1965 Red Dale Truck Camper Refurb w/ Pictures

Painted the camper using quality exterior house paint. Considered doing a different colors, keeping it solid - no stripes, adding different graphics....in the end just updated the colors a bit and kept the same stripes.





The original "Red Dale" decal was badly faded. I thought of scrubbing it off...but decided instead to touch it up, repainting it by hand. The original decal was colored a bit differently...but I did it this way. One of a kind. :)





The roof appeared to be painted with latex paint. It was in poor condition. Big flakes sticking up...lots of bare metal. This was sanded and scraped and washed (A LOT) - then new elastomeric coating was rolled on thick. It's very rubbery and seems durable. Time will tell how it holds up. Video about coating the roof.



Insulating. We used fiberglass insulation that we had salvaged from a house we dismantled (there are many salvaged materials in this camper). We know about rigid foam insulation...that it's supposed to be better. But we already had the fiberglass stuff (so no $ spent). If we'd have really thought the rigid foam stuff was going to make for a phenomenal improvement in our comfort and life, we'd have used it. We didn't. We're very accustomed to living quite close to the natural temperature and climate of wherever we are. Not a big deal to us. The fiberglass insulation will be perfectly adequate. But it was NO FUN to install!! Glad that part is over.


The solar power stuff arrives.
Solar Parts Unboxing Video



Building a removable, tiltable rack for the solar...which is going on the roof of the camper. Building the Solar Roof Rack


More to come! Thanks for taking a look. Any questions...fire away!