Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
09-05-2011, 12:38 AM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Oops couldn't post more than three, here are a couple more. Filling in between the plywood reinforcement with the half inch insulation and then one more full layer on top of that. So an inch of...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
09-05-2011, 12:31 AM
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Super Camper Van Top, Here's an update
OK, it's been a while. A few medical related issues put off work for a while, but now I'm back at it.
Pics of polyiso insulation on ceiling
A couple pic of the insulation in the walls
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
03-01-2011, 11:30 AM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
I like that top, it seems to have a little more headroom over the cab for sleeping. I thought I saw someone on here or expo that just purchased an early 90's van with this top and already converted...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-28-2011, 06:14 PM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-28-2011, 12:12 PM
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Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Camper Top Windows are in, I'm happy with the extra light they provide. Plus they look good if I do say so.
https://184.72.239.143/mu/a6cd8fad-f372-8dfe.jpg
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-27-2011, 07:31 PM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-26-2011, 10:05 AM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
sac95985, Thanks for the positive comments. Yes, they used some OSB(maybe scraps) to sandwich the fiberglass flange to the van roof with silicone as their sealant in between the flange and the van...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-25-2011, 04:15 PM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
I think it does have a lot more headroom. I measured from my floor which has a 3/8" foil backed jute and 5/8 ply over that and I have 79" to the bare fiberglass. On another note this top extends over...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-25-2011, 03:48 PM
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Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
RV2713L Drivers side
Rv2713R Passenger side
Pic shows where the Passenger side window will go. CRL does not supply these will the hardware or the sealant foam tape, so I had to run down my...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-24-2011, 04:57 PM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-23-2011, 03:08 PM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-22-2011, 10:38 AM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-20-2011, 07:54 PM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-20-2011, 07:39 PM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Jeez Rob, I was saving that for later. OK everybody, whenever you cut a hole in your roof I suggest you do it from the topside. I don't know if you can see in the photo but I cut into the 4x4 about...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-19-2011, 07:07 PM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-19-2011, 07:06 PM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-18-2011, 08:53 AM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-17-2011, 09:19 PM
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-06-2011, 09:19 AM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Good point on the marine plywood. Moisture shouldn't be able to get to the wood because it's sealed in resin. But if a hole was drilled through the top into the wood water could get in.
If the...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-03-2011, 11:49 PM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Thanks dhally, OSB, that's what it was, large chips of wood pressed together. I'll have to see if I can get that OSB replaced with ply or maybe pine. I'm not too concerned about the noise from the...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-03-2011, 10:20 PM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Mike, you may be right. I've become concerned about weight and maybe it's not that big of a deal.
I was told that they used 3/4" ply in the bubble top and it was solid from one side to the other....
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-03-2011, 07:32 PM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Also while I was there I took some pics of a van they had just installed the bubble top on. You can see how the flange sits. This should give anyone who doesn't know what a reverse flange looks like...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-03-2011, 07:20 PM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Alright, finally made my visit to Fiberine and put my deposit down on the Super Camper Top :a5:
When I was there they had just, in the last day or two, finished a Super Camper top and here are my...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
01-19-2011, 10:41 PM
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Darn I didn't think about the beer mjeffrey. I'll have to give that some more thought.
Oh, one more thing about Fiberine, Anabel is trying to talk me into glassing a sheet of plywood in the roof...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
01-19-2011, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 58
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Re: Super Camper Van Top, Another White Van Build
Just talked to Fiberine. The Top is a reverse flange, and that gives me a little more confidence in doing the install myself. Also talked to Jeff at RV Interiors and he has given me a few pointers on...
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