Camper plans for self-builders - stuff about DEMOUNTABLES

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Self-build plans
As well as the links below camper plans are frequently available on eBay. Try a search for 'camper plans' or 'truck camper plans'. You'll probably find some on ebay.co.uk but many more on ebay.com.

• ANGIB's site - Andrew Gibbens' site offers pdf and CAD downloads of plans for four different pop-up truck camper designs which, I believe, he has found elsewhere on the web. Sadly they include no contextual information and no details of materials or construction - they seem simply to be CAD drawing exercises. They may nonetheless be a useful starting point.

• Butler Projects - Paul Butler, US-based supplier of plans for boats and other items. The list includes plans for only one truck camper but it is a beauty in bent, varnished ply.

• Glen-L - link to the recreational vehicle section of the Glen-L website. Glen-L sell plans for self-builders - of boats, motorhomes, 5th-wheels and travel trailers (caravans), as well as campers (demountables). The site has other useful links including photos of other builders' vehicles and a forum for exchanging ideas, asking questions and solving building problems.

• Robert Q. Riley - another company selling plans to build just about anything, many of them drawn from Mechanix Illustrated and other old magazines. The list includes the 'Budget Camper', plans for a demountable which, at the time of publication, Mechanix Illustrated claimed could be built for $1200!

• Vintage Projects - FREE plans for the real enthusiast! As their name suggests, Vintage Projects offer old self-build plans collected from a variety of sources including this classic pop-up demountable from the May 1967 issue of Popular Science magazine. The plans are immediately and freely available in .pdf format (You'll need a copy of Acrobat Reader on your computer to read them.) but are lacking in some detail so you may need to be creative. If you want to see the plans and accompanying article as they were originally published, you can do so on Google Books here.

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