Wild_Jackalope
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After seeing the slide in utility shells on some of the cable trucks around town, I couldn’t shake the idea that one would make a pretty good “Baja style” camper for my tundra. After over a year of searching Craigslist for a 6.5’ one, this...well loved...Cargobody popped up just across the border in Utah. We loaded up the following Saturday and four hours later I owned it. It’s solid overall and is setup just how I wanted. Ambulance doors with windows, standard slider on passenger side and full side access on the driver’s side.
Photos from the ride home. Doesn’t look too terrible on the baby tundra:
The plan is to get it cleaned up, repair any fiberglass issues, blend the seams and give it a color matched bed liner job inside and out. The interior build out will be a simple sleeping platform setup and some sort of storage system underneath.
We pulled the ladder rack and started on the clean up. Turns out the black trim on these things hides the...rustic...construction. A rubber pinstripe wheel made quick work of all the decals. There were a couple minor delaminations where the hatch meets the roof so I ground them back to good glass and laid up some new material. Gonna take the time to blend all the seams while I’m this deep. Here’s a quick shot of the side access door. You can also see the old black trim and some of the old worn out accessories. Handles, door grabbers etc:
Here’s the truck after the first weekend of work. It took most of the weekend to fit the doors properly but I’m happy with it in the end. I also took the opportunity to shave the handles and whatnot while blending the seams. Will add some more detail shots soon.
Hopefully I can get some little stuff done during the week. It’s kind of a pain to drag everything out to the parking lot for an hour after work but I’m sure there’s little stuff to do. Will update the thread as it progresses. Thanks for taking a look!
Photos from the ride home. Doesn’t look too terrible on the baby tundra:
The plan is to get it cleaned up, repair any fiberglass issues, blend the seams and give it a color matched bed liner job inside and out. The interior build out will be a simple sleeping platform setup and some sort of storage system underneath.
We pulled the ladder rack and started on the clean up. Turns out the black trim on these things hides the...rustic...construction. A rubber pinstripe wheel made quick work of all the decals. There were a couple minor delaminations where the hatch meets the roof so I ground them back to good glass and laid up some new material. Gonna take the time to blend all the seams while I’m this deep. Here’s a quick shot of the side access door. You can also see the old black trim and some of the old worn out accessories. Handles, door grabbers etc:
Here’s the truck after the first weekend of work. It took most of the weekend to fit the doors properly but I’m happy with it in the end. I also took the opportunity to shave the handles and whatnot while blending the seams. Will add some more detail shots soon.
Hopefully I can get some little stuff done during the week. It’s kind of a pain to drag everything out to the parking lot for an hour after work but I’m sure there’s little stuff to do. Will update the thread as it progresses. Thanks for taking a look!