2000 Tacoma Short Bed converted into a Homemade Popup Camper

I am a new member and am so excited to share my current project with you - a conversion of my 2000 Tacoma Shortbed into a Homemade Popup Camper. Construction on the bottom half is nearly complete. Next, priming and painting the exterior, and then constructing the popup roof with a design of which I am proud. I hope you enjoy my project. Let me know if you want me to keep posting photos as I progress. The sleeping bed is 4’ x 6’2” and the floor space is roughly 4’ x 5’ - The overhang is only 8” on each side, no wider than my stock side view mirrors - I ripped off the windows from the fiberglass shell I previously had on my truck.


Before the side windows got cut out. I dropped the tailgate down and built around it.


Windows temporily in place. There will be a door cut in below the flipup rear window.



Again, I hope you enjoy! Frank.

 

have you considered narrow roads?

 

As you will see from these two pictures, the camper is no wider than my rear view mirrors. Unless I’m scraping my mirrors, a narrow road will not be a problem.

 

Looks cool are you going to put some bracing around the top? Are you going to cover/water proof it with something?

 

Looks great. I love seeing people build stuff.

I built a wood bed cover that was about 6 inches tall. It worked great for about 2 years, then mushrooms started growing in it. What are you doing to weather seal the wood?