Inherited A Casita

[CasitaInFL]

Hey everyone. My name is Bill.

My fiance and I inherited a 1996 13' Casita. We weren't really planing on doing a whole lot to it, but the floor ended up being completely rotted out and the project snowballed. Ever since, I have been lurking around here looking for information and ideas.

I am in the construction industry and before this was in the racing industry. I have been working on cars and projects my whole life. I started this project on my own before i found this site, so a lot of the things that I am doing and plan on doing, I haven't really seen done on here.

I wasn't really planning on starting a thread on the build, but I figured it may help some others, as I have COMPLETELY taken this thing apart and am in the process of putting it back together. Hopefully I can have it completed by November for a trip we have planned.

Stay tune for another thread...

[madjack]

Welcome...sounds like you have the skills for this interesting "project"........mj

[Civilguy]

All right! I want to see how the roll cage gets integrated!

[CasitaInFL]

Originally Posted by Civilguy

All right! I want to see how the roll cage gets integrated!

Lol... you may not be too far off as I am going through ideas to find a way to support the solar panels on the roof. I have a few ideas that should work, just haven't crossed that bridge yet.

[Raz]

Welcome to the forum. You probably know this but in case you don't the interior "furniure" is structural. That is, removing the cabinets may cause the roof to cave in. I did a quick search for Casita floor and came up with a number of threads you might find helpful. No use reinventing the wheel. Good luck with your project. Raz

http://www.fiberglassrv.com/forums/m...ta+floor&sa=Go

[jaevans]

Hope you took and are taking pictures. We love to see build photos.

john

[pete_britt]

For Casita specific rebuild posts, join Casita Forum (casitaforum.com). Many examples of restoration projects have been posted there.

[bookernoe]

Maybe you will have enough ready by January for a rally in Live Oak Florida. That would make a great thing to show off to the group.

[CasitaInFL]

Originally Posted by jaevans

Hope you took and are taking pictures. We love to see build photos.

john

I originally didn't take to many because I wan't planning on doing this. I will start taking more. In the meantime, here is a link to the thread. http://www.fiberglassrv.com/forums/f...ion-81235.html

Originally Posted by Raz

Welcome to the forum. You probably know this but in case you don't the interior "furniure" is structural. That is, removing the cabinets may cause the roof to cave in. I did a quick search for Casita floor and came up with a number of threads you might find helpful. No use reinventing the wheel. Good luck with your project. Raz

Yes, I realized this when disassembling the camper. I am going to keep all the original furniture, and I will be adding some additional braces.

Originally Posted by pete_britt

For Casita specific rebuild posts, join Casita Forum (casitaforum.com). Many examples of restoration projects have been posted there.

Thanks for that info!

Originally Posted by bookernoe

Maybe you will have enough ready by January for a rally in Live Oak Florida. That would make a great thing to show off to the group.

That would be pretty neat. I have a feeling I will be traveling a lot more now. It should definitely be use-able, I don't know how if I will have it 100C% though.