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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

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?

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!

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

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.

what photos do you need i have a working poptop

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

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

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.

PEET wrote: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

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

are these ok

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...

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