Month: June 2018

So before we bought our trailer, we looked at several others. This was the first one. The roof was falling apart, which was a no go.

You can see some of the differences, like the twin doors made of plastic on the cabinets, whereas ours is metal, and a single door.  The different location of the spare tire (ours is in back, this one is in front), the different interior colors (red and green for ours, vs brown and brown for this one), and the lack of a vent for the fridge.

ours is a 1974 Apache Mesa, this was a 1972 Apache Mesa.

 

 

After looking at several campers, going to an RV expo, and surfing the internet, we found a 1974 Apache Mesa camper in pretty good condition. It’s a hard sided camper with heat, a fridge, sleeping for 6, tightly. and at 1500lbs, it’s tow-able by anything we own, even the Miata.

It does need some work, as it’s 44 years old. The fixes are going to be posted soon.

Here’s some pictures as we bought it:

 

 

 

So my wifey has been bugging me to go camping, and after much thought, we picked what to get. We were looking at a roof top camper, a tent, or a camper, which does not narrow it down. The things that we are looking for are:

1. There’s a lot of rain where we live, so it should be able to be dried quickly.
2. We tend to base camp, which means taking it down every time we want to drive is not desired.
3. It has to be able to be moved by multiple vehicles, due to our tow vehicle being an old land rover.
4. Wifey is endothermic, and therefore it should be heat-able.
5. lights and other amenities would be nice.
6. It should be quick to setup, i.e.: under 2 minutes.

We ended up looking at a lot of different options, but decided to rehab a popup glamper of awesomeness.

Also known as an Apache Mesa, from 1974.  Pictures of the resto-mod coming up.