Wago-camper build thread

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  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    There's yet another in the works, we'll see some different interpretations there I'm sure...

    Nose: I made mine shorter than the original concept- for simplicity's sake, and Anne and I are both like 5'7" :)

    Floor height: I wanted it lower, but the rear suspension was in the way. It can be dropped I'm sure, I just compromised again for simplicity. Funny, when I built this it was supposed to be a one-time gag for Import Alliance last year. Had I known it would have such legs, I might've done some things differently!
    I sometimes get the itch to do another, but I rarely repeat myself.
  • your wago-camper is f'n titties. I would love to have one. You sir, are one lucky guy.
    Great job on it too. Man, how cool it must be to be able to have a bed and stove in a spare
    wagon you pull around with you.
  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    so, how did you do the hood lines... I didn't want tot cut the hood...
  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    I might have a Honda Insight and a matching wrecked insight....

    The possibilities....

    I could have my Wagon w/Wwago-camper & Insight w-Insi-camper


    Anyways,

    Bam how did you form the Hood Lines?
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    I cut and widened a hood, and used 2 fenders. Do you mean the seam you quoted above, or the curved front, or what?
  • MadwickMadwick New Wagonist
    i've gotta make time to make a trip and see what your all about! my wagon needs your magic touch. i think i got it working better but you know.

    great job on the drag'n wag'n and the thread!
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Madwick wrote:
    i've gotta make time to make a trip and see what your all about! my wagon needs your magic touch. i think i got it working better but you know.

    great job on the drag'n wag'n and the thread!

    Come on up for the wagon meet at the lake 6-19!
  • d-man478d-man478 Band Wagon
    wow. awesome.
  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    The Curved front below the windsheild..

    So you cut 2 fenders and a hood?

    I guess I can go that route..

    That looks great.
  • That is a super cool ass idea and awesome build!!! The workmanship looks top notch Bam.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Thanks.

    I just noticed the other day that the rear hatch glass is shattered- I guess the next project is glass replacement. Has anyone done the hatch glass yet?
  • RevmaynardRevmaynard Council Member
    No. LOL :p But how the hell did it get shattered? Was the tint holding it together or was it completely busted out?
  • bam-bam wrote:
    Thanks.

    I just noticed the other day that the rear hatch glass is shattered- I guess the next project is glass replacement. Has anyone done the hatch glass yet?

    Funny, I bought my '90 wago with no rear glass. I tried to remove one myself and almost got all the way around cutting the sealant then my blade got jammed between one of the lower mounting tabs and the glass and *POP* it shattered! I'm actually driving down to Seattle tomorrow to buy another hatch with glass intact so I don't mess that one up :lol: Bonus is it's the same color as my car now 8) Removing a broken one is easy...and gluing the new one is place doesn't look that challenging. From what I can tell, you just have to put the alignment tabs on the glass at the bottom, the trim pieces too, then apply some kind of polyurethane window sealant, line it up and push down. Probably making it sound easy because I've never done it myself. hahaha!
  • This build is so sweet! mad respect for you dude!
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    I have a couple of hatches to choose from, I could swap the whole thing, but this one is shaved and a custom color. It's been a bad year for glass around here!

    Windshield in my wagon 2x (and it STILL leaks!)
    Windshield in the wifewagon
    Windshield in the Suburban is cracked
    So is the littleredwagon

    Now this?
  • 3rd4ce3rd4ce Council Member
    wow Bam... :shock:
    windshields i understand zipping down the road and debris pops up & smacko ..
    .. but the hatch on the camper ..????
  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    fix the leak on the Wagon windshield, or your just asking for rust...

    I think the hatch glass trim is going to be the worst part.
  • very cool, nice!
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Thanks. Here's a snowed-in shot

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  • High MileageHigh Mileage New Wagonist
    Awesome...
  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    I guess you fixed the hatch window.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    DRMORTY wrote:
    I guess you fixed the hatch window.

    oh yeah, still needs tint before our Florida trip next month
  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    Where you going in FL?
  • RevmaynardRevmaynard Council Member
    How did you fix the glass, new hatch?
  • maybe i missed this on the the other pages but i wanted to kno if u thought of keeping the nose for extra leg room when u sleep? or woeld it have been too much weight for the wag to haul?
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    DRMORTY wrote:
    Where you going in FL?


    Key West. Made a thread about it... I'd like to meet up.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Revmaynard wrote:
    How did you fix the glass, new hatch?


    No, just the glass. Cut the one out of BabyJ's old hatch.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    slide7229 wrote:
    maybe i missed this on the the other pages but i wanted to kno if u thought of keeping the nose for extra leg room when u sleep? or woeld it have been too much weight for the wag to haul?

    I'm like 5'6". I actually would've liked it to be even shorter to cut down the tongue weight.
  • weldingconstruction from the axle to counteract(push-up?) the weight

    yeah I know, basically impossible
  • RevmaynardRevmaynard Council Member
    Damn, I wish I'd done that with my original hatch to begin with. lol I was worried it'd break too easily!
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