Recent content by surfdaddy

The interior is ash compaired to birch the was normally used. This will look really good when re-varished.  I try and make things as original as possible. Which is what my idea of restoring is all about. Bringing things back to as original as you can.  Other than the water damage, which I think...

I posted in the slide camper forum by mistake.  I just was given a 1961 GMC truck and camper by a friend who's grandfather bought it new.  I've just finished restoring a 1958 14ft runabout boat and am about to finish a 1970 Volkswagen Squareback for my daughters fist car. He has followed the...

Has anyone restored an old camper, or, know of old camper restore groups?  A friend gave me a 1961 GMC truck with a 1961 camper. I'm planning on restoring it. It seems like it would be a really fun project.  Looking on the web there isn't too much out there as far as info goes. 

When I had my 34 ft bounder it had 80 or 100 gal.  That worked fine.  The deal is after being in salt water all day the girls would like to shower. ( you may not have teenage girls who like to swim / or surf, but after 4-8 hours in the water and sand they can get cranky. By the way having 3...

One of the upgrades I want to do to my trailer is to install larger tanks.  The fresh tank is 40 gal, the black / grey are also 40 gal.  The problem is that when we go out the girls (wife 11 and 16 yearold) use up the water in about 2 days no matter how much I push about conserving the water.. ...

I have one of those cheap gens and it works fine. 18 hours of run time on a tank of gas.  However, they are really too noisy for campground use and have to have some sort of acoustic enclosure to make them work OK.  Mine (which is a china copy of a Honda) is 95dB at 3 feet open. Clearly way too...