camper rebuild ideas

[pudgybear]

I have a tent trailer - make unknown - and the canvas top has rotted off, it has an inside pole support type of system,,,,, do any of you out there know of a site that can help me rebuild this " camper " are there sites that talk about rebuilding something like this?????????

 

[barnee]

Try here.

http://www.popupexplorer.com/

 

[csp]

I don't have any bookmarked on the computer I'm on, but I found lots of pop-up webpages when I bought one years ago. I just used Google and found a few, many of which had links to others.

 

[Outlawmws]

http://www.bearcreekcanvas.com/
The have a lot of the patterns IIR, and if not, you can send in your remnants and they will make one.

 

[Professur]

Be warned that the cost can be .... a shock. $800-$2k is not unusual. When the entire camper only cost you $500 ... that can be hard to swallow. Make sure the rest of the camper is worth the investment before you go for the canvas. I had one with a steel frame. The fuel savings alone in dumping that and getting an AL framed one would have paid for the canvas. Also ... get a good look at the workmanship of the replacement before you fork out cash. I've seen some replacement tops in campgrounds that look completely original, and some that looked like a 12 year old had done it.

I've seen a few really nice rebuild jobs that ignored fabric and build pop-in plastic/vinyl walls. Didn't add any extra weight, didn't breathe, but were orders of magnitude more weather and bug proof. They'd used interlocking J joints to hang the panels, and had sliding plexiglass plates for windows. Something to consider. Probably come in a lot cheaper, and doesn't require the services of a seamstress with an industrial sewing machine.

 

[volaredon]

yeah I too have an old popup I am re doing it is an Apache "solid state" the sides and bed ends are ABS plastic rather than canvas... old campers can be "fun" huh?