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White Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper parked at a Pacific coastal overlook, photographed rear-three-quarter from the road shoulder, the side ladder folded against the camper, the coastline curving away behind down a long beach.

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Rear three-quarter at the overlook

Side ladder, twin jack mounts, and a back panel built around the rear-door opening. The Kimbo 8 is engineered to be easy to live with from the angle the truck actually parks at.

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Kimbo 8

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46 / 50

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3:2 / archival

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Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper parked in deep Pacific Northwest snow surrounded by tall evergreens, headlights on against the wintry shade.
Headlights on through the Pacific Northwest snow
Looking out from inside a Kimbo 6 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper galley — wire-basket pantry full of fruit, stainless sink, induction cooktop, and the open doorway framing a red rock canyon vista with a lake below.
Wire-basket galley, canyon vista
Cozy cabover sleeping nook of a Kimbo 6 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper with bamboo trim, sheepskin throw, cushioned pillows, a vintage Polaroid camera and a small cactus on the side shelf, the picture window overlooking distant mountains.
Cozy cabover, big picture window
Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper parked on the Bonneville Salt Flats, the white salt stretching to a row of dark rocky mountains across a lake of mirage water.
Bonneville salt, mirage on the horizon
Close-up architectural shot of the hand-riveted aluminum monocoque shell of a Kimbo 6 truck bed camper, KIMBO wordmark on the sidewall, against a moody overcast Pacific Northwest sky.
Hand-riveted aluminum, made in USA
Mark King lighting the Dickinson Marine propane heater installed in a Kimbo 6 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper galley, deep stainless sink and bamboo prep counter visible to the side.
Lighting the Dickinson, cold morning
Close-up of the Dickinson Marine propane heater inside a Kimbo 6 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper, an open flame visible through the spark-arrestor door as Mark King reaches in with a long match to light it.
Flame on, spark-arrestor closed
Person in a beanie pouring a pour-over coffee from a stainless gooseneck kettle into a copper mug on the bamboo galley counter of a Kimbo 6 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper, mounted wire-basket pantry stocked with cups and utensils.
Pour-over, copper mug, bamboo counter
Owner in a red insulated jacket standing in the open doorway of a Kimbo 6 hand-riveted aluminum truck bed camper, looking out at a vast red rock canyon vista with a lake below, wire-basket pantry and stainless sink visible inside.
Open door, canyon edge
Stainless gooseneck kettle steaming on a portable butane stove inside a Kimbo 6 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper galley, hand-tools and condiments organized in mounted wire-basket pantry, a wide prairie window-view to the side.
Kettle on, prairie window
Cabover sleeping nook of a Kimbo 6 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper with a sheepskin throw on the bed, a kettle on the side counter, and an Arctic Tern double-pane window framing a wide prairie horizon.
Sheepskin throw, wide prairie horizon
Plywood mudroom storage area inside a Kimbo 6 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper, hand-stitched leather boots in a side basket, fabric storage bins below, fold-down step seat extended, sheepskin throw visible on the bed at right.
Mudroom, leather boots, fold-down step
Mounted wire basket inside a Kimbo 6 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper holding a hand-stitched leather notebook, a vintage Polaroid case, and a copy of a Van Life book, with a small Bluetooth speaker on the wooden shelf below.
Leather notebook, Polaroid case, Van Life book
Black Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper crossing a hill of golden grasses under a cloudy Pacific Northwest sky, KIMBO wordmark catching the muted afternoon light.
Golden grasses, Pacific Northwest light
Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper crossing a bridge in dense Pacific Northwest evergreen forest, headlights on against the gray daylight, KIMBO wordmark front and center.
Bridge through the evergreens
Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper on a rain-slick Pacific Northwest highway lined with towering evergreens, rear three-quarter view as the truck heads into the misty distance.
Rain-slick highway, misty distance
Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper parked at the wet tideline of a Pacific beach at sunset, the truck silhouetted against golden water and reflective sand.
Tideline at sunset
Black Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper kicking up sand as it climbs a desert dune, KIMBO wordmark prominent on the side of the camper.
Climbing the dune
Drone-aerial top-down view of a Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper on a single-track dirt road cutting through tall waving grasses, the roof-mounted solar panel visible from above.
One narrow road, no neighbors
Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper parked alone on a vast cracked-mud desert playa under a dramatic cloudy sky, distant mountains rimming the horizon.
Cracked playa, dramatic sky
Black Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper photographed side-on in dry rolling foothills at golden hour, a fat-tire bike strapped to the rear rack, KIMBO wordmark catching warm side light.
Golden hour in the foothills
Black Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper at twilight on a red rock mesa in Utah, the KIMBO wordmark catching the last of the desert sun.
Mesa twilight, headlights on
Front view of a Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper driving across dramatic eroded clay badlands in Utah, headlights on, the KIMBO wordmark front and center against the spires of weathered sandstone.
Badlands, head-on, headlights on
Side view of a Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper raised on its four corner jacks for solo demount, parked alone on barren clay flats with eroded hills behind.
Jacks down, alone on the clay
Toyota Tacoma with hand-riveted aluminum Kimbo 6 truck bed camper parked in an open meadow with a snow-covered mountain range filling the horizon behind, KIMBO wordmark prominent on the camper.
Open meadow, snow-covered range
Interior of a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper showing the stainless Dickinson Newport propane heater with its corrugated stainless chimney climbing to the ceiling, a wire-basket pantry of sealed mason jars on the right wall, a plaid pillow in the cabover bed and a book titled Mindful Listening on the bedside counter.
Dickinson heat, mason-jar pantry
Wide-angle Kimbo 8 galley interior with a deep stainless sink, bamboo prep counter, ICECO 12V fridge, a full wall of mounted wire baskets stocked with kitchen tools, and an Arctic Tern double-pane window looking out toward the dinette.
Galley + wire-basket pantry
Dedicated wet bath inside a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper — fully enclosed cassette toilet behind a sliding shower curtain, drained teak floor slats, corrugated aluminum walls, and a window-side mudroom wall.
Dedicated wet bath
Kimbo 8 owner standing on the open tailgate of his white Dodge Ram 2500 truck with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper installed in the bed, holding two beverage cans, photographed from low rear-three-quarter at a Joshua Tree desert pull-off.
Tailgate access
Cabover sleeping nook inside a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper — checkered plaid pillows on a queen-size memory foam mattress, twin Arctic Tern windows, MaxxAir Deluxe roof fan visible at the ceiling, and the stainless Dickinson Newport propane heater in the right corner.
Cabover sleeping nook
Wide interior view of a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper from the entry doorway — the cabover bed at upper left, a U-shaped dinette with an orange pillow at lower left, the bamboo galley counter at center-right, and the Dickinson Newport heater venting through a stainless chimney along the back wall.
One room. Three modes. Same warmth.
Vertical detail of the stainless Dickinson Newport propane heater inside a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper, with the corrugated stainless chimney climbing past a MaxxAir roof vent, three sealed mason jars in a wire pantry basket at upper right, and a book titled Mindful Listening on the bedside counter.
Stainless steel. Steady heat.
Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper U-shaped dinette with two orange and one brown throw pillow, the bamboo swivel table folded down, an Arctic Tern side window looking out to a green park, the cabover bed visible above with a plaid duvet.
Dinette corner, table down
Female Kimbo 8 owner sitting at the dinette of a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper with a MacBook laptop on the bamboo swivel table, three mounted wire-basket pantry organizers behind her loaded with packaged food, an Arctic Tern window looking out to bright morning light.
Work from camp
Looking through the entry doorway of a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper from outside — bamboo coat rod with red flannel and tan jackets, mounted wire-basket pantry above the stainless sink and induction cooktop, ICECO 12V refrigerator at lower left, hiking boots tucked under the entry step.
Mudroom doorway, kitchen wall
Looking into a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper through the open rear door, framed by the corrugated aluminum entry wall — three mounted wire-basket pantry organizers full of food on the right wall, the bamboo galley counter with stainless sink on the left wall, a smoke / propane alarm on the ceiling above.
Through the door, into the galley
Female Kimbo 8 owner stretching to reach a wax-paper roll from the upper wire-basket pantry inside a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper, full-wall mason-jar pantry behind, the bamboo galley counter at left with the ICECO 12V fridge and a black mug.
Reach for the upper pantry
Interior portrait detail of the wet bath inside a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper — Thetford cassette toilet with a soft-fold shower curtain pulled half-back, toilet paper stored in a mounted wire basket above, teak floor slats below, corrugated aluminum walls, and a small Arctic Tern window with insulated blackout shade at left.
Bath storage, toilet, and a window
Wider rear-three-quarter view of a Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper installed on a white Dodge Ram 2500 truck in the high Mojave Desert north of Joshua Tree, the owner stepping out of the open rear door onto the tailgate holding two beverage cans, dry creosote and distant mountains in the background.
Step out into the Mojave
White Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper installed, photographed front-three-quarter on a dirt pull-off in Joshua Tree National Park, a single massive granite boulder rising behind the truck and a foreground Joshua tree at left.
Joshua Tree boulder pull-off
White Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hand-riveted aluminum truck bed camper installed, photographed front-quarter at a Joshua Tree National Park granite pull-off, dramatic sandstone formations rising directly behind the truck and the KIMBO wordmark prominent in plum on the cabover.
Front quarter against the rock
White Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper parked against a granite boulder formation in Joshua Tree National Park at dusk, the owner sitting in a camp chair beside a small campfire and propane lantern, the cabover window glowing warm orange from the interior lights against a pink and lavender desert sky.
Dusk camp at the rocks
Vertical view of a white Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper parked beneath a towering granite boulder formation in Joshua Tree National Park at last light, the owner sitting beside a small campfire with the cabover window glowing warm against the dusk sky.
Last light, fire on
White Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hand-riveted aluminum truck bed camper installed, photographed front-three-quarter at a coastal pull-off on the Oregon coast, breaking waves and sea stacks behind, wildflowers in the foreground.
Front quarter on the Oregon coast
White Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hand-riveted aluminum truck bed camper installed, photographed at a coastal overlook on the Oregon coast with yellow mustard wildflowers blooming in the foreground, sea stacks and breaking surf in the distance behind the camper.
Wildflowers at the coast overlook
White Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper parked at a Pacific coastal overlook, photographed rear-three-quarter from the road shoulder, the side ladder folded against the camper, the coastline curving away behind down a long beach.
Rear three-quarter at the overlook
Vertical view of a white Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper parked at a Pacific coastal overlook in clear weather, photographed rear-quarter from below the road, the breaking surf and coastal headlands stretching to the horizon.
Quiet pull-off, long view
White Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper installed, photographed front-three-quarter at the base of a towering coastal redwood in northern California, the cabover undermount LED lights glowing warm beneath the cabover.
Among the redwoods
White Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper photographed rear-three-quarter on a forest dirt road winding through the coastal redwoods of northern California, soft beams of sunlight cutting through the canopy.
On the road through the redwoods
Looking up from below the front grille of a white Dodge Ram 2500 with the Kimbo 8 hard-side aluminum truck bed camper installed, the towering coastal redwoods stretching impossibly tall into the canopy directly above and the KIMBO wordmark prominent on the front of the cabover.
Looking up from the bumper