How Carados and Sunlights are made (Coachbuilts and A Class) (1 Viewer)

[gpat]

I noticed that and thought what a plonker.
I do wish people who put up informative videos would check their facts.

I don't know who started the rumour about marine ply. Just to confirm. There is no marine ply. One poster said it looked like marine ply but now we know it isn't.

The floor is clearly a GRP composite. I looked this morning. Probably made in the hymer factory and transferred over the Dresden.

 

[funflair]

I don't know who started the rumour about marine ply. Just to confirm. There is no marine ply. One poster said it looked like marine ply but now we know it isn't.

The floor is clearly a GRP composite. I looked this morning. Probably made in the hymer factory and transferred over the Dresden.

The guy doing the video that you posted said the garage floor was Marine ply I believe, OK it's not

 

[Peppadog]

Wood is the new GRP.

New wood based vans use injection treated ply that is resistant to rot for the life of the van. Just look at today's fence posts. They last for ever. Rot has always been it's weakness so if that can be sorted then it's the best material by far. It's even environmentally friendly.....well to a point if you ignore the preservatives.....in that fossel fuels not needed unlike GRP.

It doesn't squeak as much and doesn't expand and contract as much. It's light and strong and has natural insulating properties.

It's still widely used in yacht building although often fibreglass coated.

And most of all it's great for screwing stuff into.

Epoxy coated plywood, not fibre glass, which is layers of glass mating bonded together with epoxy. But your point is well made. Epoxy coating on a plywood boat hull allows it to live in the water without rotting and lasts indefinitely if maintained.

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[gpat]

The guy doing the video that you posted said the garage floor was Marine ply I believe, OK it's not

I think it was Lenny

I'll listen again.

 

[CazPaul]

I have not watched the video yet but all the vans I have seen being built just use a few screws to hold the cupboards etc to the walls, I have certainly never seen any bonded. Some manufacturers build the box and then build the inside while others lay down the floor and build the interior before putting the walls and roof on,

Yes things change over time, in our Concorde brochure it says we build the structure first and then put the inside in, saying you wouldn’t build a kitchen first then build the house.

 

[knokinonabit]

We did an Autotrail factory tour in 2013 or 14, not sure which of those years it was, and they were doing it like that then.
The only thing missing was the moving floor. They were moved manually. Even the sides and internals were built up using similar methods.
So maybe not quite the most modern factory after all.

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[Peppadog]

This video at N&B is also similar, but much more watchable than the first post one. I'm sure I saw a Hymer one from ten years ago that also built them inside first.

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[gpat]

We did an Autotrail factory tour in 2013 or 14, not sure which of those years it was, and they were doing it like that then.
The only thing missing was the moving floor. They were moved manually. Even the sides and internals were built up using similar methods.
So maybe not quite the most modern factory after all.

Ha Ha. Good point. Maybe it should say newest motorhome factory. Most modern, maybe but that's subjective of course....

"Probably" as carlsberg say

 

[Ian Bosman]

Why does he have to shout?

Shouting? Ever been in a workshop with multiple users doing all sorts with machines, etc. perhaps he was commentating as it was filmed and was raise his voice above the racket. As a retired CDT teacher I had to learn to do it above 20 individuals, sawing, hammering, turning, welding, forging, etc

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[Otter Spotter]

Shouting? Ever been in a workshop with multiple users doing all sorts with machines, etc. perhaps he was commentating as it was filmed and was raise his voice above the racket. As a retired CDT teacher I had to learn to do it above 20 individuals, sawing, hammering, turning, welding, forging, etc

Fair comment but as he is mic’ed up I would have thought he still would not need to shout.

 

[Manic]

I have to watch his videos with the sound off, his voice to me is like fingernails on a blackboard to others.

I don’t know why but as soon as I saw him I also thought sound off would be best

 

[gpat]

I don’t know why but as soon as I saw him I also thought sound off would be best

Poor fella. Hope he doesn't read this forum. I thought he was ok, probably couldn't hear himself speak. I mean with all that ply, l mean composite GRP, being cut.

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[JM53]

For just in case you cool Sunlight/ Carado owners havnt already seen this.

 

[JM53]

I'd like to watch this video, but I can't find the link. Can anyone please provide it. Thanks

 

[Hettie's Crew]

I'd like to watch this video, but I can't find the link. Can anyone please provide it. Thanks

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