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[Jdesign]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/617764916953479/?mibextid=6ojiHh

Well that was quick…

[Bassboy3313]

Jdesign said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/617764916953479/?mibextid=6ojiHh

Well that was quick…

Just saw that too

[gilber33]

Jdesign said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/617764916953479/?mibextid=6ojiHh

Well that was quick…

I know....

RIP

[gilber33]

New owner messaged me and said they had some power loss issues while driving around the other day. Old car problems. I don't miss that in the slightest.

[gilber33]

Huge photo dump. By the time I sold the e30 I was pretty well over it. The old car problems were enough for me and it was taking time and money away from other things. Ultimately, our family may be looking a little bit different in the next year or so and I wanted something that I could fully enjoy with my girls. I went camping with my girls for a weekend with my brother and his new camper and they absolutely loved it.

So, I bought this complete and utter turd of a camper and have spent the last two months or so rebuilding in. It's ironic that one project leaves and another takes its spot, but this one is going to make so many memories and my girls are beyond excited to use it. My focus and priorities have shifted to them. A "racecar" will still find a new home with me someday as long as it's red per their requirements. 

Still got to put my 3D printing to use with this exterior box. 

The inside is 98% done. 

That's it for now! Hope everyone here is doing well and I've always been grateful for the wealth of knowledge here and all of your help during my ownership with the e30.

[YoungCR]

Very cool! Are you just doing solar for power?

[patsbimmer1]

Wow!  What a transformation!  I'm still traumatized from replacing the floors in our last camper, no way I'd have the stomach for a project like this.  Very nice job and the good news is you put it back together 1000X better than they originally built it.

Pre-kids, I would have never thought of owning a camper.  Two kids and a dog later and we're on our 3rd camper.  From a pop-up to 26' TT and now our 31' TT with a slide out.  We did 6 trips this year with the kids and what makes it all worth it is when I was sitting outside my sons classroom for his 1:1 with his new teacher last week and when he was asked, "what did you do this summer?" the first thing he said was "We went camping so many times!".

Lemme know if you need any camp location suggestions!

[gilber33]

YoungCR said:

Very cool! Are you just doing solar for power?

I did a battery and a 120 hook up. It has electric heat and I'll put in AC this winter for when we have an electric site. Which I'll try to always have during the summer. But the electric heat gives us the ability to camp earlier and later. I may try to do solar for charging the battery, though. 

patsbimmer1 said:

Wow!  What a transformation!  I'm still traumatized from replacing the floors in our last camper, no way I'd have the stomach for a project like this.  Very nice job and the good news is you put it back together 1000X better than they originally built it.

Pre-kids, I would have never thought of owning a camper.  Two kids and a dog later and we're on our 3rd camper.  From a pop-up to 26' TT and now our 31' TT with a slide out.  We did 6 trips this year with the kids and what makes it all worth it is when I was sitting outside my sons classroom for his 1:1 with his new teacher last week and when he was asked, "what did you do this summer?" the first thing he said was "We went camping so many times!".

Lemme know if you need any camp location suggestions!

That's awesome! My kids are super excited. They play it in all the time. I have Harrington booked in a couple weeks for its test trip and Blue Mounds in November so we can do Cave of the Mounds, too. 

Next year we have WI Dells and Devil's Lake booked. I plan on doing Peninsula earlier in the year since all the electric sites are booked and Nelsen Dewey in August so we can check out Dubuque and Galena. Learning all about the games you gotta play to get some of the more desired parks.

[Boris3]

Nicely done, you do great work!!

[patsbimmer1]

gilber33 said:

That's awesome! My kids are super excited. They play it in all the time. I have Harrington booked in a couple weeks for its test trip and Blue Mounds in November so we can do Cave of the Mounds, too. 

Next year we have WI Dells and Devil's Lake booked. I plan on doing Peninsula earlier in the year since all the electric sites are booked and Nelsen Dewey in August so we can check out Dubuque and Galena. Learning all about the games you gotta play to get some of the more desired parks. 

We were actually just at Blue Mounds a couple weeks ago!  Very nice park with a couple parks for the kids.  Hiking is good and pretty easy.  If it's warm enough, the pool is VERY nice.  There is no fishing though, which was a bummer for me.  We'll definitely be going again.

We went to Harrington last year and it's cool to be that close to Lake Michigan and the beach is very nice.  Nice shower area too.  There's a raccoon issue there so keep garbage closed up.  The lake they have that is a filled in quarry is pretty.  I didn't catch any fish though.  To be honest I don't remember much else to do there.

[gilber33]

patsbimmer1 said:

We were actually just at Blue Mounds a couple weeks ago!  Very nice park with a couple parks for the kids.  Hiking is good and pretty easy.  If it's warm enough, the pool is VERY nice.  There is no fishing though, which was a bummer for me.  We'll definitely be going again.

We went to Harrington last year and it's cool to be that close to Lake Michigan and the beach is very nice.  Nice shower area too.  There's a raccoon issue there so keep garbage closed up.  The lake they have that is a filled in quarry is pretty.  I didn't catch any fish though.  To be honest I don't remember much else to do there.

We did Harrington earlier this year with my brother and his new camper. That's what started this whole thing. I enjoyed Harrington. The quarry and history is really cool and the beaches are nice. We'll only be there for two nights - I don't think I could stay at that one longer than that, but it's only 20 mins from our house so it's a good first trip with the camper. 

Overall I'm really excited to use it and for all of the new adventures we're going to have. And going places with the ability to stay for a few days at a fraction of the cost compared to getting an airbnb or hotel.

[gilber33]

First outing was a success. Everything worked like I hoped it would. A couple small things to do before the next trip, but all very minor. Girls had an absolute blast. 

[gilber33]

Holy shit. Been almost a year without a post and it’s still only half way down on the first page. Haha. 
 

So far this year we have gone to Peninsula and Devil's Lake. We still have Mirror Lake, Yellowstone Lake (State Park), Perrot, and Vintage weekend in September at Road America on the list yet. Over the winter I outfitted an AC unit, added a second 100ah lithium battery, a battery inverter for 120 when not hooked up to power, and a canopy. Next up is a more user-friendly outdoor shower on the side of it - some type of hinged/fold up curtain rod so we can take normal showers. 
 

[YoungCR]

what did you go with for A/C?

[TDesire]

Spent my day Saturday deep cleaning the interior of the daily. I really haven’t touched the interior since I purchased the car and it was in desperate need of a good refresh. I removed a bunch of the peeling soft touch mess. IYKYK. Cleaned up the panels and SEM trim black painted the panels to give them that OEM look without the mess. Turned out really nice and is a much better place to be now. 

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[gilber33]

YoungCR said:

what did you go with for A/C?

It's a window unit that I mounted under the bunk beds. I have a 6" duct fan functioning as an exhaust to pull the hot air out of where the AC sits and 6 12v computer fans with ducts I 3D printed blowing air form inside the camper across the AC unit. I made a grill for it in Fusion360 and had it cut at sendcutsend.

[Jdesign]

gilber33 said:

What are the dimensions of that AC unit? it looks really smol.

[gilber33]

Jdesign said:

What are the dimensions of that AC unit? it looks really smol.

15x13x17 ish maybe. It's the smallest one you can get at Menards.