A Corona Pop..........top
Posted: 06 Sep 2020, 20:20
Hello,
All was going to plan, my bus was in the workshop, stripped out as a transporter.
Plan A was to use the bus as a workhorse, hauling the necessary to carry out another big project on my very old house, then this Autum
to prepare it as a camper to pass the VASP certificate.
Then came Covid, where I returned from Argentina 2 weeks before lockdown....
So onto Plan B..
Last year I acquired a damaged Reimo 'mushroom' pop top from Titus, (thanks Paul), in Germany.
So, as the pop top needed extensive fibreglass repairs and the lifting mechanism was mangled, I decided to rebuild it to my specifications. I wanted a better look inside, as the original Reimo had ugly rubber interior pull straps, a flimsy ceiling and a very clumsy method of attaching the tent with a vinyl strip and a million staples.
I also wanted an extractor fan (required for the VASP), a second solar panel, lighting, heat insulation and a neat finish with the tent tucked neatly away with the roof down. Also a reinforced roof liner for an eventual stowage or shower project.
So firstly the roof cut,
As I wanted a good sill between the cut and the roof frame, I went undersize on the cut. There was a good plywood roof liner which I kept to provide a good 'chunky' look for the roof edge.
The worst part was the removal of the old roof lining, a sort of heavy ribbed furry wallpaper, glued with neoprene adhesive.
With my Lidl vibro cutter,I was able to get the worst off, and then had to go over it with acetone to dissolve the glue.
Then to fill the gap between the liner and the steel roof, I used electrical conduit glued and riveted in place...
Thats it for tonight, I can't access the bottom of the page!!
Cordialement,
All was going to plan, my bus was in the workshop, stripped out as a transporter.
Plan A was to use the bus as a workhorse, hauling the necessary to carry out another big project on my very old house, then this Autum
to prepare it as a camper to pass the VASP certificate.
Then came Covid, where I returned from Argentina 2 weeks before lockdown....
So onto Plan B..
Last year I acquired a damaged Reimo 'mushroom' pop top from Titus, (thanks Paul), in Germany.
So, as the pop top needed extensive fibreglass repairs and the lifting mechanism was mangled, I decided to rebuild it to my specifications. I wanted a better look inside, as the original Reimo had ugly rubber interior pull straps, a flimsy ceiling and a very clumsy method of attaching the tent with a vinyl strip and a million staples.
I also wanted an extractor fan (required for the VASP), a second solar panel, lighting, heat insulation and a neat finish with the tent tucked neatly away with the roof down. Also a reinforced roof liner for an eventual stowage or shower project.
So firstly the roof cut,
As I wanted a good sill between the cut and the roof frame, I went undersize on the cut. There was a good plywood roof liner which I kept to provide a good 'chunky' look for the roof edge.
The worst part was the removal of the old roof lining, a sort of heavy ribbed furry wallpaper, glued with neoprene adhesive.
With my Lidl vibro cutter,I was able to get the worst off, and then had to go over it with acetone to dissolve the glue.
Then to fill the gap between the liner and the steel roof, I used electrical conduit glued and riveted in place...
Thats it for tonight, I can't access the bottom of the page!!
Cordialement,