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a_graham52
Explorer
Aug 10, 2015

California or bust with early 70s De-Lar

Evening everyone.
Here's the plan: 77 c10, early 70s De-lar.inc truck camper from maine to California via rt. 66.

We plan on taking sept. 2016 off and spending the month out on the road. Gas will be expensive but whos counting fuel right?

Yesturday we brought home our TC for the first time. Fit the truck well but I need to upgrade to some LT tires and repair the rear springs. Has plenty of power but sways a tad in the turns lol.



We got it home and have started stripping the interor. Some water damage to the roof structure and a lot of mouse nest in the cealing. The plan is to totally gut the insides and build it to suit us. Going woth a white/blue theme. And on the plus side, our neighbor has a TC that he's using for storage and said we can have all the appliences for free. Water heater, fridge, water tanks, ect!
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  • Kayteg1's avatar
    Kayteg1
    Explorer II
    Aug 12, 2015
    Lot of campers has fiberglass insulation where the only advantage is cheap.
    Whenever you have a chance, stuff styrofoam or better yet polyurethane foam.
    They have R value several times higher than fiberglass and add some mechanical strength.
  • JoeChiOhki's avatar
    JoeChiOhki
    Explorer II
    Aug 12, 2015
    Possible Weight saver, could do like my old KIT and have one combined waste tank under the overhang and use a double valve to be able to use the tank for both or just black.

    Interior-wise, you'll be getting intimately familiar with luan board or some other thin door-skin and 1x1s and 1x2s to make things, otherwise, you'll get heavy really quick ;).
  • a_graham52's avatar
    a_graham52
    Explorer
    Aug 12, 2015
    Alright question time. From what we can tell this originally had a fresh water tank, toilet (not sure if there was ever a black tank under the tail), holiday oven, hydro flame propane furnace and a fridge.

    Now weight is a priority, the camper is about 90% gutted and we were thinking of fridge, fresh tank, gray tank, water heater, furnace, and microwave. 12v battery and inverter

    Too much to ask? Or better things we could do?

    Also does anyone have any pics of custom interiors that are low key and maybe out of the box?
  • slickrock_steve's avatar
    slickrock_steve
    Explorer
    Aug 10, 2015
    It is all possible. I did the rework route, and have mine on my Ram. My DW and I just did over 5000 miles in ours across the north west!
  • jmcgsd's avatar
    jmcgsd
    Explorer
    Aug 10, 2015
    Sounds like quite an undertaking. I guess we know where you'll be spending your spare time for the next year.
  • a_graham52's avatar
    a_graham52
    Explorer
    Aug 10, 2015

    Only pic I have. Now the rig is about half gutted. Some rot in the structure.
  • Kayteg1's avatar
    Kayteg1
    Explorer II
    Aug 10, 2015
    How about pictures of interior?
    You don't need to worry about roof leaks coming to California :B
  • a_graham52's avatar
    a_graham52
    Explorer
    Aug 10, 2015
    Any recommendation on how to build the interior light yet sturdy? Rather a certain material or a way to build it?

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