Plans or photos wanted for Danbury Autoroof

[Cheers...Steve]

Hi All,

I'm trying to get plans or pictures of a working Danbury pop top setup. Ideally the electric autoroof but anything will help!

Currently it's all a bit sad looking & a previous owner has bodged the alloy frame so they could fit 2 gas struts either end. Probably worked once but they've lost their oompff.

So I've tried a Devon strut either end. Sometimes they hold it but usually it needs a bit of 4B1 just in case a butterfly lands on it.

Realise Danburys are a bit thin on the ground but there must be someone out there

[PEET]

Jus retro fitting one at the moment but all my rams etc are good and the electric part has all been disconnected and chucked away! Good luck if u ever need new hinges I gave up and have jus adapted some others...!

I can send ya some pix of the rams before I fit em if you want?

[PEET]

Fitted it all back together today, pm me if ya need help or ideas...!



ps they are a pig to suss as they are huge n heavy!

[Cheers...Steve]

Hey Peet,

Haven't had a chance to even logon as works been so hectic. Credit Crunch PAH! not stopped no one wanting new bathrooms & kitchens yet!

Anyway - Wow that spray job looks gorgeous!! Would love more details & photos on roof so I'll PM you

[ricicles]

hi, i have found a supply of the struts, i rerplaced the upright two only and that was enough to hold the top up securly, pm me if you want me to to get some for you.

[umgum]

what photos do you need i have a working poptop

[Willoughby]

Hi Umgum

Think u have the only one. found it a nightmare to get working. Would be good to have a pic of the front and rear gear.

I have all the cables and leccy bits but there looks like I have a bodged weld to add a second strut.

Kev

[umgum]

it was a shock to me when i bought it
i asked the guy selling it why the poptop wouldn`t stay up he said the struts had gone
anyway paid him the £850 got it home moved a bit of wood and noticed an up down button
so i pressed it and up went the roof

will try and get the top up after and take some pics dont really know what of so will take a random few

ken

[umgum]

[silverbullet]

Hi All

Really interested in any info about how the electrics and mechanism are arranged in the Danbury - I've been forming a "good idea" for building a Viking canopied, Leisurdrive/Devon/Danbury roofed hybrid poptop.

Bought a respectable Viking on a rolling shell, but would prefer the lower profile looks of the others. It's a winter project but I need to do some research/measuring at Vanfest to see which will accomodate the Viking mechanism...
and before I start drilling holes for hinges.

Now I quite fancy electric operation, using leadscrews and rigid struts instead of gas springs.

[umgum]

Fitted it all back together today, pm me if ya need help or ideas...!



ps they are a pig to suss as they are huge n heavy!

that paint looks awesome

[umgum]

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7167/poptop001.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/466/poptop002.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1677/poptop003.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2163/poptop004.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3447/poptop005.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6342/poptop006.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1272/poptop007.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2534/poptop008.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/396/poptop009.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8550/poptop010.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9884/poptop011.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7233/poptop012.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2817/poptop013.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/192/poptop014.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6559/poptop015.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3061/poptop016.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9527/poptop017.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and yes i know i have overspray i didn`t mask it properly

[umgum]

are these ok

[silverbullet]

Thanks, they give me some idea! I'm not familiar with the Danbury at all, how does the motor raise the roof? Is there a cable drum/tension spring arrangement or something simpler or less obvious?
Getting my ideas together and on the lookout for a roof panel!
(Danbury, Leisuredrive or Devon - don't mind, condition is everything)
How tall is the Danbury roof above the roofskin/gutters? Need to know if I can get the not insubstantial Viking sliding irons and canopy under it...

[umgum]

will have another look for you but need to grease the runners as it`s not been used for a while it got stuck the other day

gonna get it remote control