mdugans
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We purchased a used 1996 Damon Challenger. It only has 11K miles, but is a bit of a DIY project. We paid a good price for the unit. Everything in great working order. Just needed updated interior and some some outside minor repairs with one exception. The Rear End Cap is gone. They put some type of board covering, but no trim. Needless to say this is not a permanent solution.
Oh...by the way, we have never owned an RV before but we are pretty extensive DIY homeowners. We thought this would be a nice project. All updates have been made on interior now we need to work on the rear.
Any suggestions. I have been looking through salvage places and online but no luck. Anyone have any suggestions or other fixes we could do?
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Bea PA
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CALL Colaws RV Salvage, they have lots of rigs there.
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If you can't find it at a RV salvage yard you may have to make one. How handy are you with plywood? If you can make something good looking you could then fiberglass it and paint to match the rest of the MH. If you don't want to work with the FG you can get a boat repair place to do FG work.
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It would be great if you could post some pictures....give us a better idea of what you have ahead of you.
And of course, pictures of the work as you get to work on it
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mdugans
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anyone have an idea what a rear cap will cost.... $$ or $$$$$
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mdugans
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making one out of plywood would be easy enough. We are thinking about painting the unit anyway. I have a friend that has offered to paint it for us. what about the trim....what would you recommend?
I really appreciate all the advice. Like I said we are really new to all this and have so many...what probably sound like stupid questions or at the very least we sound like people who should not be owning an RV but it we are so excited it was a dream/bucket list item we have always wanted. We are both teachers and off in the summer so it seemed like a perfect fit.
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I will post some pictures. I wish we had taken pictures of the inside before we began that work.
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Don't use plywood. Plywood is not waterproof. Use rigid foam and fiberglass. Do some reading on DIY boat construction. There is a ton of info on the web about boat building and and vacuum bagging. You frame up the shape of the exterior. Lay the foam inside the shape. Fiberglass the inside. Lift it off the frame and fiberglass the outside. Take a look at F-boat.com. While they are not telling you how to do it, there is plenty of photos as to how it is done.
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if you do not find anything then find a good boat shop. Some good reading if you have to do it yourself.
http://www.fiberglasssite.com/servlet/StoreFront
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mdugans
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Thanks everyone. We really appreciate all the advice. I have construction skills, drywall, etc. but have never messed with fiberglass. I am sure there must be some youtube instruction videos.
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