Follow the restoration of my 1971 Holiday Rambler Vacationer: interior repairs, plumbing projects, and the details that bring a vintage camper back to life.
The camper renovation journal
Browse the latest projects below, or use the page numbers to explore earlier updates.
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December 11th 2022
Plumbing refresh Part 1 Removed all the Faucets, and the sinks and cleaned a started the replacement of all the rubber o-rings and gaskets. I…
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December 7th 2022
I haven’t done much in the last week. It’s been busy. I did pick up a 10ft x 20ft carport from Harbor Freight, but I’ll…
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November 28th 2022
Started on Disassembly of the Interior. The best way to rebuild a camper from the ground up is to start with what you can remove…
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November 27th 2022
Time to tackle the fridge. I pulled the door off and unhooked propane and the 110v. Then I pulled the screws out that hold it…
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November 26th 2022
Back from Thanksgiving and back to the camper. Furnace repaint and reassembly. I found some 1/8 Kawool 2300f to use for the burner gasket, it…
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November 21st 2022
Removed the 30amp Shore power connection to clean up. After blasting and buffing. It’s almost to nice to repaint.
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November 19th 2022
Stove teardown. I fired up the stove and oven to see if they worked and they do, quite well actually. It’s just dirty and rusty.…
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November 18th 2022
I cleaned and reassembled enough to test the furnace out and make sure it works before I sink any money into it. I hooked up…
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November 17th 2022
Time to address the fact I have no keys for the camper. After some research on the Bargmann 100 Door lock I found out just…
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November 16th 2022
I started the teardown the furnace. I figured I could get it running and use it to keep the camper warm while I worked. Well…
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November 16th 2022
I started removing the appliances to figure out if the worked or not. I didn’t feel safe plugging the camper in and testing everything in…
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November 15th 2022
Return Trip Part 2 My work trip went very well so I was able to return the next morning and get the camper. I backed…