Do NOT restore a vintage camper this way!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- The Hille Ranger Camper restoration has begun and to say I am disappointed with the previous owners restoration attempts would be an understatement! So much work in so little time has to get done! Thanks to the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum for letting me get inside the ranger they had there...it is really a great museum if you ever get the chance to go we highly recommend!
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Wow! This one is pretty rough. I can't wait to see more on your restoration of this vintage camper. The canvas work of your previous one was so impressive.
luckily the canvas portion on this one will be the easiest part! ha but since these are so rare it'll be good to get one on the road again!
Another ambitious project and I can’t wait to see the progress!
It’ll be as good as new when you’re done.
hopefully...so much work but I'm no stranger to that!
Looks like a total frame up rebuild. Airbag suspension sounds like a great idea. Good luck and I know it won't only look good but will be fully functional.
thanks! yes, we are totally down to fiberglass and frame now...it just had to get worse before we could make it better!
Looking forward to seeing this trailer come back to life. Would look great behind Pickle. Good luck 🤙👍
yes, would love to pull it with the ole bus one day! Maybe next year to the vintage camper rally!
A labor of love indeed.
We are totally crazy for even trying, but I DO think we will be successful in saving it!
Poor pickle, but thanks to you, pickle is resting comfortably.
I know, breaks my heart too...I feel he's always starting at me like, but MOM what about me!
great that you are working on another restoration.. hopefully you can keep an overview of all your projects... don't forget pickel
Pickle will be back once this beast is out of our way! Thanks for the comment truly appreciate it!
Not much left, I know how much you like preserving original equipment and patina. But it's a blank slate, and I know your creativity will make it look great!
Peace
John and Betsy
we definitely took some liberties with it...welded a different frame section in the back and are changing up the floor and cabinets a bit!
Fun video Marcie, you got your work cut out on this one. Love the body lines on the sides of this one.
I see why you want to save it.
they are such cool trailers...had a few design flaws that lead to their ultimate failures but we have repaired most of those and hopefully we can camp in it for many years to come once we are all finished with the rebuild
It is definitely worthwhile to sort this out, will be an interesting project, good to have a reference point with the museum item - even if it has been altered away from factory. Be great to see progress in due course! Greetings from the UK!
yes, it was nice to just SEE another one and look it over, I know now where all the weak points are on these for sure! After seeing two campers with the same issues! once this one is done it won't have those issues anyway...maybe other but the factory flaws we will hopefully have work arounds for!
Ambitious Marci! Love your videos!
I'm crazy...can't believe I even took this heap on! ha miss you!
Parabéns muito top meu amigo
thank you!
Hi Marci and welcome back again with your new project👍🏻. That's a big challenge to perform a restoration like this one😓, but no more complicated than for example Pickles🛠🤔, so that will be nice to follow the coming EPs and the progress🇺🇸🙏🏻☮🍀, Greetings as always from Hubertus.🇳🇱🇳🇴😊
I'd love to have this trailer be pulled by ole pickle at the next vintage rally... (not this year but the next one) we shall see...
Keep it up. It’ll be worth it
probably only worth it to us! ha but yes , will be nice when it is done!
Neat camper! Since you'll be doing 'glass work anyway, would it be a good idea to glass the wood in that goes around the belt-line like how old wood/fiberglass boats are done? It would waterproof that support member and strengthen the overall structure. Also, if you don't have a table saw or router or whatever woodworking tools and need access to some, let us know!
We've debated that...since it has been such a dang pain to get the original flooring out (it was glassed in) I'm not sure we will do that but we ARE using marine plywood and a plastic "shower board" for the floor base. The shower board I will likely glass in...we shall see...I think we have all the tools we need, but if not we will def reach out and THANKS!
I have a VW friend and he bought a 71 bus with a partial Westy, (Green) named ed “Pickle” not original paint actually red/ white but fun it’s a neat bus. You have skills to make a nice camper. That bus was very scary for some, you have great skills, probably your Dad.
Thanks for sharing...Ole pickle is still "scary" but a fun project for me! The ole camper gets scarier the more we dig in, but on to the rebuilding stage finally!
I can't get in my garage either lol thanks for a great video
ha...so many projects! it's one way to live just not sure it's THE way to live!
Congratulations!! Welcome!! Please come in and join the rest of us hobbyist in the magical land called "the point of no return".....aka.... the rabbit hole 😀. Looking forward to upcoming videos on this project (and of of course also pickle). Thanks for the video.
RIGHT!!??!!! this is like the never ending pool of doom! ha we are torn completely down now and have started the build back...😜such a tight time frame
I used marmoleum by forbo for my camper they made the flooring for most old campers
thanks Barry I'll check that out! Want something kind of period correct looking if we can!
I guess they hadn't invented velcro yet when this was made - could certainly help with those gaps in the canvas!
haha 1959 i think was velcro, so you are correct! I'm not sure what I am going to do with those corners but I'll figure something out! certainly don't want the gap!
I have no experience with fiberglass. As you mentioned, the tub is out of shape because the wooden frame rotted out. Will you first fix the wooden frame before starting the fiber glass repairs to make sure you fix it square? Or is there enough flexibility in the plexiglass to correct this later? Thanks for another surprising video!
I think it can be gently persuaded back into its proper place! I'm a sailor so I have fixed many a boat...one had a hole nearly as big as those in the front of this trailer and it was right in the bottom of the hull...I repaired and that boat still sails today! It's all a matter of just taking a bit of time to make sure it's done right!
Thank you! Looking forward to seeing the continuation. This starts to be as fun a project as ol' pickle!
I resemble that remark "Vintage camper geek"
bahaaa well...if you are you are, nothing we can do to help you, except for maybe show you more vintage camper stuff! lol no cure, we are doomed
I do that if its huge I get overwhelmed with some things, how do you stay motivated to keep going?
haha...well only way to get er done is one bite at a time and I like the reward at the end of seeing the finished product!
Are you going to buy new cabinets to fit the camper?
we will build everything ourselves. We do a camper a year usually but our time frame isn't usually this short! ha
Hey maybe I could get a small pull camper and pull it with my VW Rabbt Pickup, yeah
a VW could totally pull this but I pull a 1965 apache raven with my 67 double cab!
oooohhhh Pickle where are you 🙂
he's hiding, but I AM working on him and after this camper pickle is coming off the rotisserie!
🇦🇺can you please finish “pickles “ VW bus 🚌 project first
I'm working on it, after this trailer is done we will be taking it off the rotisserie!
how heavy is that trailer with everything in it
about 1000lbs total weight I believe that's even with 15 gallons of water in the tank...of course that weight was with the torsion style axle so it might be 50-75lbs lighter without those?
Without heavy wood work machines, it takes years to make all those parts.
ehhh we will get it done before the rally...just a really tight time frame, we usually do a camper a year for last several years...just takes time and dedication!
Too bad you couldn’t modify the fridge to be a door to a modern camper fridge
We could and considered something similar, but this isn't the original icebox anyway and we would like to find an original door at least or I would like to try and make one that mimics the original...for now we are going with what we have!
you certainly have your work cut out for you...
no kidding...what a mess....hate undoing someone else's work!