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    Too_Many_Tools Guest

    Default Ever build a RV camper?

    Just came across this...very interesting...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Foldi...pt=RVs_Campers

    TMT

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    I like the old RVs with a station wagon welded to the roof as an upstairs bedroom.

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    Too_Many_Tools Guest

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldbikerdude37
    I like the old RVs with a station wagon welded to the roof as an upstairs bedroom.

    LOL...I have never seen that.

    Got a picture?

    Did they use MIG or TIG?

    TMT

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    If I ever went mobile, I would want a housetruck. Google 'Rolling Homes' images to get an idea of what I had in mind.
    Weston Bye - Practitioner of the Electromechanical Arts - Author of The Mechatronist Column, Digital Machinist magazine

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    Default Plastic is king

    I have a teardrop camper drawed up that will tote the dresser.

    Must be 4 feet wide up the middle and stong enough frame..
    Really tempted to try some vacuum forming in a buddies 18 foot long powdercoat oven.. that Scamp twinkie trailer?? remember it??
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbIgrDesBYY
    I got in there with a tape measure.. the harley wouldn't fit.. even if I opened up the door in the back and reinforced it.. so.. I came up with a set of axles from a old honda civic, some struts.. am machining the parts to hook them to a chunk of house trailer frame.. then will build a aluminum skin.. or try some vacuum forming.

    I got sketches if you want to clone or beat me at building my trailer..

    A motorhome? eldorados rule.. FWD.. put house trailer axles behind them.. saw two car haulers done like that now..

    I sold the twinkie.. to a young couple who came up from Florida to get it.. Made a adventure out of it..
    Excuse me, I farted.

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    I remember cruising the roads thirty years ago seeing a pickup truck with a home built "camper" on it. The camper resembled a small cedar shingled shack which had a stove pipe sticking out the top. The door had a half moon on it. Home made checker cloth curtains in the windows. My favorite part was the sign....said "Don't laugh, your daughter might be in here."

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    I was thinking of making something like this to tow behind my 77 VW Westfalia. just a shower, throne, sink and generator. The door is the tricky part.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 914Wilhelm
    I remember cruising the roads thirty years ago seeing a pickup truck with a home built "camper" on it. The camper resembled a small cedar shingled shack which had a stove pipe sticking out the top. The door had a half moon on it. Home made checker cloth curtains in the windows. My favorite part was the sign....said "Don't laugh, your daughter might be in here."

    The door is always open...

    http://www.degeneratepress.com/trave...ipse_house.jpg

    TMT

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    Quote Originally Posted by Too_Many_Tools
    Just came across this...very interesting...
    TMT
    I've seen hot dog carts that were bigger than that.

    Steve

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    Interesting tear drop build....
    http://members.toast.net/gyroguy/default.htm

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