Franni's Little Pommie Immigrant

[grandad]

Hi frannie,
Just had to post to say Wow!
That van just oozes charm from every pore. The Poms do have a way with things they?
This looks like becoming a great thread to follow. Looking forward to more news.
Cheers
jim

[Geoff & Jude]

hi franni

i noticed the administrators have merged your threads and moved them to "members photo album".

it's amazing how quickly the "team" was able to respond to the suggestions put up.

geoff 'n jude

[franni]

thankyou Moderators for cleaning up my mess. now i know where i am, not sure where i'm going but it will be somewhere someday in our little P&B Safari and thanks for this great forum and the support and encouragement. we are learning so much from those amazing restorations. we are enjoying making a little progress while the cool weather lasts
franni

[franni]

time for a few more pics. did i say "Shirl" has a cocktail cabinet lined in red velvet. no kidding


she's also got a severe case of wood rot and….borers






so we are pulling her apart a bit at a time and replacing the frame


replaced one cupboard so far. had to do the wallpaper before the cupboard. had to do the cupboard to hold up the wall before the next bit demolished. complicated. lots of backward movement




even got the doors to hang straight [eventually]

so i polished the door closer things, whatever they're called.

[sarahlou]

Franni, it looks like you're throwing everything at it. Keep up the good work! Sarah

[franni]

ohhh, such a long time since we have done anything on the caravan, we transferred our energies to bathroom renovations which are frighteningly similar to caravan renovations. you know the one that goes like "we were just going to replace this bit but the wall came away in my hands and ooh look! black rotting framework, etc. etc.' so now the bathroom is well ventilated [read; no window, no floor] also hubs shortened one of his hingers on the bench plane. oops, ouch!
i have returned to the caravan for light relief.
we are needing to repair a section of aluminium cladding as well as a broken door lock [just the housing is broken, the lock works ok] and google helped me find ULTRABOND ALUMINIUM REPAIR RODS. the video looked possible for someone with little [no] experience but i have been unable to find any reviews by some-one who has actually used them successfully. could be too good to be true!
i would appreciate hearing from anyone who has had experience with this product

[franni]

"finished" is not even on the horizon Cobber. we have just resumed work on our P&B Safari and have at last re-glazed the windows. we used 3mm polycarbonate, which is great for the very curvaceous side windows [wider at the bottom than the top and lower at the front than the back] due to its flexibility. a small voice that doesn't want to be heard asks "could the flexibility cause a problem with the front windows when travelling at say 100 kph?" B tells me i worry too much. any voice of experience would be welcome though.
so, we still have to finish replacing the frame at the back, rebuilding the kitchen and then putting the aluminium panels back on, plus about a hundred other things. i'd like to say another 6 months but depends on
whether i can anchor B to the van with a short enough rope to stop him doing other [less important ] projects.

[cobber]

G'day Franni,

If you have re-glazed the front windows it seems to me you have done plenty since your last post on this thread.
Don't worry about the Polycarbonate in the Windows, she'll be right, just be careful how you clean them, polycarbonate tends to scratch really easily.
Don't be hard on "B" , it's easy to get distracted sometimes, I know, I've got one on the back burner at the moment too.

Cobber.