Post by fossickingsteve on May 2, 2017 20:40:44 GMT 10
Hey everyone, what a great source of info you have created! With a bit of searching everything ive wanted to know has been asked before just doesent seem very recent. I have to take notes now its such a flood of info!
So we just bought our first van its presumably a 77 millard mini based on rego info there is no plate near the jockey wheel only longer chassis number punched into the frame
As a carpenter ive realised the size of the job but before purchase i was only thinking of interior work 😂 haha you fool! But now im more excited to see it done properly, with that in mind the fibreglass pop top is the most daunting task of the whole project, it has deteriorated on top and the some sealent is in a big line (probably the mesh seam) ive been told by a boat builder that gel coat should fix it, so any advice/experience would be graciously accepted! Has anyone beefed up the framing glassed in to the pop top?
Im only in the demo stage but had to stop because im quite sure its the cupboards holding the roof up 😂
It seems to have all the standard 40 year old van issues, cracked step weld, rot from top to corners of pop top of floor, dodgy sealing around wheel arch so more rotten floor and a unimaginable order of construction 🤠
Does anyone see a problem using small amount of sika to help hold the cladding on? After working construction for 15 years plus i cant believe whats actually holding these old vans together.
Im in brisbane so good ply/mouldings supplier that you can recommend?
Thankyou keep up the good work
FossickingSteve
So we just bought our first van its presumably a 77 millard mini based on rego info there is no plate near the jockey wheel only longer chassis number punched into the frame
As a carpenter ive realised the size of the job but before purchase i was only thinking of interior work 😂 haha you fool! But now im more excited to see it done properly, with that in mind the fibreglass pop top is the most daunting task of the whole project, it has deteriorated on top and the some sealent is in a big line (probably the mesh seam) ive been told by a boat builder that gel coat should fix it, so any advice/experience would be graciously accepted! Has anyone beefed up the framing glassed in to the pop top?
Im only in the demo stage but had to stop because im quite sure its the cupboards holding the roof up 😂
It seems to have all the standard 40 year old van issues, cracked step weld, rot from top to corners of pop top of floor, dodgy sealing around wheel arch so more rotten floor and a unimaginable order of construction 🤠
Does anyone see a problem using small amount of sika to help hold the cladding on? After working construction for 15 years plus i cant believe whats actually holding these old vans together.
Im in brisbane so good ply/mouldings supplier that you can recommend?
Thankyou keep up the good work
FossickingSteve
The next version released in 1979 had the full poptop roof covering the whole of the caravan body, so Millard might have been getting complaints from the public about the limitations of the smaller poptop roof "step-down" design.