WTB: Older Four Wheel Camper- Fleet model

[bovine]

Looking for a simple, lightweight pop up truck camper for my 2000 Toyota Tundra access cab.

I'd really like something lightweight and low profile:
FWC- late 80-early 90s Fleet model
Lite- Craft
Older Northstar
Older Phoenix...

Budget capped at about 3k

I'm in Montrose, CO

[mntlion]

I hunted in canada for 2 years, none avail that were not trashed or MUCH more then $3K.

hope you find one, but its a bit of a unicorn

[jackattack]

Keep an eye on wander the west and expo portal

[myles long]

Couldn't agree more, I searched for 2 plus years for a good used one. Eventually went brand new, totally worth it! Get your deposit in now if you want it for the summer, the wait is 14+ weeks.

I hunted in canada for 2 years, none avail that were not trashed or MUCH more then $3K.

hope you find one, but its a bit of a unicorn

[MakersTeleMark]

I hunted CL for 2 years and picked up a mint 1978/9 grandby with a new liner and heater for $800 off a retired couple who got a different truck.

Scan CL. I totally retrofitted the interior before all the vanlife crap, and my shit is way better than theirs is now.

Just keep doing a daily search. Searchtempest will help.

[mntlion]

also worth looking at truck/camper combos, buy the combo, re-sell the truck.

[GeezerSteve]

Good luck. Per FWC's used camper fit guide, a newer (post-2002) Hawk should fit a 2000 Tundra.

Check out the lift panels. The old birch plywood ones tend to rot out. (The new synthetic lift panels are a big improvement.) The lift panels can be replaced, although it's a PITA, requires drilling out and reinstalling 100+ pop rivets. It was a full day project for me.

I bought my first FWC, a 2000 Hawk, in 2004 after a full year of searching, found it via Wander the West. It was located 1,000 from my house, worth the drive. Best $4500 I ever spent. We beat the shit out of it. I sold it to a dirtbag couple 10 years later, then bought a new Hawk.

[bovine]

Bump- Still looking... I missed a really nice Phoenix, but it was like, 13 hours away- typical... I've got about 4 weeks until I leave for my extended Idaho trip and would like to have one by then...

I've broadened my search to include Sun-lite campers. These actually sound pretty good. They're made in Idaho with a fir/pine wood construction covered with aluminum sheeting w/a fiberglass outer and weigh in at just under 1k for the "Skyhawk" model.

[jackattack]

Here's an older Phoenix in N Idaho

https://spokane.craigslist.org/rvs/d...569616207.html

[bovine]

Bump- still looking... I drove 5 hours today to check out an older Phoenix on the front range. The guy told me it was in good shape and just needed to be cleaned up-pictures look decent, although no close ups.

I got there and took one look at it and was instantly pissed. The whole thing had water damage and was full of dry rot and mice crap. That mother f@cker-what the f@ck is wrong with people!!?

Lesson learned-yes, I chose to drive there, but the douche-bag pretty much misrepresented what he is trying to sell...

Search continues...

[doebedoe]

YMMV but i wouldn't even really fuck with the Front Range unless you've got a personal in.

The only thing bigger here than vanlife is tacos with FWC. And folks willing to spend 3k on garbage that will last 1/5th the time of something they'd get if they spent 6k.

[Name Redacted]

You could follow "Used Four Wheel Campers" on the facebook. $3K is not going to get you far on a FWC though. You are probably looking at a rebuild. That Phoenix might have been a good candidate for full rebuild.

[bovine]

You could follow "Used Four Wheel Campers" on the facebook. $3K is not going to get you far on a FWC though. You are probably looking at a rebuild. That Phoenix might have been a good candidate for full rebuild.

Yeah, having a low budget makes it that much harder to find something that's functional. My last camper- a Hallmark Laveta, I got for $2,600. Everything on it worked and it just needed some deep cleaning, re-calking, sealing, new LEDs,...

I might have to up my budget to closer to 5k-maybe save up a few more bucks...

[Tye 1on]

heavier but cheaper, in JH http://classifieds.jacksonhole.media...x#.WuntEy_MyV4

[bovine]

heavier but cheaper, in JH http://classifieds.jacksonhole.media...x#.WuntEy_MyV4

Thanks, but too heavy and too spendy for what it is. Maybe if I was a trustfunder living in J-hole, but then again, I'd have a brand new Four Wheel Camper if that was the case...

[bovine]

Found One!- not a FWC, but a nice Northstar TC 700. Camper is sound and just needs a bit of TLC to be ready for camper season- Stoked!

[ill-advised strategy]

also worth looking at truck/camper combos, buy the combo, re-sell the truck.

https://up.craigslist.org/cto/d/hd-s...577780719.html

[Name Redacted]

Found One!- not a FWC, but a nice Northstar TC 700. Camper is sound and just needs a bit of TLC to be ready for camper season- Stoked!

Nice dude! congrats. Now go camping.

[~mikey b]

I’ve got an old Fleet that is falling apart. Needs to be stripped to the frame and redone inside and out. Top and fabric are ok.

Who wants it? I’ll deliver