I've posted a bit on the Generic Standie build and hadn't started a page for our build. My wife and I have been tent camping for years and continue to stretch our season into early april and later into november. Stretching the camping season had led us to wanting a camper so we wouldn't have to wake up cold or having condensation on the blankets in the morning.
We spent a year looking for a camper and after looking at 30 or so and every camper show we came up with the conclusion that the production campers are less than desireable, they all look the same and are poorly constructed. We thought alot about what we use a camper for and what we we actually need and also found production campers have too much stuff crammed in them. We believe that all we need is a dry place to lay our heads a couple feet off the ground and a place to stand up and put clothes on before heading out the door. A simple electrical system with a few lights and a car stereo should round things out.
So we found this site and teardrop campers, we thought long and hard about building a teardrop and came to the conclusion that we like the style but we want to be able to stand up. From there we did quite a bit of cad designing and came up with a design that we both liked. Once we had our design we went looking for a pop-up frame as metal work is not my thing and we found a pop-up for $150, it was torn down to the frame and we actually got $60 for all the scrap aluminum.
We started final assembly this morning and I've been taking a break from the heat and need to get back to work but here's a few pics of where we are right now. I'll post a bunch of pics later showing alot more before and some later....
New Pics -
Adding insulation
Prepping for running lights:
Front Covered with Luan then transitioning to Bendable plywood
Framing for ceiling vent
Routering out the inside - no fun getting covered with sawdust
That looks great!!! How long have you been working on it? Looking forward to following the assembly and small details...Juneaudave
