by JERADS3D » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:23 am
The side windows are in fact vintage Hehr Windows. They are the same type used to convert an early Panel Delivery Volkswagen Bus into an EZ Camper Bus. The guy that I built the trailer for owns a 1967 EZ Camper VW Bus and had these windows as spares which I completely took apart and restored them to like new condition with parts from Vintage Trailer Supply. They were in horrible condition when I got them. I installed all new glass, all new regulators , glazing and body seals and I used a specialty riveting tool to reassemble them. I have an air conditioner hidden inside in the back. It draws air in from underneath the camper and expels it out of the rear vented hatch. There is some crafty custom ducting to do that. I also have a drain drip tube that allows the water to drain out below the camper. The bumper is what's known as a "Briz" bumper. It is a ribbed aluminum extrusion. The company that manufactures them makes them for all types of vintage cars. I bought one that was made for a VW Beetle and then I bent it mostly flat leaving a slight curve to it and then modified the aluminum Beetle BumperBrackets that you can purchase for the bumper. The bumper was too long and my Uncle who is a marine fabricator helped me to cut the ends of the bumper off and polish them up again at the same contour they were originally. He had to use a special bender to adjust the bumper brackets to the new contour of the bumper after I mostly straightened the bumper out. The rubber grommets where the brackets enter the body are actual vintage beetle bumper bracket fender grommets. I had a friend that sold me a NOS set..... they dress it up really nice. The bumper does not come drilled so placement of the bolts is up to where your brackets are placed. My uncle also polished up 4 stainless steel carriage bolts for mounting the bumper. He even hand filed the holes square for me so the carriage bolts would "lock" in. I'm especially proud of how the bumper turned out.
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