Camper design ideas
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Mountain Pass
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Awning window
Jalousie window
This comes up in both searches but is more for a house as far as I could find. I have never seen a factory camper or trailer unit with an awning type window.
A shutter or cover for a Jalousie window would work well enough to keep the worst out. The real problem with campers is that companies just make them water tight when new. A year or two later the flex and abuse get to them all and you end up with leaks. Many places say you should pressure test a unit every year. I think they are like boats but not quite as bad.
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From: Black Hills of SD
Awning window
Jalousie window
This comes up in both searches but is more for a house as far as I could find. I have never seen a factory camper or trailer unit with an awning type window.
A shutter or cover for a Jalousie window would work well enough to keep the worst out. The real problem with campers is that companies just make them water tight when new. A year or two later the flex and abuse get to them all and you end up with leaks. Many places say you should pressure test a unit every year. I think they are like boats but not quite as bad.
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From: Black Hills of SD
Some of the ones I've seen have a lever that goes a little over center and under a tab for tight closing. Then it has notches in the bottom where it goes through a slotted center brace in the frame so you can choose how far you want it propped open. Are we talking about the same thing?
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Mountain Pass
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I am curious about how the woody window was installed? I know those cars had real problems with wood rot and that was to do with being left out in the rain, not taking care of the wood and other stuff I can't think of.
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I have no idea if any consideration was given to woodie windows to keep the wood dry. Unless I get caught out, I have no intentions of having it get wet. I have lots of other junk to drive in the rain.
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Mountain Pass
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This is the lady who gave me this crazy idea.
I met her in Field BC and just had to ask how old she was. 86 (oops she was 78 then). I found that hard to believe but her tour map blew me away.
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Amazing picture! That is one cool woman. Perhaps she and her car passed over the 'fountain of youth'. Maybe it wasn't in Florida after all. Are you planning any engine/drivetrain updates? There is a guy on the fordbarn who regularly drives his 46 ford sedan from his home in Utah to places like Alaska, or most anywhere else one can access from our highway system. Bone stock, 6v positive ground and original cloth covered wiring harness. You can search Ol Henry in the fordbarn site.
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Maybe 20 years ago a guy came into Wasilla Alaska in a 33or 34 Ford sedan. He had driven it from South America. RHD IIRC. The chap was going up the haul road to Prudoe Bay but had ran out of money and sold the car In Wasilla.
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Never too old: 78-year-old circling globe in 1930 Hudson | Driving
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Mountain Pass
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Yeah that’s her. Hmmm only 78, well 80 now as that was at least two summers ago. I thought she had money, you get a feeling pretty fast.
I want to keep the truck stock as it is. It’s a 12V conversion but otherwise I just want to go through it and make sure there are no obvious problems.
I went to school with a guy who does trans and dif repairs so Ill take them out and make sure the bearings and seals are good.
I also know a couple of mechanics so when I take the heads off to inspect the valves (to see if they are Stellite or not) I’ll have them take a look. I need the experienced eyes to tell me if I missed something.
I want to keep the truck stock as it is. It’s a 12V conversion but otherwise I just want to go through it and make sure there are no obvious problems.
I went to school with a guy who does trans and dif repairs so Ill take them out and make sure the bearings and seals are good.
I also know a couple of mechanics so when I take the heads off to inspect the valves (to see if they are Stellite or not) I’ll have them take a look. I need the experienced eyes to tell me if I missed something.
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