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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 15:51:12 GMT 10
Hi,
We've just bought a Sunwagon poptop camper, and would love to find out more about it. It's in incredibly good shape for a 45 year old vehicle, and we'd like to keep it that way! We are absolute beginners....
Oh, and the van hasn't come with a crank for the stabilisers - any suggestions on where I could get one?
Billy :-)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 19:47:42 GMT 10
Hi Billyboy,
Your Sunwagonwas made by foldvans in Huntingdale in Melbourne in the 70s.
They are built on a chipboard floor painted with bitumen underneath,so not many have survived due to water penetration!Yours looks like an 8 berth model to me with a double dinette at each end,As long as you keep the maintenance up you should get many more years out of her.
Cheers
hughdeani
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Post by Mustang on Mar 20, 2016 19:53:55 GMT 10
Thank you Hughdeani,
you have again supplied valuable info, your in-put here is appreciated by all the members of Classic Forums.
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Post by planner on Mar 23, 2016 10:29:54 GMT 10
They are built on a chipboard floor painted with bitumen underneath,so not many have survived due to water penetration! We had a sunwagon (or at least the rego papers said we did) and it had a bitumen/chipboard floor which died. With my brother-in-law we rebuilt it from chassis up as new. We got over 20years of fun out of it before selling it to a friend, who has now onsold it to another of our friends. A great van for camping, but we couldn't justify keeping it and the Arrow. The crank for our stabilisers looked very homemade (the welding looked a lot like my standard  ). I would suggest a jack handle with a suitable socket welded on would work. |
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). I would suggest a jack handle with a suitable socket welded on would work.