Haha that’s true if they haven’t been replaced before. They definitely feel more heavy duty that’s for sure

Sometimes it’s the little things that help the most 😊

Thanks! Yeah I’m going to put some split conduit on them. Sooo close can’t wait for it to be 100% done

Thanks! Oh that’s good to know, we don’t need it but it’s good to have that vent there anyway. We’ve got a few up now and we’re definitely putting the van to the test 😅 thanks for watching

Thank you! And thank you for watching

Hopefully you got some useful info from this episode and good luck.

Is a Silicone buddy the brand name? I can't find that on the Bunnings catalogue.

Sorry that's what we call them and cant recall the proper name. They are small yellow flexible shaped silicon spreaders. We use them to get smooth even silicone on panel joins etc. They are really good.

Thanks! That gives me a start.

Painters mate they are called. Little yellow silicon wedges to help finish off the silicon very neat. In the paint section at Bunnings mate.

Thank you! It makes us happy to hear our videos are helpful. The composite panels will work well. Just be careful how much you beef up the struts because there’s no way one person will pull our roof down

She’s gonna be looking fresh as 🙌🏼✨

We probably could have replaced the foam that was in there with a thicker foam but you wouldn’t get a wool or fibre glass insulation in there because once that’s squashed down it doesn’t work at all.

Thanks! We love the 60s they’re such a beautiful shape

Oh that’s no good do you think they were steel rivets as that would cause corrosion when used with aluminium? ours looked to be in good condition

@@AsWeWander the rivets were small or standard size / headed aluminum ones. They were not sealed or painted so corroded the head. There is dissimilar metals used with rivets - ie. the rivet head is ally while the expansion / engagement mandrel is steel. i found that the rivet heads were like powder. Some just came off with pushing the drill into them. I drilled out all the rivets, cleaned as much of the sealant as possible from under the roof sheeting edges. I then applied sikaflex under the edge before refixing with oversized rivet heads, just from Bunnings. (same diameter rivet hole). I then added a thin layer of silicon on the rivet heads. following extreme rain event no water was found in the van at all. Highly recommend doing this to an older van; especially when doing all the other restoration work.

Thanks! We’re glad you like the video and hope it’s helped

Thank you! Glad you enjoy the videos. Yeah the 60 will be towing and taking us on our next lot of adventures. The old patrol and Franklin sounds like a good match to

Thanks!

Hey! Thanks for watching, I’m sure it will turn out great just gotta push through the shitty moments and it’ll come up nicely. We didn’t have a stringer in our pop top just the metal bars going across from side to side and this is what we reattach the new ceiling to. Hope this helps

We haven’t made one yet but it’s on the to do list hopefully I’ll get it done soon

Thanks for watching and we’re glad they’re helpful. Everything kind of happened at once but all the videos are of each step, all the interior stuff will be coming soon

@@AsWeWander Awesome cant wait!

Hey there, we haven’t had any problems and it’s been 10months on the road now. We generally travel at 80-90km/h when towing and have past trucks coming the opposite direction with enough wind to move the whole car and caravan and haven’t had any problems.

Great, thanks for the reply 🤓👍