Sweet! So great to see this beauty restored instead of junked! What an incredible job! Yes, would have loved to seen more pics of the inside! My husband and I bought an old 1968 Shasta (it is a little bigger than yours). We probably paid a little too much for it but the elderly gentlemen selling it was very ill (hooked up to oxygen) and my husband felt sorry for him. Brought it home did some repairs and reconfiguration of the sleeping arrangements. We take her to the Outer Banks fishing. Luv it!
People complain about family photos? Don’t they understand a camper is about family and making memories, especially when you can restore one together like you’ve done! I’m about start a resto on the same camper. Thanks for the inspiration, great job!
Thanks Jake. I found this little camper next to a barn where it had been fro the past 22 years, and my wife just had to have it. So, with much love and attention it was transformed into a better camper than it was when it was new!! We just love it. Thanks for looking.
Wow, what a transformation. Thanks for sharing it. I'm getting ready to buy a 1978 camper which the owner advertised as being in clean condition. I guess we'll see. Excited to renovate it. Yours is inspiring.
Incredible, BigTex. I've been dreaming of a cowboy themed remodel, but I don't think I'll be able to do it as well as you did! Thanks for taking all the time to share your craftsmanship and imagination!
I have one just like it.! I have been searching for informaiton on the make and model for the past 2 years and have had no luck. I am so excited, I started to restore it a month ago and founf thew name FLEETWING in the inside wall, but that was all I had to go by. I will post pics once I it all finished. Thanks for sharing your project that is a big help.....
Thanks for taking a look at our camper restoration video. This little camper was parked beside a barn for 22 years when I found it. Needless to say, it was quite a challenge to get the job totally done. But it was well worth it and we still enjoy using it today. Best of luck on your own project if you are restoring a vintage trailer - we get lots of looks and plenty of visitors wherever we take it! Cheers.
Hello Fort Wilderness Ricky - Thanks for the kind words about my camper restoration video. This was my first attempt at any posting on RUclips, and it was really meant for family and friends to have a look at what we were doing with the camper. I had no idea what I was doing when I made this video, but it is what it is! And yes, the kids are grown - one is 24 and married - the other is almost out of high school. We've had a blast over the years in this little camper. I'm currently restoring a 1965 Airstream. I'll post a video about that restoration as soon as I get enough pictures and progress made! Thanks
Hello lalunette-----------> Thanks for taking a look at me camper restoration video. I replaced everything under the camper just because of the age (1970), as well as the floor, walls, ceiling, all insullation, replaced all working components in the loueved windows, installed the air conditioner, and the list goes on and on. The camper restoration made this little camper better than it was when it was brand new! Everything is re-inforced and made to last. It was truely a labor of love!!!
You did an amzing job on this! WOW! It's actually larger than some NYC apts that sell for a half a million dollars. ;) The music with the lighted flamingo's out front made the night scene real for me. :D Enjoy!
Big Tex347, thank you for sharing "a dream come true" of yours with such creativity that includes the family. Your video is awesome and had my emotions running high. My father had purchased a small ttrailer way back in the early 70's when I was 10, and he took the whole family(9 of us)on all types of camping trips in the little fellow! Sure, we were embarrassed then, but grateful now, because my siblings and I now laugh and laugh of our memories til the day(45yrs later)!! PRICELESS. Thank you for reminding me of "family", may you and your family makes countless memories...
Thank you for posting this great video. I have just acquired a small camping trailer myself almost in the same condition as yours was. I just replace the old axle with a new updated axle which raised the trailer up to my truck level. Now comes the actual work on the trailer starting with the inside. I haven't gutted it out yet but that will be step one.
Hello MontiR Aruba ----- Good luck with your camper project. I had my doubts about restoring this one but it took about 3 months of non-stop work and it was done. We use it all the time and people just seem to love it when they see it at the camp ground or even when we're pulling it down the road. Please post a video of your camper - I'd love to see it.
BigTex347 Oh, thanks for responding. My camper is about the size of yours and I think a lot of people are starting to like these small gems. Especially of the early years. And when they are restored, people see them and notice them. Many are used to seeing the large 23 footers and toy-haulers and then once in a while they see small ones like yours and mine; especially when they are restored. I keep an eJournal of my project with photos and videos. So yeah, I will post them when the project is done. Thanks for the inspiration.
Really cool work! Themed campers are awesome! I'm working on a 68 forester 14 footer right now that I'm not sure what the theme will be but I hope it turns out as nice as yours. Thanks for posting. Mick.
I had to come back and watch this again... I am refurbishing a 1972 Vintage Travel Trailer, thinking it is overwhelming, then I watch this video and SEE how you started out with a lot more problem than me. YOU give me hope... I'm so proud of this video for you... Thank you for sharing ... Question: Where did you get the Celling Tiles?
Wow! looks fantastic, great job. hope yall have enjoyed it. I think i will actually go and see about finding one of these little ones. you have inspired me
Oh sure, it's easy when you're married to a beautiful woman who happens to be an interior decorator. Go ahead, rub it in. Nice job. Beautifully finished. By brother has ceiling tiles like that in his home. My dad removed them from the old school house he converted into my childhood home. They're made of a relatively soft tin-like metal. Beautiful. A treat of a video. A family story in addition to being a documentary of a rebuild. And the music was wonderful. Best wishes to you and your family.
What a great job you all did!! It IS a beauty indeed!! New subscriber and also a brand new owner of a very large motor coach as well!! I have a large amount of respect for bus drivers as well as large coach drivers in general!! LOL!! I drove mine yesterday...hubby said I did great as did the two sales people!! It was a "wow" factor for me,but I will get there in due time!! I will say that I love the "Flips" or renovations that people out here do on trailers/campers/RV's etc!! Amazing beautiful hard hard work!! Great job to every single one of you!! Yours is fantastic and I love the "theme" in your trailer as well!! Love it!! Looks comfy and like home should look like too!!
Hello FordRVRefrigeration----> Thanks for posting . . . We are taking this little camper out this coming weekend in Central texas and we plan to have a great time in it. Thanks again.
Carmine and Round Top are both beautiful little towns! I am from Fayetteville which is about 10 miles from carmine.... Just sold an off grid solar travel trailer I built myself... I'd love to do something like this!
Thanks for the kind review of or little camper. The ceiling tiles were recovered from an 1880s house and we decided that they would work great in the camper. My wife put a faux finish on them (silver) and they worked out great. They are actually some kind of tough paper composit material that was pressed into a mold. They are not metal. anyway, they look great. Thanks again.
Hello Paigenmarc-------> We are in Montgomery, on lake Conroe. The camper is here for now, but it 's real home is on our ranch in Blanco County just the other side of Austin. We were a member of Sisters on the Fly for one year, but never did anything with them. Ours is a family camper so Sisiters didn't appeal to us that much. We usually take it to Dixieland RV Park in Carmine, TX during Round Top weekend twice a year and we take it to Canton (First Monday) about every other month. We love it!!
What a great restoration, your video was excellent, I usually don't like videos that are made with stil photos, i watched the whole thing, great music too, made me a subscriber.
Awesome job. Beautiful inside + out. Looks like it's brand new. Love the music, made me laugh. I'm in the process of building a home made "canned ham" camper from scratch. Maybe we can camp together some day.
Hello KhmerBoy82297-------------> Thanks for responding to my camper video. We had the outside painted by a professional paint shop in Montgomery, Texas. It was preped and painted in a professional paint booth and sprayed with several coats of clear. I drew out the pait design on a napkin while flying from Texas to Washington state. I took it to the painter and asked if he could paint the camper black and silver using this kind-of lightening bolt design. He taped it off and the rest is history!
Hello Echosshop----------> Thanks, we absolutely enjoy every minute of it. I get loads of people looking at the camper everywhere we go. It's truely an eye-catcher. Thanks again.
Hello Countrycanbinlover4---> Oh my . . .I hope that you have as much fun as we did restoring our camper. Of course, about half way through we sat in a shell-of-a camper and looked at each other like we were nuts to try to do this on our own. . . but, we never gave up and eventually (3 months later) we had a little beauty of a camper. Good luck!!!
Hello 1gristle----> Thanks for watching the renovation of our camper. We love it and people flock to it where ever we go. Sometimes people are waiting outside the camper in the morning before we even have a chance to wake up - they can't wait to take a look inside. When I stop for gas, or just driving down the road, people are absolutely thrilled to see it. It took me three months non-stop (all day and night) to complete the restoration. Best of luck if you decide to do one of your own!
Sweet! So great to see this beauty restored instead of junked! What an incredible job! Yes, would have loved to seen more pics of the inside! My husband and I bought an old 1968 Shasta (it is a little bigger than yours). We probably paid a little too much for it but the elderly gentlemen selling it was very ill (hooked up to oxygen) and my husband felt sorry for him. Brought it home did some repairs and reconfiguration of the sleeping arrangements. We take her to the Outer Banks fishing. Luv it!
People complain about family photos? Don’t they understand a camper is about family and making memories, especially when you can restore one together like you’ve done! I’m about start a resto on the same camper. Thanks for the inspiration, great job!
It turned out pretty good
Thanks Jake. I found this little camper next to a barn where it had been fro the past 22 years, and my wife just had to have it. So, with much love and attention it was transformed into a better camper than it was when it was new!! We just love it. Thanks for looking.
Wow, what a transformation. Thanks for sharing it. I'm getting ready to buy a 1978 camper which the owner advertised as being in clean condition. I guess we'll see. Excited to renovate it. Yours is inspiring.
Nice job, great to see a old camper made new again.
What a great story.. I shed a tear for the old camper. She is happy now.
nice trailer ,cool vid and music. i have a 96' palamino pop-up trailer.
That's what its all about. And the camper turned out sweet. Good job guys.
Awesome video! Great pics from uncovering the tomb, restoring and family photos enjoying the build. That’s what matters most. Thanks for sharing.
Incredible, BigTex. I've been dreaming of a cowboy themed remodel, but I don't think I'll be able to do it as well as you did!
Thanks for taking all the time to share your craftsmanship and imagination!
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Very cool project. I see little run down campers like this all the time. Might try to pick one up some day.
Tex, that little trailer is so nice, it's riducluous. Thanks for sharing
Great job!!
I have one just like it.! I have been searching for informaiton on the make and model for the past 2 years and have had no luck. I am so excited, I started to restore it a month ago and founf thew name FLEETWING in the inside wall, but that was all I had to go by. I will post pics once I it all finished. Thanks for sharing your project that is a big help.....
Great looking little camper. Love to see them being saved
Thanks for taking a look at our camper restoration video. This little camper was parked beside a barn for 22 years when I found it. Needless to say, it was quite a challenge to get the job totally done. But it was well worth it and we still enjoy using it today. Best of luck on your own project if you are restoring a vintage trailer - we get lots of looks and plenty of visitors wherever we take it! Cheers.
Fantastic! What a great video. I just became the owner of a 1971 Scotty project. You gave me some great inspiration. Thanks!
I applaud your wonderful transformation!!!!!
Simply Awesome !! Better than new....A wonderful restoration. The whole family looks so happy. Congrats to you.
Amazing! Not many would have even given it a chance and you loved it right into being a little gem.
Thank you for giving that little camper a second chance!
Great video! Thanks for sharing! Just picked up a little gem of a camper for our family...we can't wait to take it out!
Great Job! I loved watching your video. My hubby & I restored a 30' travel trailer and we had so much fun doing it and taking it out on trips. TFS.
Wonderful watching this. Kids must be grown. Hope your still camping.
Hello Fort Wilderness Ricky - Thanks for the kind words about my camper restoration video. This was my first attempt at any posting on RUclips, and it was really meant for family and friends to have a look at what we were doing with the camper. I had no idea what I was doing when I made this video, but it is what it is! And yes, the kids are grown - one is 24 and married - the other is almost out of high school. We've had a blast over the years in this little camper. I'm currently restoring a 1965 Airstream. I'll post a video about that restoration as soon as I get enough pictures and progress made! Thanks
BigTex347 Wonderful video and story. Hope the Airstream goes well. 👍😎
Wonderful job restoring this small beauty! Loved the video, restorer's and mini-restorer's!
This is so cool. I love how it turned out. The awning and cowboy flamingos just made it that much cooler!
Cool video. I just bought a small popup camper, and am going to restore it. You gave me a couple of ideas.
Great bg music haha. Getting motivation and seeing what others are goin through gives me more confidence to start my project. Thank you.
Beautiful Restoration - Lovely Family- Great Music. Hope Your Family Has Many Healthy, Happy Year's To Enjoy Your Effort.
Hello lalunette-----------> Thanks for taking a look at me camper restoration video. I replaced everything under the camper just because of the age (1970), as well as the floor, walls, ceiling, all insullation, replaced all working components in the loueved windows, installed the air conditioner, and the list goes on and on. The camper restoration made this little camper better than it was when it was brand new! Everything is re-inforced and made to last. It was truely a labor of love!!!
Loved the video, the music and the family pictures. Great memories!
Excellent music! Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on your restoration.
Great restoration, like the vintage campers.
Great ideas, design, family and music too! Thanks!
You did an amzing job on this! WOW! It's actually larger than some NYC apts that sell for a half a million dollars. ;) The music with the lighted flamingo's out front made the night scene real for me. :D Enjoy!
Very nice job. Beautiful new family member.
Great job of bringing it back..
Big Tex347, thank you for sharing "a dream come true" of yours with such creativity that includes the family. Your video is awesome and had my emotions running high. My father had purchased a small ttrailer way back in the early 70's when I was 10, and he took the whole family(9 of us)on all types of camping trips in the little fellow! Sure, we were embarrassed then, but grateful now, because my siblings and I now laugh and laugh of our memories til the day(45yrs later)!! PRICELESS. Thank you for reminding me of "family", may you and your family makes countless memories...
Thank you for posting this great video. I have just acquired a small camping trailer myself almost in the same condition as yours was. I just replace the old axle with a new updated axle which raised the trailer up to my truck level. Now comes the actual work on the trailer starting with the inside. I haven't gutted it out yet but that will be step one.
Hello MontiR Aruba ----- Good luck with your camper project. I had my doubts about restoring this one but it took about 3 months of non-stop work and it was done. We use it all the time and people just seem to love it when they see it at the camp ground or even when we're pulling it down the road. Please post a video of your camper - I'd love to see it.
BigTex347 Oh, thanks for responding. My camper is about the size of yours and I think a lot of people are starting to like these small gems. Especially of the early years. And when they are restored, people see them and notice them. Many are used to seeing the large 23 footers and toy-haulers and then once in a while they see small ones like yours and mine; especially when they are restored. I keep an eJournal of my project with photos and videos. So yeah, I will post them when the project is done.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Oh my gosh. This is awesome and the video is great! So cool!
OMG!!! This video makes me want to start a renovation. Love the idea of the ceiling tiles. Absolutely adorable!!
Great video. Pretty neat how the old trailer can beredone. Thanks for sharing!
Great work BigTex.
So cute!! I love how you added your own personality to the camper. Love it!! If only I could convince my husband to take on such a project :)
Great job on the resto....main thing is the family was involved and will remember those times and the travel for the rest of their lives. very cool.
Really cool re-imagination of a neat lil' camper! The music was perfect for your video too! Great job.
Really cool work! Themed campers are awesome! I'm working on a 68 forester 14 footer right now that I'm not sure what the theme will be but I hope it turns out as nice as yours. Thanks for posting. Mick.
Awesome restoration!! I think I might take on a restoration project after I finish building the mini pop up camper I'm working on!
Impressive job, i love ppl who can fix broken things
I had to come back and watch this again...
I am refurbishing a 1972 Vintage Travel Trailer, thinking it is overwhelming, then
I watch this video and SEE how you started out with a lot more problem than me.
YOU give me hope... I'm so proud of this video for you...
Thank you for sharing ...
Question: Where did you get the Celling Tiles?
Judi Christopher best of luck to ya💕
@@LifeWDeja
Thank you so much
nicely done , great resto...she's a beauty !
Wow! looks fantastic, great job. hope yall have enjoyed it. I think i will actually go and see about finding one of these little ones. you have inspired me
Hands down, the best restore I’ve seen! Well done!
Oh sure, it's easy when you're married to a beautiful woman who happens to be an interior decorator. Go ahead, rub it in.
Nice job. Beautifully finished. By brother has ceiling tiles like that in his home. My dad removed them from the old school house he converted into my childhood home. They're made of a relatively soft tin-like metal. Beautiful.
A treat of a video. A family story in addition to being a documentary of a rebuild. And the music was wonderful.
Best wishes to you and your family.
VERY VERY SUPPERRR!!! МОЛОДЦЫ! Хорошо поработали, красиво получилось! УДАЧИ ВАМ!!!
Love love it. I appreciate all the work you put in to save this little treasure.
Wow! Great job! It's better than new now. Super kids too.
thank you for sharing your creativity ,a job well done, and the music you got to love it ,brings back good memories .
What a great job you all did!! It IS a beauty indeed!! New subscriber and also a brand new owner of a very large motor coach as well!! I have a large amount of respect for bus drivers as well as large coach drivers in general!! LOL!! I drove mine yesterday...hubby said I did great as did the two sales people!! It was a "wow" factor for me,but I will get there in due time!! I will say that I love the "Flips" or renovations that people out here do on trailers/campers/RV's etc!! Amazing beautiful hard hard work!! Great job to every single one of you!! Yours is fantastic and I love the "theme" in your trailer as well!! Love it!! Looks comfy and like home should look like too!!
Hello FordRVRefrigeration----> Thanks for posting . . . We are taking this little camper out this coming weekend in Central texas and we plan to have a great time in it. Thanks again.
Carmine and Round Top are both beautiful little towns! I am from Fayetteville which is about 10 miles from carmine.... Just sold an off grid solar travel trailer I built myself... I'd love to do something like this!
Very Nice!!! I have the exact same camper but not restored. A lot of fun to camp with!
Bloody fantastic mate, best I have seen, because I am a Saddlemaker and cowboy, I love the inside of this van .
"WOW"
Fantastic job..
BEAUTIFUL
Fantastic! Congratulations on a nice job.
Awesome job on the camper wish I had one that nice enjoy your time with it .
You did a fine job there, happy trails
Soooo cute, I have a 58' pyramid,im renovating right now. great job!
Thanks for the kind review of or little camper. The ceiling tiles were recovered from an 1880s house and we decided that they would work great in the camper. My wife put a faux finish on them (silver) and they worked out great. They are actually some kind of tough paper composit material that was pressed into a mold. They are not metal. anyway, they look great. Thanks again.
Great transformation and the music was 👍👍😁
You saved a little treasure 💛 very cool
Hello Paigenmarc-------> We are in Montgomery, on lake Conroe. The camper is here for now, but it 's real home is on our ranch in Blanco County just the other side of Austin. We were a member of Sisters on the Fly for one year, but never did anything with them. Ours is a family camper so Sisiters didn't appeal to us that much. We usually take it to Dixieland RV Park in Carmine, TX during Round Top weekend twice a year and we take it to Canton (First Monday) about every other month. We love it!!
Very very well done quite a nice job
I like how you did the restoration from the inside out leaving the medal on
you should be so proud this is fantastic congratulations on a work of art.....
Looks awsome... We are working on one now that we are taking 10,000 miles next year
How adorable. Love the paint job.
Great artistic touches! The flamingos were over the top. lol. Very inspiring
Why Not Show All the Inside ???? Wheres The Kitchen area ??????
Perfection! Thanks for sharing. Happy trails. 🌟🤠
Thanks! Great job and great vidio!! Really enjoyed it. Wish I had th ambition any more. Rich
I love ppl saving and doing stuff up some really amazing ppl and craftsmanship
KOOL YALL DID A GREAT JOB!!
What a great restoration, your video was excellent, I usually don't like videos that are made with stil photos, i watched the whole thing, great music too, made me a subscriber.
Awesome I just bought a 59 Shasta oasis . Need to repair bottom corners and wood on it been nervous to get started
I hope to be doing the same soon. Thanks for the video. Lovely family.
oh, great job guys and gal
Awesome job. Beautiful inside + out. Looks like it's brand new. Love the music, made me laugh. I'm in the process of building a home made "canned ham" camper from scratch. Maybe we can camp together some day.
Awesomeness and Blessed Family memories building and camping in it
Incredibly beautiful!
Man what a job well done, I am building a teardrop camper and am here getting ideas. New Sub here
very nice and GREAT MUSIC! ive got the bug to get one of thses canned hams.
Very nice video! Thanks for sharing it :)
Hello KhmerBoy82297-------------> Thanks for responding to my camper video. We had the outside painted by a professional paint shop in Montgomery, Texas. It was preped and painted in a professional paint booth and sprayed with several coats of clear. I drew out the pait design on a napkin while flying from Texas to Washington state. I took it to the painter and asked if he could paint the camper black and silver using this kind-of lightening bolt design. He taped it off and the rest is history!
Hello Echosshop----------> Thanks, we absolutely enjoy every minute of it. I get loads of people looking at the camper everywhere we go. It's truely an eye-catcher. Thanks again.
luv the trailer,luv the family, nice job, thx!
Awesome Job! Very inspiring!
Very nice! Good job
Hello Countrycanbinlover4---> Oh my . . .I hope that you have as much fun as we did restoring our camper. Of course, about half way through we sat in a shell-of-a camper and looked at each other like we were nuts to try to do this on our own. . . but, we never gave up and eventually (3 months later) we had a little beauty of a camper. Good luck!!!
Hello 1gristle----> Thanks for watching the renovation of our camper. We love it and people flock to it where ever we go. Sometimes people are waiting outside the camper in the morning before we even have a chance to wake up - they can't wait to take a look inside. When I stop for gas, or just driving down the road, people are absolutely thrilled to see it. It took me three months non-stop (all day and night) to complete the restoration. Best of luck if you decide to do one of your own!