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New and improved rack welded for the camper is a couple inches wider than the pop top roof all the way around. Of course our faithful helpers were standing by. Perfect length for the 14' canoe. Has easily adjustable cross beams that travel with it on the back of the rack. Also resealed...

Went on a visit to my wife's uncles place in Riverside. Took this chance to work with him to upholster the new foam bed cushions. The master at work Found the large foam cushion for a great deal on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00J3H9XQI/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Cut it down...

Battery Isolator Installation and More First for the more. Here is a close up of the brackets we used to bolt the rack to the camper. The bolt on the bottom of the rack goes through the hole in the mount and then is secured by a nut. The rack and canoe would need to be removed if I want to pop...

Interior Improvements After a few nights in a row on the bed I found that the different cushion thickness for our upper body vs lower body was an issue. The camper came with what I think was a DIY pull out to sleep North South. The part that slid out rested on top of the small lift-top cabinet...

With the roof looking pretty good and holding up to little shower that we had we moved onto installing a roof rack so I can bring the canoe or kayaks. One of the benefits of having a woodframe camper is that you can just sink some bolts right into the wooden frame wherever you want. So we...

Hey Subterran! I actually commented on your thread under my old user name. You inspired me to write my own and I learned a lot from the work on your phoenix! More to come soon!

Roof Repairs and Leak Chasing Since the aluminum tape starting coming up after the first use I removed the tape, cleaned the area with some solvent (to also remove the excess silicon the PO used to seal his wood sandwich) and used some JD Weld epoxy to seal the holes. While this works on...

The Work Continues To mount the camper to the truck I used turnbuckles and square tubing bolted to the frame. The camper already had the hardware and holes to bolt through the bed of the truck, but I didn't want to put holes in my bed. I fixed the broken frame by removing the screws in the...

WolfmanMatt here to share some of my camper improvements since I've benefitted from reading about so many of yours. I have great memories of camping for weeks at the lake or the beach with my family in our overhead camper. Through college I camped for many years with a tent set up but really...