Sönke's hard-side popup camper

Thanks..
Carl, no problem with the sealing of the two sections, we used a brush-sealing (?can you say so?) on top of the inner and lower wall

greetings Sönke

That is the coolest rig I have ever seen. :rappel:

oh man, that is a work of art! i wish your vehicle were in production, i would buy one and live in it! :clapsmile

Thanks,
scaned two more: up and down :jumping:





I will have some more work done inside the cab soon...

Oh WOW! Droooool :Wow1:
This rig is my new favorite rig. Absolutely amazing.
This thread is now bookmarked.
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Camper Dimensions

Hi Sonke

Thank you for sharing. Can you tell me the approximate size of the camper?
Particularly, the height (headroom) with extension up and down.

Cheers,
Randy

Hi Randy,

overall hight outside with top down is 217cm, lift is 70cm. Inside I can stand upright then, beeing 190cm tall...

Excellent rig, I just saw your pics over in the Campsite pics thread, and now this thread.

Very unique rig you have built up.

Hey Soenke,

I was wondering how thick the fiberglass sandwhich plates were that you used on this build.
by the way, Awesome build. I already drooled all over the build over on mud.

Phil

Hey Phil, thanks..

bottom 30mm and top 15mm f/g sandwich

This has got to be one of the coolest rigs I have ever come across. Very good job on the build and thinking outside the box.

Sure makes me wonder why someone hasn't built the back camper part that could be added to a pickup chassis. Sure would be cool if you could buy a 4x4 truck, remove the bed and add something like this.

Very Well....

Well this is my first post. I stumbled upon this site at times over the years and I have in the last week spent countless hours reading about all of the Fantastic Rigs and Trailers you all have.

I own a fairly nice 1990 F-250 4x4 with a topper and carpeted bed kit that the family and I use to camp with. With 3 growing children and the wife and I we have to have a fairly decent sized rig to get all of our stuff to and fro.

Nonetheless I have been completely mesmerized by Soenke living quarters on his cruiser. And I read all of the threads on different forums, and I could think to myself is exactly what XJ Mike just thought, "Now I have to have one of those to put on the back of a full-size truck" I was mentioning to my wife over my shoulder, that is one of the choicest setups I have seen.

I sent my warmest regards to Soenke on spectacular build!!! What ingenuity and craftsmanship. Very well thought out and excuted. As with any project of this magnitude there will be kinks, as he mentions, but it never fails to intrigue me on these things are decidedly executed.

Bravo!!!!

Thanks very much for your nice comment and welcome :jump:

Fabulous. I'm extremely jealous and may just do something similar someday once I get tired of my boat-ish rig.

One question. How is your fuel mileage?

Great work...

Spence

Hey

I just read this today and what an awesome build; I love all of the birch woodwork inside. That would be perfect for two people. One question: What do you have for electronics/communication/navigation gear? Maybe that counts as 3!

Pete Wilson
Ottawa, KS