[FC] any suggestions on cover or topper for rampside

Sun Jul 26 16:59:35 EDT 2009

It would be a neat rtick to convert a tent trailer to raise out of the bed 
of the truck. The mechanism is pretty simple.

yea, Vairily ... Shaun

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lonzovair at aol.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] any suggestions on cover or topper for rampside

> About 15 years ago I met a guy who had a mid-60s Chevelle station wagon 
> with a big block... and he said his dad had a Rampside with a homemade 
> "pop-up" tent camper?in the bed... it was raised and lowered with 
> telescoping poles and convertible top motors & cables... said he took it 
> to the "NYC Worlds Fair" back in the early 60s. This guy was in 
> Lawrenceburg, IN, but I never got his name...
> I had always thought that would be really cool to recreate one... but 
> alas, I've no Rampside.
> :-(
> I think a centrally located winch and all the cables run off that source 
> would be easier than seperate motors at each end...
> I would think the bars from the scissors-type lift would maybe get in the 
> way, but maybe I'm reading more into it than what there really is.
> Later,
> Lonzo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Western Canada CORSA <westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca>
> To: 'Ben's Bus' <bensbus at verizon.net>; billvl at vbe.com; 'dennis dorogi' 
> <dfamily at fairpoint.net>
> Cc: corvanatics at corvair.org
> Sent: Sun, Jul 26, 2009 1:47 pm
> Subject: Re: [FC] any suggestions on cover or topper for rampside
>
>
>
> That's exactly what we plan to do.  Here's a pick of a Factory Top Tonneau
> w/ Camper
>
> http://truck.hownd.com/images/image-98-1246-topup_corporation_pickup_topup_c
> amper_photo.jpg
>
> We're going to do a single foldout, using the tailgate.
>
> Regards,
> Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben's Bus [mailto:bensbus at verizon.net]
> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 10:41 AM
> To: Western Canada CORSA; billvl at vbe.com; 'dennis dorogi'
> Cc: corvanatics at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: [FC] any suggestions on cover or topper for rampside
>
>
> This is a SWEET set up!! Would maeke an incredible low profile camper!!
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Western Canada CORSA" <westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca>
> To: <billvl at vbe.com>; "'dennis dorogi'" <dfamily at fairpoint.net>
> Cc: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] any suggestions on cover or topper for rampside
>
>
> Here's a link to a video of what we're doing.  It's a full size fiberglass
> tonneau I bought used, and then modified to fit.  You won't find anything 
> in
> a hardshell tonneau that will fit a Rampside.
>
> The hydraulic lift is a bit of work, but I also explored a simplier side
> hinge using linear actuators from a company called Gaylord in CA IIRC.
>
> When we're done with the Top Up system it'll get canvas so it can double 
> as
> a light weight popup camper.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JreF4XCoOVg
>
> Regards,
> Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of billvl at vbe.com
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:21 PM
> To: dennis dorogi
> Cc: corvanatics at corvair.org
> Subject: [FC] any suggestions on cover or topper for rampside
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
> I have a rampside and am thinking of getting a canvas cover
> for the back or trying to get a topper for the back. I do not want 
> something
> as high as the original camper tops that one could purchase in the 60's. 
> Any
> ideas on something one could purchase or build to enclose the cargo area?
> Bill
>
>
>
>> I had a
> professional glass installer come to my shop and I assis
> ted him.
>> I
>> had the same Clark's windshield rubber and the chrome
> insert. It took him
>> about 15 minutes and went in very nicely.
> One corner is not perfect but
>> overall it came out extremely
> well. He charged me $25. I put in the rear
>> window in my
> rampside and as I recall it wasn't too bad - did you have the
>>
> special tool that Clark's sells to install the rubber lock strip? I
>> installed the lock strip after the window was in. The only problem
> I had
>> was
>> judging the length of the filler strip as
> it tends to stretch. I used the
>> black rubber lock strip - not
> the chrome one. I can't explain your
>> difficulties but working
> with glass is not my favorite thing to do either.
>>
>>
> Dennis D.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>
>>
> From: "ken" <kcaskey2 at cfl.rr.com>
>> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July
> 25, 2009 12:19 AM
>> Subject: [FC] Rear glass and windshield
> installation-- a reeeeal pain!
>>
>>
>>> Today
> was glass day at the shop. I decided to install the rear glass
>>> and
>>> windshield into the Rampside. What an
> ordeal. I think I'd rather have
>>> root
>>> canal
> than do that again! I used the Clarks seals. The windshield has
>>> the
>>> deluxe chrome (stainless insert) and the
> rear glass has the Chrome lock
>>> strip.
>>>
>>> The windshield went in OK but it doesn't seem to sit into the
> opening as
>>> far
>>> back as it should-- it kind
> of looks like it should sit "flatter". I
>>> know
>>> some say the one piece rubber offered by Clarks is sometimes
> too big.
>>> Is
>>> this what any of you have
> experienced with a windshield rubber that is
>>> too
>>> big (long)? I can push the windshield down and make it sit
> flat, it
>>> just
>>> doesn't stay there. Kind of
> seems like the rubber being to big could
>>> cause
>>> this to me.
>>>
>>> The rear glass was
> just the opposite. It was such a pain! It fit sooooo
>>> tight
> that it was almost impossible to string it in without damage to
>>> the
>>> rubber lip on the inside of the cab (even
> using massive amounts of soapy
>>> water). Is this normal? I
> installed a rear glass in a '41 Ch
> evy today
>>> too
>>> and it was a piece of cake compared to this job with the
> Rampside.
>>>
>>> I have installed a lot of glass
> thought the years that gets "string-ed"
>>> in;
>>> and this job.... it ranks up there with one of the worst I've
> ever
>>> encountered!
>>>
>>> Is it just
> me?
>>>
>>> Ken in Florida
>>>
>>>
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