Slide-In Campers

shakespearesdad · Post by **shakespearesdad** » October 16, 2008, 12:29 pm

I've got a '65 F100 long bed and I want to find a circa 1965 slide in camper for it. I've searched the net for some camper forums and mostly find vintage tear drops and travel trailer stuff.
Anybody know of a good site (like this one) that will have some help for me?

ras4434 · Post by **ras4434** » October 16, 2008, 5:12 pm

I dont know of a site but I did have an 8 foot caveman cmaper on my 66 F100 for 10 years. Send me a PM and I can tell you all of the things to NOT do.

Actually it worked out well once I got the truck set up.

willy3486 · Post by **willy3486** » October 16, 2008, 5:44 pm

Campers? why would anyone want a camper with a slick

?
Seriously I can give you a few.

The groups I belong to have mainly the pull type but there are some people there that are familiar with these also. I do have a picture somewhere of a camper if I can find it that was a original camper for these fords. They are rare due to just a few ever purchased. Maybe a couple of hundred. They were may by a 3rd party and sold as a option. Does anyone remember any more info on them?

Here are a few sites on MSN ,Sorry JC.

http://groups.msn.com/RepairingYesterda ... tsnew.msnw

http://groups.msn.com/VintageVacationsa ... railertalk

Check out the winnebagos, I have seen quite a few of them. This would be a good group to look through, they probably have some info on them.

http://groups.msn.com/ClassicWinnebagos/_whatsnew.msnw

There is one guy at the vintage vacations and the repairing yesterdays trailers sites above that has made his living working on trailers and mobile homes. He is really helpfull and knows all about them. I go by willy3486 there also.

Don't overlook rebuilding a basketcase. They are not that hard to rebuild. When I redid my scotty I had no measurements and the corners in the scotty were just about gone from rot. So I just tooks pictures when I dissasembled it, like taking pictures when you take apart a slick . Gotta love digital camera's and computers so save as many as you want. I just laid the sides out and made the wooden frame to match the side. then I mounted that to each side of the camper and cut the spacers between the walls alllowing for the width of the walls. Main thing is to make it no wider or bigger than the aluminum. One thing I highly recomend is to reputty the corner trim. This is the aluminum trim on the edges that is held down with 1/4 inch screws most of the time. what you do is to unscrew all the trim and scrame off the old putty, be carefull not to cut through the aluminum skin getting the old putty off. Then just reapply a new roll of the putty on the aluminum trimn and put it down. I redo all the windows also. Its a good afternoon of work but it beats rebuilding one from the ground up. And no the tar gunk you put on mobile homes does not work that well. The best way to fix it is to fix it right. It took me a long time to scrape off that tar crap and reseal my scotty and aristocrat properly.
You can see my rebuilds at the bottom of the link

http://community.webshots.com/user/willy3486

If you find one from the 70s and it has similar pattern of aluminum and windows you can cut them down. Many of the 60s slide in campers I have seen if I remember correctly have a curved roof in the front and in the back they come to a point and curve back in. Similar to a slicks top of the cab. A slick with a 60s slide in camper top and a shasta or scotty camper would be a great looking rig. If I can help or if you need places for parts let me know by email, just put slick60s in topic.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » October 16, 2008, 6:25 pm

ford had an explorer option inthe 70s that had a fiberglass topper made just for them.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » October 16, 2008, 10:15 pm

ICEMAN6166 wrote:ford had an explorer option inthe 70s that had a fiberglass topper made just for them.

i have seen a few of those over on the fordification.

Max · Post by **Max** » October 17, 2008, 12:52 am

Had one of those fiberglass camper tops on my '74 Explorer. Sold it for $100 to some south-o-the-border dudes mowing the next door neighbors grass. They carried it over and stuck it on the back of their Chevy truck. I always thought that was hilarious.

bertha66 · Post by **bertha66** » October 20, 2008, 12:38 pm

I just gave away a cab over camper that was dated 1963, full cabover with everything in it. I think the guy was going to do alittle clean up and sell it. It is in Central Oregon. I do not have a picture of it.

Thunderboy · Post by **Thunderboy** » October 20, 2008, 9:35 pm

Thanks for the links, Willy. I, too, would like to find more info on a era-appropriate cab over camper for my 66 F250. I want aluminum siding with two-color paint to match the Custom Cab colors of my slick, and maybe update and improve the interior, like they do with the Vintage trailers.
Glad to know others have similar ideas. I hope for some help finding out possible leads online at this site.

Drew

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » October 20, 2008, 11:38 pm

hey drew, go over to "fordification" and look up "rubiranch". he is big time into camping with his f250 and he may know some good links to vintage camper sites. i can't remember what year his truck is (67-72) and he pulls a vintage camper trailer panted to match his truck. he may be able to help.

factorystock · Post by **factorystock** » October 21, 2008, 9:24 pm

f25065 · Post by **f25065** » October 29, 2008, 5:18 pm

My personal plans for my 250 include an older '65 or '66 Avion C-10 cabover. I've seen several '66s and only a couple '65s, and plenty of '67-'69s. These are the truck campers that look like an Airstream trailer... all rounded corners and silver aluminum. The C-10s are rated for 3/4 ton trucks, but supposedly there was an 8' version designated for the 100s.

Thunderboy · Post by **Thunderboy** » October 30, 2008, 12:59 pm

That is good info that I didn't have, ezer and f25065. I will check that out more closely.
The camper project is a ways down the road for me, but I guess it is never too early to gather info!

Drew

jecsd1 · Post by **jecsd1** » October 30, 2008, 5:13 pm

This is the camper that came off my grandpas old 65. I put it on my 77 250 4x4 and we hit the desert. It was great! everyone was cheking it out like they had never seen a classic truck camping before. I plan to get a new 8 ft camper in the future for my 77. Any camper for an 8ft bed will fit