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    Default My camper for MTB adventures

    Long time listener, first time caller. I mostly lurk in the frame building section but just saw this part of the forum.
    I am designing and building my frame jig now. Will start another tread on that.

    Here is my 1986 Play-Mor II camper. It is fiberglass and 13 feet long. I did a frame off restoration on it. I can post more pics if there are interest of the restoration.
    This picture was from Rays town lake in PA over the 4th of JulyIMG_8877.jpg

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    That's cool.

    More, please...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sikocycles View Post
    Long time listener, first time caller. I mostly lurk in the frame building section but just saw this part of the forum.
    I am designing and building my frame jig now. Will start another tread on that.

    Here is my 1986 Play-Mor II camper. It is fiberglass and 13 feet long. I did a frame off restoration on it. I can post more pics if there are interest of the restoration.
    This picture was from Rays town lake in PA over the 4th of JulyIMG_8877.jpg
    That is molto fantastic!

    I think the small, fiberglass campers made in, or made like, the ones that were common back in the '70s & '80s are great. Relatively inexpensive, easy to store & tow, tick all the necessary boxes.

    I made a teardrop some years ago; pretty neat but trailers like yours offer a lot more bang for the buck.

    Well done!
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    My Framebuilding: https://www.flickr.com/photos/21624415@N04/sets

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    Looks like a really nice and compact setup. I would just be a bit nervous at times at leaving the bikes outside but I guess you really don't want to leave them inside when dirty and you should hear any potential thieve tinkering with your locks during the night.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sk_tle View Post
    Looks like a really nice and compact setup. I would just be a bit nervous at times at leaving the bikes outside but I guess you really don't want to leave them inside when dirty and you should hear any potential thieve tinkering with your locks during the night.
    I do lock them to the rack on the car with an additional cable lock. Really keeps an honest person honest. With all the new battery grinders out there if they have time and opportunity your stuff is gone.

    Will post more pictures shortly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sikocycles View Post
    I do lock them to the rack on the car with an additional cable lock. Really keeps an honest person honest. With all the new battery grinders out there if they have time and opportunity your stuff is gone.

    Will post more pictures shortly.
    It's been days...you gonna just leave us hanging? That camper is super cool and I (we) would love to see more. Welcome to the forum, by the way, glad to have you jump in. Especially with cool posts like this.
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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    very cool siko. i would love to see some interior shots too.

    i'm itching to get some miles under my camper tires. c'mon spring!

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    Very nice. Great job. Looking forward to some riding in PA next year ok?

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    Sorry. Can’t get the pictures off my phone. The charging port won’t work to connect to my computer. We will be riding PA again. 4th of July at Rays town for sure.

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    Day it came home
    home.JPG
    Gross interior
    11gross.JPG
    Hitch welded on
    hitch.jpg
    Frame painted and ready for new axle
    frame.jpg
    Fitting interior
    fittinginterior.jpg
    Insulation
    insulation.jpg
    Headline
    headlined.jpg
    Interior pictures. Wife sewed the cushions.
    bed.jpg
    interior.jpg
    Wiring.jpg
    WOOD.jpg
    sewing.JPG
    frontside.jpg
    Putting back on frame
    Nailbiter.jpg
    Can breathe now
    canrelax.jpg

    Let me know what you think and if want more pictures.

    Chris S

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    One more
    done.jpg

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    Creative and well done work. VERY impressed. I'm in love with the fabric.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Too Tall View Post
    Creative and well done work. VERY impressed. I'm in love with the fabric.
    Fabric was purchased in Brazil probably 3 years ago. I loved it when I saw it. Saved for this build

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    What a great job.

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    wow. cool. especially as it all appears to be done in a residential garage.

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    Quote Originally Posted by skouri1 View Post
    wow. cool. especially as it all appears to be done in a residential garage.
    Yes, I was all done in a residential garage or outside. Its not perfect put its a 35 year old camper not a show car so I am very please.

    Next is my frame jig. Ordered the 8020 today. Will make a thread with the progress and help with ideas.

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    Quote Originally Posted by sikocycles View Post
    Day it came home
    home.JPG
    Gross interior
    11gross.JPG
    Hitch welded on
    hitch.jpg
    Frame painted and ready for new axle
    frame.jpg
    Fitting interior
    fittinginterior.jpg
    Insulation
    insulation.jpg
    Headline
    headlined.jpg
    Interior pictures. Wife sewed the cushions.
    bed.jpg
    interior.jpg
    Wiring.jpg
    WOOD.jpg
    sewing.JPG
    frontside.jpg
    Putting back on frame
    Nailbiter.jpg
    Can breathe now
    canrelax.jpg

    Let me know what you think and if want more pictures.

    Chris S
    Awesome. Which is a word I don't often use. Beautiful work.
    Jay Dwight

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    Default Re: My camper for MTB adventures

    very cool work.

    sadly, so many campers are left to sit and rot to death. it's great when someone will admit reality and pass them on to a new owner who will breathe some new life into them. good little home on wheels.

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    Funny thing is that I left a note i the owner’s mailbox and he called said he was going to restore it and not for sale. 2 years later he calls back and said he is moving and np room at the next place. I picked it up the next day. I still tak to him and send pictures of the progress and now finished camper

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    making things well is admirable, but there is also something special about restoring something that has been neglected, as you have. waste bothers me. im sure the camper is happy to have a second lease on life.

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