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subarctic_moose
Northern California
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Thanks for the insight Joe, really appreciate it. Should have eyes on this thing in a few hours, hoping for the best.
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notsobigjoe
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joerg68 wrote:These campers are not rocket science - they can be repaired with a little TLC and ingenuity. There are many threads on the topic out there. All you need is a dry space where you can work on such a project and some time - actually a lot of time, as they all turn out to be much more work than anticipated. In that case you need to decide if you would rather travel or rebuild during that time. Only you can make that decision.
But maybe you are lucky and it is in decent shape - if it is still around; an internet search brought up an ad that had already been pulled.
If it has been sitting under the roof for some time, it will likely be dry by now. That doesn't mean it won't leak like a sieve once out in the elements again. But resealing is among the normal maintenance activities anyway.
Wishing you and your family many happy travels! With this camper, or another one!
Ditto's x2 Your going to have a great time...
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subarctic_moose
Northern California
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Thanks for the input everyone. Turns out it was in pretty rough shape. Spongy floor, spongy roof, didn’t even have a skylight in the roof, just an open 12x12 hole. Thought I was gonna fall through just standing up there.
Oh well, the search continues.
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joerg68
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Thank you for the feedback! Sorry you had to drive all the way just for the "experience".
2014 Ford F350 XLT 6.2 SCLB + 2017 Northstar Arrow
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mbloof
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Ahhh, the Fleetwood Elkhorn... I had a 2001 8S hardside. There's a reason they were nicknamed 'Leakwoods'. As I recall the 8S is for a long bed, I hauled mine on a F250 SC LB until 2014 when I replaced it.
The only aluminum in the "framing" is in the rear section/wall, everything else is wood.
Fleetwood packed quite a bit of features into that little camper. I went on to do dozens of modifications to mine over the years.
In its prime I could dry camp for a week at a time in it. When I was younger I did not mind the climb into the bed area ether.
Sadly the only modification I was unable to do was stop it from leaking. When I got rid of it ($500 scrap) it had a number of rotted spots.
- Mark0.
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subarctic_moose
Northern California
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Intersting, the seller originally had it on a short bed, but I could see that mistake happening especially when you can't find old Fleetwood TC brochures anywhere on the internet.
A local "dealer" actually had a cleaner looking 8S from the same year. They wanted 10k for it.
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