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there are always distractions... a buddy swung by with his grandsons power wheel jeep... pretty darn cool... but we can make it cooler! stripped down for the LED install... and with headlights, running lights and tail lights ($14 LED lights from auto zone and 3 hours later...) I...

here is the micro wave...

Microwave mounted... LEDs in the living area, garage and cab...

My evil retired uhaul had a remanned 7.3 with 25K on it... 217,000 miles on the rig... A set of tires and a few other minors... And she run like a champ... No she will never ride like an over the highway rig... But for $3000 I could not be happier

I lived aboard for 12 years up in CT... 42' trawler, two staterooms, two heads... Tons of room... I definitely did not plan on living in my toter... Just a long weekend or so... Maybe a week at most! I know that many communities have laws agains residing in am rv outside of a camp ground... I...

Craig's list under rv I searched parting out... $200 and $250 new canvas...not bad for an A&E 9000 series. Retail is almost $2000!

windows on the other side are vertical and would be some what blocked... als I do not have side door into the box but rather pass thru from the cab... thanks

so i finally picked up the track to mount up the awning... and with a ton of help from Kevin (thanks) we got her up... I also picked some new canvas for her... (old one had a rip but I am sure it will get sewn / repurposed) rail was mounted (screwed into place with 5200 so its never going to...

The build cont' I found an awning off an RV that was being parted out... granted in was a scene from deliverence... but my brother and I dismounted from the RV and had it on top of my Jeep in under an hour... granted I had to drive it some three hours across the state of FL... at 75+ MPH...

here is a shot that shows the box thickness...

a hair over 5/8" on mine... I used 3/4" ply and 1/4" ripped down to aprox 3-4" glued and screwed ad ripped pine down around the window openings... best of luck with your build... take lots of pictures and share in you progress

Construction adhesive... Shop LIQUID NAILS 10-oz Construction Adhesive Adhesive at Lowes.com= paneling adhesive... Basically I glued and screwed all of the pine to the inside of the box... then glued the foam insulation up... and the screwed the paneling up (I found using a dab of the...

Vertical or lift to open can be used on either side... The ones that slide side to side the fixed glass is usually toward the front of the vehicle... If you look closely you can see that the frame will have drains along the bottom edge...

I insulated mine... So I used 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 ripped down pine to frame around the windows and anything that needed to be attached to the walls. The pine was attached with pl2000 construction adhesive and 2" decking screws... Long enough to tie into the plywood but not poke thru the glass outer...

no worries anytime

Any thing I do to to help... just let me know... Windows I found that you can get some great deals on ebay... just make certain the orientation is correct... direction of the opening and the chanels have drains... that sort of thing. over head vents... i believe I also got those off ebay...

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the lower half is a5" the upper is as much as 6" so I went with the larger profile... after trying the smaller one...

I used the 7" gasket... The gap varies... 5" to 6"

unfortunately the toter has taken a back seat to my sons BMW... he went off to college in Boston so there is no need to take a car there! so I have a new daily driver/project... 2001 330CI E46 convert... had to do some body work...clean up some curb rash... new set of rims and a paint job...

holy crap! that looks fantastic! Nice work... want to pant mine?

holy sardines... but family outings like that are great... I grew up (which is often debated) in a family of four kids and we camped in a pop up for years... including a huge shepard collie , a canoe, 6 bikes , four kids and a sunfish... camper behind a saburban... tight heck yes... but what...

very nice ... looks like a great project... keep the pictures coming!

This was home for the weekend... some of the terrain... and it just does not get any better than this...