Scarlet, The VW Camper

22.01.06
First off, the roof had seen better days, so I decided that seeming I had never done any welding and such like, I'd start with the roof and at least make it look better and be waterproof.
So, with the help of a stanley knife I cut the fabric from the roof and the van (it was well passed its sellby date) and started to undo all the bolts which held the mechanism to the van - very stubborn as you could imagine! (sorry, but no pics of this process.

27.04.06
Plenty of pics showing the work carried out -
Full strip of paint to the Gel coat, followed by repairs to localised areas!

11.02.07
Painting the roof caps (re-used one and had to buy a new one)
Used Rustoleum paint as they could mix to the VW code (is more for metal but works on plastic), problem is, it doesn't look to be the same colour as the code for what is on the van!!!!)

03.02.07
Trial fitting the new roof caps and hinges (using stainless stell fittings everywhere)

08.03.07
The garage all lined out (got the plastic from work, what get shrink wrapped over the pallets)
Painting ot the roof begins.

11.03.07
More painting, sanding down, then filling in.........

(Plus a picture of me in my fancy uniform!)

01.04.07
Almost there.
Painting the metal parts, plus a few runs which needed sanding down, but not to bad for a first go (using a £50 second hand compressor, bought from a guy on JK's forum and £10 sprayer from Machine Mart)

17.02.07
Trial fit on the van, before the fabric is added (at this stage all the glass etc had been added (got the glass from a guy who had stripped a Dormobile - when I got the van it had perspex popped riverted on!!!!)

16.04.07
The fitting - with the help of the wife, managed to get the thing on then start to fit the fabric etc..