80/20 wedge camper build on a modified service body!

So the plan is to build a gfc inspired wedge camper on top of what I've done so far.

done so far:
-cut apart 90's pickup service body (got in over my head and it was basically like restoring a whole car haha)
-cut out rust
-bobbed rear compartments
-made all new aluminum compartment doors
-all new door hinges and hardware
-built new base frame for camper
-replaced steel floor with aluminum tread plate
-raptor lined entire service body inside and out

still to come:
-finish aluminum side flip up doors
-build wedge camper using 8020 aluminum extrusions
-order roof and floor material (plascore, same as gfc)
-design and sew tent
-re-install solar with atleast 100ah lithium house battery
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-a shit ton more...

Other upgrades:
-sua with custom deavers (for weight of bed/camper, will be set up as “mid travel”)
-some bitchin shocks, longest I can fit under the service body
-solo stock length lca’s
-solo spindle and uniball conversion (when money permits haha)
-sound deadening material throughout cab
-re gear
-33” or 34” tires
-under bed fuel cell maybe 10 gallons since our tanks are tiny and nothing I’m doing will help mpg’s...


how it started






How it currently sits

 

Nice! any idea how much that bed weighs?

 

Legit AF

 

This should be cool! Eager to see your progress.

 

Good job, very cool!

 

roughly 420lbs how it sits now, heavier than I would have liked but it feels fine. Drives better and feels lighter than when I had a flip pack and the stock bed!

 

That's not bad at all. I've been guessing that the stocker is 250-300ish, and you're getting more utility for that weight.

 

@gixxerphil

 

That is awesome! Where did you find a utility bed? Thought about doing a flatbed, but need storage for work stuff.

 

That is really sweet, great job OP

 

Sub'd

 

Since you already have a metal base around the transmission shifter, you could build yourself a removable cage that you can lock the shifter. People can't hotwire the car and drive off very easy. Just another level of deterent. California sucks like that.

 

I was a California for a long time if my life, and it’s a shame that it has been by thieves in government and lazy a$$ people how will take thing they can get there griming hands on.
Sorry for the rant!

 

Craigslist, some guy had it on a 90’s pickup, took a little work to get it to fit properly but I was stoked!

 

haha I’ve thought about it. But I think I’d just weld a ring to both shifters and throw a lock between them. Making the shifter stuck in reverse

the console is aluminum and I’m going to raptor line that after I find some cup holders that I like to cut into it!

 

Dang you really restored that utility bed.
Loosk great.

 

This is fantasmic!

 

@koditten
This is what I was talking about with a 90's box

 

I like it.

 

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