The Big Lorry to Camper Conversion (6 Viewers)

[MANGOFORTH]

MANGOFORTH your a bit tight with your "drip feed" of pics

That's because this is as far as I've got, the riveting has taken ages. Father in law did the painting...im still drilling holes, 1 box of 500 rivets left ? my fault for not doing things normally ?

 

[HandyAndy]

MANGOFORTH your a bit tight with your "drip feed" of pics

Would you like to go round and be camera operator while mango does the work ?
Some of us like to get on with it rather than be instagram famous ??

 

[Pops 1]

MANGOFORTH your a bit tight with your "drip feed" of pics

Give the poor fella a chance, he's still photographing each of the 998 rivets he's still got to put in

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[HandyAndy]

So do you sikaflex under the joining strips before riveting or is the epoxy supposed to be the barrier here?

 

[MANGOFORTH]

So do you sikaflex under the joining strips before riveting or is the epoxy supposed to be the barrier here?

Yeah PU sealent adhesive under all the strips, mainly to stop any potential water ingress around the rivets (capping just hides the edges of panels, most trucks use folded edges and glue them.... But rivets look cool and that is all there is to it) . But was water tight without any capping on. Once epoxy is all on it will be even more water tight ?. Then it will be all painted in 2k bedliner. So might end up being a submarine

 

[MANGOFORTH]

P. S.go to a car paint suppliers and get PU sealant. It's about £3 a tube instead of £10, even less if you can blag trade ?

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[JockandRita]

P. S.go to a car paint suppliers and get PU sealant. It's about £3 a tube instead of £10, even less if you can blag trade ?

And around a fiver at the Tool Station. Made by Sika too.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[tacr2man]

That's because this is as far as I've got, the riveting has taken ages. Father in law did the painting...im still drilling holes, 1 box of 500 rivets left ? my fault for not doing things normally ?

I know the feeling , I am still drilling them out , only put a few in so far , bag of 100 doesn't go far

 

[MANGOFORTH]

Yeah I got 1500 closed ally rivets for £80. Keep going, rivets look the dogs danglys ??

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[sallylillian]

Yeah I got 1500 closed ally rivets for £80. Keep going, rivets look the dogs danglys ??

So does modern art, to some people.

 

[Bart]

MANGOFORTH just found and read the whole thread, super job

 

[MANGOFORTH]

So does modern art, to some people.

What is your problem?

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[MANGOFORTH]

I joined this forum to share and learn. Not to receive negative, passive aggressive bull excrement .

 

[The Dotties]

Keep going. The positive comments greatly outweigh the negatives.
And in my case slight envy at your ability.

MANGOFORTH

 

[olley]

No doubt about it impressive skill and speed.

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[Pops 1]

Keep going. The positive comments greatly outweigh the negatives.
And in my case slight envy at your ability.

MANGOFORTH

Agreed. You only have to look at the number of people who have viewed the thread and the vast number of likes you have received to see how popular this/you are. Keep going, the vast majority love a thread like this, and I suspect sallylillian may have been ironic rather than critical

 

[MANGOFORTH]

We all have our skill sets. Once the metal work is complete, I will very much be scratching my head ?. Still trying to work out how to weld wood together ?

 

[HandyAndy]

I've never mastered that wood welding technique either so will be interesting to see how you get on. ?
Ignore the butthurt luddittes in here, no matter where you go on the internet there is some old dinosaur looking to moan at something you post. ?

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[Happy Jim]

Do you have an idea for the interior layout yet? Could be worth putting up a fag packet sketch (with DIMs if you have them), there are bound to be good ideas amongst the hive mind for using pre-made stuff to cut down on bespoke cabinet making requirements ;-)

Oh....and glue....lots and lots of glue
Jim

 

[sallylillian]

What is your problem?

With Modern art or exposed pop rivets?

 

[The Dotties]

We all have our skill sets. Once the metal work is complete, I will very much be scratching my head ?. Still trying to work out how to weld wood together ?

Don’t worry, you will have funsters such as Silver-Fox along soon to advise. (Other top class chippies are available ?)

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[sallylillian]

I joined this forum to share and learn. Not to receive negative, passive aggressive bull excrement .

I apologise if my opinion of exposed pop rivets does not agree with your own, I will try to agree with everything you post in future to avoid you getting all morose.

 

[HandyAndy]

I apologise if my opinion of exposed pop rivets does not agree with your own, I will try to agree with everything you post in future to avoid you getting all morose.

Oh get off your high horse ?.
Sounds like just jealousy that someone may be able to build a similarly large MH at half the price you paid for yours.
If you don't like it you don't have to read it and post in the tone you have been.
This forum is about caring, sharing and inclusivity. If the thread isn't your cup of tea... move on to another.

And at the risk of this thread going even further off topic, this is going to be my only input...
Back to the pics please Mango ????

 

[Langtoftlad]

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[TheBig1]

I suggest a look at David Wissel thread about the conversions he has finished for people over the last few weeks. masses of ideas and high quality finish

 

[TheBig1]

I suggest a look at David Wissel thread about the conversions he has finished for people over the last few weeks. masses of ideas and high quality finish

Ended up Building a Few Vans :) (videos)

Not sure if this thread will be of interest to anyone - thought I'd post just in case :) A few months ago another self-builder asked for a bit of help with their electrics. I helped and this turned into "can you build the rest of it". It's something I'd not done for money before, but I had the...

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

 

[HandyAndy]

One thing I'm thinking for mine is a bedroom shower and bathroom, separated by a door or some other barrier to the rest of the hab area to make winter heating cheaper. At night you only really need to be able to get up and get washed/ dressed in the warm, so don't have to heat the entire van overnight. Once dressed you only need a minimal amount of heat for the rest of the van
I think.

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[Fenman]

We all have our skill sets. Once the metal work is complete, I will very much be scratching my head ?. Still trying to work out how to weld wood together ?

Tried that once. Okay if you like the colour black.

 

[sallylillian]

Oh get off your high horse ?.
Sounds like just jealousy that someone may be able to build a similarly large MH at half the price you paid for yours.
If you don't like it you don't have to read it and post in the tone you have been.
This forum is about caring, sharing and inclusivity. If the thread isn't your cup of tea... move on to another.

And at the risk of this thread going even further off topic, this is going to be my only input...
Back to the pics please Mango ????

I did not realise that exposed pop rivets had so much of a following. I have also been criticised for giving my opinion on modern art by a bunch of art students, not with quite the same venom however.

 

[TheBig1]

come on guys, dont spoil a great thread with squabbling over nothing. Some are getting close to breaching rule 1, so would hate to see it get worse and Jim have to step in

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