Vintage Champion Motor Home Body Parts

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gjguest

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Hello everyone,
I purchased a 1977 Dodge Champion Motor home.  The thing runs like a champ.  I have completely gutted it, everything.  I found water damage in the back two corners.  The top corners are round and have a round molding that goes between the straight top molding and the straight vertical molding.  Those two round piece are in really bad shape.  Cracked and broken.  That is where the water gets in.  I am having a heck of a time locating any type molding to replace those.  Does anyone know where I find something like that.  These are about 4" measured around the 90% curve.  Other than fixing that, and replacing part of the flooring, the old girl is really solid.  Thanks in advance.
 
Eternabond roof tape will do those corners and keep you dry about 10-20 years. It comes in all different widths.

I did the curved corners on my motorhome and never had a problem.

Eternabond at amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=eternabond&linkCode=ll2
 
Chances are a part like that was custom-molded for the  Champion roof and about zero chance of finding one unless an RV salvage yard happens to have an old Champion like yours.

The Eternabond is a good bet but difficult to wrap smoothly around tight curves.  Another possibility is to reinforce the old piece with epoxy, either auto body filler or fiberglass resin + glass cloth, like you would use to repair a fiberglass boat. A kit like this might be enough to do two corner pieces:

https://www.autozone.com/sandpaper-and-body-repair-tools/fiberglass-material/bondo-fiberglass-repair-kit/167004_0_0
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bondo-420-Fiberglass-Resin-Repair-Kit-1-2-Pint/17056867#read-more
 
Thanks for the answers.  I am going to try Both!  Ordered the tape and the fiberglass kit.  If one doesn't work as good as I would like I will try the other one.
 
Try the fiberglass first.  Eternabond tape is a devil to remove once it touches the surface.
 
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