criss-cross brown over peach on the awnings, to try and make it look like a tiny Tudor house. The interior wood was too trashed and damaged and I could not replace any panels with the same color, so I replaced most of the damaged wood interior with any color I could find and painted the interior in pastels. The kitchen is pink and the rest is blue and green. The curtains are florals in coordinated pastels. I don’t have money to restore it well, but it is a small pleasant home.
Awesome trailer, basically a rolling studio apartment, hope you are having fun.
That’s so cool. I like the name Lucy.
Looking great with everything you’ve done ✅ This project is moving along 🙋🏼♀️
How about Vinny?
For our off grid showering we use the stove to heat water then use a garden sprayer. The garden sprayer will be hand pumped for water pressure, easy peasy.
I'd look for a big print of the Sistine Chapel for that pop top roof area. 😁
ooooooooh, what a GREAT idea!
I love this idea
I lived in a vintage trailer for a year and storms terrified me! Also so many of my friends have caught a cross wind while driving and flipped their trailers because they are so light. I had to move into a van for more wind stability and vans are metal so no condensation wall rot. But it’s so humid here it’s a real problem. I miss my vintage camper but I am so much more secure in storms.
The only thing that freaks me out is the 'tiny toilet' living directly underneath the 'tiny tri-cooker' where you're preparing your bloody food. How is that safe? (Shudder - sorry)
Essem Sween Having a toilet that close my food and or cooking grosses me out🤮
she said it was for emergencies..
Me too...perhaps relocating it to the opposite side of the trailer would be more hygienic!
Essem Sween u sound like a hater on the front line 🤔
Who cooks an shits at the same time🤔
Had u paid attention,she uses it more for emergencies. She usually use the restroom at gas stations etc!
The toilet is air tight when not being flushed. If you can't rough it , it's not for you.
Can't wait to see how it turns out
Love your little trailer. Maybe you could paint it lime green,
olive green ,
chartreuse green, or a combination of all three colors , and call it Pea Pod,
Pea-ple Pod, or
People Pod.
The plastic tile gives it the vintage look still awesome trailer
I can't find the video of the finished camper. Did you do it.?
Was wondering there same thing
I have been looking for it and can’t find it either. Would love to see finished project!
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Came here randomly. This is really nice. You make me want to try caravaning.
How about Tweety Bird?
Pop top similar to mine.You'll have biceps in no time. Solar panels on top and you can adjust to the sun if needed. Mine tilt sideways. Have lots of fun.
If you keep it yellow you can call it the Bumble Bee. Another name might be Ladybug being that it's so tiny. Or maybe Poptart because it's not only small it also pops up. ;)
It does kind of look like a toaster too.😁
Cannot wait to see an update on this van project xx
OMGsh, that is adorable!! With little kids in the family, the first thought that came to mind for a name was Sponge Bob. Sorry about that! Not useful at all..... I noticed the small fold out table attached to the back of the trailer. Will that stay? Looking forward to enjoying your new adventures, Jenna!! Thanks for sharing it all with us!!
I have a 1971 Trails West Campster, VERY similar, this has really motivated me. THANK YOU!
Paint some bright flames on it and call it Sparky!
Can't wait for the full renovated tour.
You could call him...Vintage Vinny.👍👍😂
It's so cute! You could always call it Buttercup or Bumblebee
I would name it Smiley or roadrunner ... & why not replace the door window with plexiglass & Keep the aluminum door ... I have used paintable wallpaper on celling or you can paint light blue with clouds & have some glow in the dark stars... hidden in the clouds! so very cute, I would luv something this light, my minivan could handle that!! :)
Vicky Rainbow P N Co., light blue with clouds....great idea for Jenna!
Super cute. I'd love to see what you end up doing with it. It has so much potential. Honestly even tho I am not a huge fan of yellow, it would be cool if you kept it that color. It's kind an emoji yellow like the yellow Have a Nice Day smiley faces from the 1970s. Yellow and gold and orange were the hot colors. And they are happy and cheerful colors. You could call it the Have a Nice Trip trailer or some theme like that. The inside looks like it needs a lot of love but the layout looks great for long road trips. I can't wait to see what you come up with.
Vinny the Vintage Trailer. Obviously.
Thomas Tufts
Cute!
Jenna, so cute is this wee project! I would name it Curious George. Happy teeny, tiny living
I love it! looking forward to seeing the ending result😄
I like the idea of your little house being travelable
Try ECO Temp portable propane water heater.
Tiny camper from 1971 nearly perfect condition. I’ve seen some brand new that including toilet, shower, TV, and air conditioning. But, they restored it really nice for less.
Or Daisy?
Rimona Gale .. Then she needs to paint flowers on the outside to look like a daisy.. : )
I like the older campers not so much everything. More basic easier to change things around. I like it.
Cosmic Twinkie!
karen knapp
Dumb. She isn't space traveling in it. smh
oh the spaces they will go!
I am voting down just because my 76 Airstream Argosy has a license. Plate that reads .. ..........................T WINK EE...and we don't wanna share ..lo!
Far out man!!😳
I used to use just a solar shower when camping w a horse. I did get in the horse trailer to shower. But surprisingly you can get a shower w little water. It’s a plastic bag you hang in the sun to heat, bought it at a sports store
A few black stripes..and it could be Bumblebee.
Fantastic trailer. Love the artsy/practical ideas you have for its future.
(The whole design reminds me of [once up] the tent trailer [Lionel L400-D] my parents and I used to take 2-3 week vacations in, when I was a kid. Some of the best places I have ever visited in my life were with that trailer).
How about “Ole Yeller”
I love the original paint job!
I take it ,it's a fiberglass body, contact a body shop for old corvette's. Fix it right, it can be like brand new. & last years longer. I Respect vintage stuff, Please don't junk it up. Please !!!!
Am. Blades
(An) Old Corvette's what?
Love the trailer, anxious to see more. Bumblebee is what I'd call it.
Winnie the pooh 😁, Honey bee
Awesome little trailer it looks like it is in great shape a little dated but that to me is super cool i had a late 70s Airstream that was all factory including a “Groovt” flowered pattern on the bathroom walls and a harvest gold looking shower ! A cool thing on Airstreams are they rarely have roof leaks and often used higher end appliances and accessories so everything worked as it was intended to with minor TLC like the wate heater needed a 8 dollar thermo coupler that i installed at a campground in about 10 minutes time not that big of a deal original fridge works on all modes another nice thing on the Airstreams are they are very light and easy to tow ive always liked quirky things too so i loved all the 70s interior items and would shop for accessories like coffee pots and other items from that era which makes it fun to use a Coleman lantern thats over 30 years old and works great
I like your trailer, the pop up roof is a great idea. Its unique and as you said. You can remodel and make it your own design. Love it
Miss or madam, this is the most wholesome video I've watched with interest since using RUclips ever.