Post by viscountman on Feb 25, 2008 17:29:42 GMT 10
Hi everyone, I have an old viscount 1985 model wind up. I am semi restoring it by replacing the canvas and now replacing the aluminum cladding.
I tried to pay some one to do it but it seems every caravan repairer in Sydney is busy beyond May or does not want the job and qouting amounts like 7 grand to do the job (yes 7grand to repalce the cladding
my hole house cost 3K).
So I thought ill give it a shot myself. I have taken the largest side of and found it was bent under the bottom railing and then screwed on the under side and pop riveted at the top. Easy enough to get it off but now it is time to remove the nose and rear fibre glass cones I am starting to wonder how the seams are re joined as I will be using cladding rather than the fibre glass cones?
Also alot of the vans I have seen with cladding at the front and rear have the cladding have a bend in it how hard is it to form this bend or is the cladding flimsy enough to just bend it in shape and rivet it down?
Any help is appreciated on how to reinstall the cladding the most secure way so it does not drop off when traveling down the road.
This is the same van pictured here.
www.canvasdesigns.com.au/IdentifyYourCamper/pages/A71-Viscount%20Millard.2.htm
I tried to pay some one to do it but it seems every caravan repairer in Sydney is busy beyond May or does not want the job and qouting amounts like 7 grand to do the job (yes 7grand to repalce the cladding
my hole house cost 3K).So I thought ill give it a shot myself. I have taken the largest side of and found it was bent under the bottom railing and then screwed on the under side and pop riveted at the top. Easy enough to get it off but now it is time to remove the nose and rear fibre glass cones I am starting to wonder how the seams are re joined as I will be using cladding rather than the fibre glass cones?
Also alot of the vans I have seen with cladding at the front and rear have the cladding have a bend in it how hard is it to form this bend or is the cladding flimsy enough to just bend it in shape and rivet it down?
Any help is appreciated on how to reinstall the cladding the most secure way so it does not drop off when traveling down the road.
This is the same van pictured here.
www.canvasdesigns.com.au/IdentifyYourCamper/pages/A71-Viscount%20Millard.2.htm
