Vintage Trailer- Sprite 400
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Topic: Vintage Trailer- Sprite 400
Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Subject: Vintage Trailer- Sprite 400
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2013 at 5:39pm
Well I jumped on another camper this week. Found this online. 1968 Sprite 400 Camper. Needs some loving but I'm willing to do it. 10 Foot Box only weighs 880 Lbs. Sure hope the r-pod gets along with her.    |
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Posted By: Racer|X|
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2013 at 6:07pm
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Neat...have fun, it will be cool when you fix it up. ------------- |
Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2013 at 11:16pm
| My wife is already starting to make plans for it. Hmmm she did not want something with out a bathroom but now starting to think about how to mod this unit all the way out. She said something about a "glamper". Now I'm wondering what she would say if I pulled up with a true tear drop camper. |
Posted By: Kickstart
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2013 at 1:26am
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Pretty nifty! How to make an RPod look huge? You just did! ------------- '10 RP 175-Replaced by 2014 Kodiak 173 QBSL '12 Toyota Tundra '05 Sportster (half a Harley) Retired-We're on Beach Time! |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2013 at 5:22pm
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Kickstart has a point, you've managed to make a 171 look large! :-)
------------- Doug ~ '98 Coleman ('05-'09) ~ '10 171 ('09-'15) ~ 2008 Salem ('14-'23) ~ 2019 Keystone ('23-now) ~ 
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Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2013 at 5:30pm
| The Rpod 171 is huge! once this other unit is finished I'm going to work on a true teardrop camper 10' X 5' . She is wanting me to get rid of the Truck Camper but that stays till the remodel is done. Looks like a used Trailer place on my back yard right now as I have our 3 units plus 2 others being stored for the winter. |
Posted By: tsunami123
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 2:01pm
| Let us know how your average mpg works out! |
Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 3:26pm
| On the trip home pulling 86 miles I saw 18.1 miles to the Gallon on the Truck Computer. Going down was 18.3 miles to the Gallon. I just had the camper weighed for the title work and it cames in at 749 Lbs. and that was with my tool Box in the camper. I did not even feel the camper pulling it back. |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 5:52pm
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Wow, good numbers.
------------- Doug ~ '98 Coleman ('05-'09) ~ '10 171 ('09-'15) ~ 2008 Salem ('14-'23) ~ 2019 Keystone ('23-now) ~
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Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 5:52pm
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Any pics of the inside?
------------- Doug ~ '98 Coleman ('05-'09) ~ '10 171 ('09-'15) ~ 2008 Salem ('14-'23) ~ 2019 Keystone ('23-now) ~
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Posted By: GlennZippy
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 6:38pm
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Looks like a fun project! Can't wait to see inside pics as well. ------------- 2010 R-Pod 152 |
Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 9:01pm
| I will try to take some inside pictures this weekend. Our plan is to gut the inside and build what we want inside. (this project need to go after my house project of 2100 sf gut and redo) |