Summer plans were decided for us when we saw this beauty pop up on the facebook marketplace - we snatched it up as fast as we could! I've been begging Jordan to get us a pop up and he said he would only be interested in the hard sided ones. We lucked out!
The other reason Jordan let me get this particular one is because the kitchen is both indoor and outdoor! It's an Apache Yuma from 1978. We did some poking around google and found this!
Who wants to cook inside a tiny thing like that anyways?
Here are some pics of the repairs and then I'll get to the before and afters... the kitchen hasn't been rebuilt yet but everything pretty much else has!
Pretty much all the plexiglass needed to be replaced.
And all the panels were pretty beat up and once he fixed a bunch of the cracks (with MEK and ABS pellets... scary!) we spray painted them. He watched a few youtube videos and just went for it.
The patio was in quite the state.
There was a big hole in the corner... that MEK stuff was amazing!
Tail lights were busted.
Bearings needed to be re-greased (ew)
Jordan also took apart the gear boxes and re-greased them (they raise and lower the 4 posts) AKA very important
Almost all of the wood inside needed to be replaced because it was warping or had some dry rot. We also couldn't get the snake skin wall paper off without totally damaging the wood so it had to go! Many sheets were strapped to the top of the jeep and thankfully none went flying away.
The fabric was pretty nasty and was stapled on the table cushions so I couldn't get it off to wash it, and there was no zipper for the bed cushions in order to wash those either so I made my own slip covers! This floral fabric came from the thrift store for a whopping $5. I used an old king size duvet cut in half for the beds.
We also decided to replace the linoleum since we had ripped everything out and we were able to get under the benches and kitchen etc. Thank you remnant section!
Pretty much everything was in shambles over my entire yard. Thankful for June gloom for excellent working conditions! My skin thanks you.
I don't have pictures of Jordan fixing the "living hinge" that was broken on each side where the end and roof meet over the beds or of us cleaning up and repainting the bottom of the trailer but I promise it happened. We seriously had several boxes from eBay, apachecamper.com, and Amazon every single day with random parts appearing. Jordan also redid all the weather stripping. Everywhere. He also added mylar in-between the roof and the road cover for some extra insulation. The man can do anything.
Ok now here are the before and afters. We didn't document perfectly but we tried! Chip and Jo... step aside.
I'm hoping that we don't regret painting everything white. Time shall tell. The table is basically the only original thing in there right now! I needed copious amounts of goo be gone to get those peel and stick wood tiles off but I did it.
You'll notice there is no kitchen in the last pic... because it isn't done yet but hopefully soon! It will look like this with less snake skin.
See ya later, snakes
Much brighter! Thank you to IKEA for the excellent magnetic roman style shades! They let light in while still allowing for privacy (now that all of the plexiglass is replaced and super clear it was necessary to put some curtains in!). The windows have little tracks for hooks to put curtains in, but the hooks were long gone so we used tiny zip ties to make it happen. We got that idea from the facebook group that we follow for restoring Apaches specifically. Those people think of everything.
Jordan doesn't totally fit but oh well.
Keep an eye out for a post about the kitchen and maybe even an awning! Happy camping!
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