My 75 apache royal camper

[jmkjr72]

Those of you that know me know I like lots of things
Sunday I bought a 1975 apache royal camper
These have a bit of a cult following being made of Al and abs
They are great little hard side pop up campers

So I'll start a thread documenting my new to me camper




This is bring in her home Sunday


It's in capable shape but that's not good enough for me

It will get a new 3500 lb axle with brakes to replace the undersized 2200 lb axle
Yeah the camper has a dry weight of around 1600 lbs and only a 2200 lb axle

New counter tops and table tops
New curtains and cushions
A new custom paint job
Upgraded ele system
Possibly a new heavier rear bumper with scooter carrier
And a rack to carry my canoe

[jmkjr72]

Today I started to strip b the several layers of paint
I managed to save the coveted manufacturer sticker when striping paint

[bagga]

nice. it looks like you're doing well for yourself.

[Rebel]

Looks like a nice way to go camping.

[jmkjr72]

Better then a tent and not the full on luxury of a modern glamper
Easy to tow easy to set up

[bagga]

www.apacheowners.com/

[jmkjr72]

Yup I'm there and the .net site and a couple of fb groups
They have a pretty good following for a company that has been out of business for that long
Veseley also made an awsome 6wd buggy

[jmkjr72]

Finished striping one side and got it primed

[jmkjr72]

Well the top is what the inside will look like I'm going to pull the stove and sink for more counter space as I'll be doing 99% of my cooking outside I can just bring the tabletop stove in n if it's bad weather

And that's the camper hooked to new truck ready to leave in the morning

I replaced the main trailer lead and had to unfubar the tail lights it was a nightmare
One side the blinker wire was grounded the tail was to the blinker and the ground was t on the tail
The other side the blinker was right but tail and ground were flowed around

[arcanum70]

I've contemplated getting a small pop-up. Just something for one person, and then heading south and west with it.

[Rebel]

Have a nice trip.

[bagga]

May 23, 2014 21:53:48 GMT -5 jmkjr72 said:

Well the top is what the inside will look like I'm going to pull the stove and sink for more counter space as I'll be doing 99% of my cooking outside I can just bring the tabletop stove in n if it's bad weather

And that's the camper hooked to new truck ready to leave in the morning

I replaced the main trailer lead and had to unfubar the tail lights it was a nightmare
One side the blinker wire was grounded the tail was to the blinker and the ground was t on the tail
The other side the blinker was right but tail and ground were flowed around

livin' large, joe. that would be a nice sturgis setup.

[jmkjr72]

Well did some work today no pics yet
Bought a 12x16 tarp and 1/8 aircraft cable to make a canopy with taped the aircraft cable to the tarp and it slides in the canopy rail nice I have some poles that came with the camper

Pulled the fridge out and bought an ac unit to put in there

Bought some lp lines and adapters I will reroute the lp for the fridge to behind the passenger side tire to hook my stove up to outside

[jmkjr72]

12000 btu ac in place where the fridge used to be need to make a trim boar to cover up the Foam
Old counter sink and stove are gone
I have to fix a spot in the cabnit predrill holes and mount the counter v top

[jmkjr72]

Gas lines are rerouted
New shore power set up made (installed a breaker box and two breakers one for the ac and the other for the camper power is feed by an rv cord)
Counter tops are done
Curtains are done star wars one end star trek the other
I call her voyager