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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2017 7:16:06 GMT 10
Tasmillard / Tasviscount That new Bunnings up the road from you must be doing well !! You must have your own dedicated lane ? Cheers Mate Bunnings not sell half of the materials that we are using and the ones sell by them are of bad quality. It pay to shop around here in Tasmania. Bunnings cannot supply the 4 mm marine plywood and the larger sizes are more expensive than many other suppliers. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2017 7:43:05 GMT 10
It was a hard work but at the same time fun. After working that amount of hours my thought was that there will be no way that I will sell my van at a "give a way" price. There are some people out there that think that asking money for a restored van is a dream and like to offer just few thousand dollars. I think that they have to learn the lesson, purchase a run down van and see how much money and work will take to bring it to a nice and safe condition. I smile when told we "paid too much " for our mint Viscount as the comment is usually from people who have never done a reno , The main motivation when buying a VV was that it had to at least be all there so no searching for little bits and pieces so hang in there gitano someone will appreciate what you have . We have had some insane offers for ours as a van and also as a full rig with the Zephyr by people who appreciate what is there . Ours was valued for insurance and they said $20,000 was a fair value but we have had an offer for more  I am almost ashamed to mention the valuation of the Zephyr  but suffice to say the '61 car and '68 caravan are worth more than the Sunliner motorhome  |
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Post by 78466noM on Jan 10, 2017 8:35:02 GMT 10
gitano we are in the position that what we own is only worth what most people are prepared to pay as all the see is a old van and yours has to compete with the gave it a good clean and painted the water stains only available for viewing on sunny days. that said an exceptional van all finished properly just has to wait for the right buyer one that knows what it cost to repair or refurbish and the amount of man hours it took to do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2017 8:40:52 GMT 10
gitano we are in the position that what we own is only worth what most people are prepared to pay as all the see is a old van and yours has to compete with the gave it a good clean and painted the water stains only available for viewing on sunny days. that said an exceptional van all finished properly just has to wait for the right buyer one that knows what it cost to repair or refurbish and the amount of man hours it took to do. Yes, I am not in a harry or need to sell it, just have the plan to get a van to converting it. If works out Ok if not I will keep enjoying the Franklin. |
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Post by tasmillard on Jan 10, 2017 19:01:43 GMT 10
We made further progress today. Got the final ceiling ply on now, so that's a big milestone. Next is to do the hatch frame as this will also help when the trim pieces go in. Fingers crossed the batch will be done tomorrow and maybe some trim put in place. Its been fantastic to have the ol' man Gitano to help, would of been very difficult to manage the ply install without him.
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Post by tasmillard on Jan 10, 2017 19:04:09 GMT 10
Tasmillard / Tasviscount That new Bunnings up the road from you must be doing well !! You must have your own dedicated lane ? Cheers Hahaha, I was telling Gitano just this morning that I feel I live in the place! They will know me on a first name basis soon  |
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Post by 78466noM on Jan 11, 2017 9:19:02 GMT 10
looking excellent another job well done the aluminum angle was a very good idea you won't be relying on the trim to hold it in shape I was looking at you photos of your way home is the first one just south of the second Goulburn exit |
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Post by tasmillard on Jan 11, 2017 19:03:38 GMT 10
Gitano and I had another mammoth day... we are started to get tired now. But we finally got the hath frame done and installed, only need to place the winding mechanism in place after I have giving it some tlc. Basically we made it from marine ply 12mm thick, with only the face place with the hole in it from hardwood. Must admit I am not totally pleased with it but its the best we can do with limited wood working tools. It will all be painted white and next is the trim pieces.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2017 21:04:58 GMT 10
Tomorrow I will take a sicky It is hard but at the same time interesting to do a job like that without tools. IMO laminating 12 mm marine plywood to achieve the sizes have as a result a very strong frame and heaps better that the original pine structure. All in all I have a good quality time. |
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Post by tasmillard on Jan 11, 2017 21:48:15 GMT 10
And here is our vid, part 2 |
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Post by 78466noM on Jan 12, 2017 10:10:32 GMT 10
for not having the right tools it has come up a treat.Plans change and over the years I have found a lot of the time for the better even if at the time I didn't think so.
On the subject of tools I am lucky as the wife likes woodwork still not all the tools she would like by a long shot but table saw gotten very cheap from bunnings when gmc closed down ( I had to learn how to work this properly for cutting down large sheets needless to say the first lot of sheets weren't square now I use a bit of 4x2 and clamps as a fence and worked out my standing position to pass it though.) router clamps biscuit joiner etc all brought when cheap new and some second hand. I have the spanners auto tools compressor air-tools and welders still have to work around a lot of jobs but some tools you may only use once so cheaper to work around.
If we had all the tools we needed at some stage and or wanted the house would look small compared to the industrial sized shed to house them.
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Post by tasmillard on Jan 12, 2017 19:28:47 GMT 10
Nice to have woodworking tools, although I suppose in my case it would be an over-investment as such as I dont do much wood work anyway. Did some more today, Gitano slacked off (something about working ours and no pay ) so got some painting done and got the hatch sorted.  Before:  After with only 2 coats of undercoat only:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2017 19:49:32 GMT 10
Looks very nice, tomorrow we should exercise a lot of care to not scratch the paint when we start fitting the trimmings. Then again if there is not enough ice cream in the fridge any can happens |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2017 20:28:55 GMT 10
Looks very nice, tomorrow we should exercise a lot of care to not scratch the paint when we start fitting the trimmings. Then again if there is not enough ice cream in the fridge any can happens Sounds a fair proposition no Ice Cream No Work and good stuff too no home brand cheap stuff   |
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Post by Rattles on Jan 13, 2017 6:55:17 GMT 10
Taz:- Just a trick which you probably already know, when you go to fit cover/quads mouldings apply a bead of "No More Gaps" to each edge before applying mouldings, scrape off what oozes out with silicone scraper and the wipe with a damp cloth, even if/when "No More Gaps" dries and it retreats a little the shadow line is still broken and the crack disappears to the eye, if required another thin application and wipe for wider gaps, also use the same process for mitre and butt joints, much easier than trying to fill with filler after, also "No More Gaps" is flexible so in most cases will not open up, and paints well, the only downside is that No More Gaps does not sand well as it is very rubbery, so for bigger gaps it is a case of fill and wipe several times slowly filling the void.
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Post by 78466noM on Jan 13, 2017 9:49:11 GMT 10
From what I can see the hatch has turned out very well hope It is much cooler there than here today.
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Post by tasmillard on Jan 13, 2017 19:53:04 GMT 10
Another day, and more progress. We got the trim/edging done, cant believe it took all day! Tomorrow is time for prep and then paint.
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Post by tasmillard on Jan 14, 2017 18:22:26 GMT 10
Got the job almost done, one more top coat and finished! Heres part 4, just to show the almost done job.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2017 19:05:02 GMT 10
She looks great, have to be ready for Easter.
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Post by snoops on Jan 14, 2017 19:42:59 GMT 10
Nice work as always. Looks soooo much closer to being finished now with the ceiling done. |
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Post by tasmillard on Jan 14, 2017 20:47:23 GMT 10
Its good to be on the home stretch now I can tell you!!
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Post by atefooterz on Jan 14, 2017 20:52:58 GMT 10
Always a joy to read and see great progress and fun along the way.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 5:24:59 GMT 10
Its good to be on the home stretch now I can tell you!! Sometimes the home stretch is a long straight haul too but at least once you can see the end the head starts to believe what the heart has been saying through the struggle days , I well remember saying the same thing during one of my car resto's and yes I did get it finished but not that year  The main thing is as the end draws near do not be tempted to take short cuts stick to your plan and do it once do it right  Off my soapbox now lol |
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Post by 78466noM on Jan 15, 2017 8:10:38 GMT 10
exceptional work and looking real good
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Post by tasmillard on Jan 16, 2017 11:35:11 GMT 10
LED 12v and 240v globes has now been installed in all lights. The biggest issue re the 240v is the filament globe heat that it puts out. So these LED's should do the trick. Next is to fit the fridge and make the bed. The fridge I have is very old and whilst it will do the job short term, not sure long term. If you recall from my other thread I actually got this free as the previous owner said it didnt work. After 'burping' the fridge for 24hours it works fine now. However I will not make a cabinet for it as yet so it will sit in place without proper ventilation unfortunately until I am certain I will either keep it or replace it with a same size fridge (3 way)
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I am almost ashamed to mention the valuation of the Zephyr 
but suffice to say the '61 car and '68 caravan are worth more than the Sunliner motorhome 
The main thing is as the end draws near do not be tempted to take short cuts stick to your plan and do it once do it right 
Off my soapbox now lol