Technical Section or How to fix it

oh ooo

I'm a bit concerned as well and i've met Kath.
I haven't met Maz yet BUT i can imagine what her influence will be.

Kath taught me everything i know....

Sorry Dale but we WILL be in trouble then.

don't worry, we'll be gentle to start with..... don't want to scare you away....

Thanks - I feel at ease now.

mazdragon wrote:

mazdragon wrote:I've a blank canvas in Beigy, there's no interior apart from the mattress and curtains i have already set up. I'd like to line the roof and have chatted with Phil already about how to go about it and so have been given the general gist of what's required. Now i need to ask the tedious questions of how do you make the ply stay up there? i.e. it sits in the inside "gutters" (for lack of a better description), do i need to glue it in as well? also, i'd like to pad the roof under the fabric i'm going to line it with on the ply that goes in the roof, what's the best glue (?) to use? I've googled van+interiors and how to's, but apart from Black Eagle, there doesn't seem to be any other info. Does anyone know of a good book to reference? Any ideas would be appreciated. And BTW, i'd queried the speedo problems of being wonky on the SXV Forum, but since it's down, i'll let you know here that it was the header in the speedo that was worn, which is why the needle bounced around and the reading was incorrect. It's been fixed and apart from bouncing a little up to 30km, it's steady and accurate now.

Hello,
Any chance someone can provide some advice on the interior questions i had?
thanks to anyone who's listening.

hey Maz have you got an archway in beigy yet? just a thought... i remember a template design in an old van mag... which doesn't help much but flash harry from sunstate has posted a digital copy here...

http://groups.msn.com/SunstatePanelvanClub/holdenarchwayplans.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=2385

thanks 'man but i hadn't thought about an arch yet... just want to get the roof done for the nats... i've never done this before and am collecting as much info as possible to find out where people went wrong and well, you know, etc etc.... i'm sure i'll stuff up my first go, so I'll buy extra and make sure i can do it again...
thank's for the lead....

Agro wrote:I'm a bit concerned as well and i've met Kath.
I haven't met Maz yet BUT i can imagine what her influence will be.

Agro ,WORRY they are twins

stormbringer wrote:

Agro wrote:I'm a bit concerned as well and i've met Kath.
I haven't met Maz yet BUT i can imagine what her influence will be.

Agro ,WORRY they are twins

Oh Stuey, you're making us sound like we're going to get them into trouble.... since when did we ever do anything to you that would make you say such things.... oh well, then again, i guess you've been around for a while so you know what we can get up to.....

hmmm Am I going to wonderland???? hope so A land of open pastures coverd in all sorts of vans and..... Must stop dreaming

DD.165 wrote:hmmm Am I going to wonderland???? hope so A land of open pastures coverd in all sorts of vans and..... Must stop dreaming

one should never stop dreaming, cos if you stop dreaming you'll never build the dream van you want and you'll never come to realise just what could be.......

soundman wrote:I believe Kath was the Gate keeper at My Hazing.

i mean when i was a puppy....

Aaaaaahhhhhh Gympie is a bit HAZY for me too but I'm told I had an awesome time, I've got the video that proves it (thanks James)

alien8 wrote:

soundman wrote:I believe Kath was the Gate keeper at My Hazing.

i mean when i was a puppy....

Aaaaaahhhhhh Gympie is a bit HAZY for me too but I'm told I had an awesome time, I've got the video that proves it (thanks James)

so was that you in the back of highway menace at caboolture during the light show kath? hazy memory...

quote marion...

...well, i decided my handiwork on the spare wheel cover was sh1t.... so i'm back to the drawing board..... oh well live and learn

have you used the space under the rear designed for it? is beigy on LPG?

Yep beigy is on gas so i've got the spare wheel in the back. I tried to design and make something that, well i wasn't sure of initially, a few people said looked ok, but most didn't like and since i wasn't sure about it in the first place, i've binned it, and i'm going to re do it....

and yes, Kath, gympie was a bit hazy, started off crap too, that was the year my auto busted on the way up and it became a very expensive trip to QLD.... it was also the year that there were some photos taken that we wished were never taken...someone has them, i don't know who, a certain someone (who WILL remain nameless) needed a very cold sobering shower (no not me, but i had to get her to the shower) and a certain other person donned his hat and did the usual - did i say gympie was hazy The pineapples were good, but.

so, if you're hangin out for a good time at the nats, you probably will, it'll be what you make of it.... but, keep in mind, that the next nats may also be a little different, we've got a heap of "others" there as well, not just the usual vanners and street machiners. We don't plan anything, whatever happens, happens.

soundman wrote:

alien8 wrote:

soundman wrote:I believe Kath was the Gate keeper at My Hazing.

i mean when i was a puppy....

Aaaaaahhhhhh Gympie is a bit HAZY for me too but I'm told I had an awesome time, I've got the video that proves it (thanks James)

so was that you in the back of highway menace at caboolture during the light show kath? hazy memory...

Hmmmmmmm, yeeeesssss, I think that was my evil twin, that keeps getting me into trouble

mazdragon wrote:Yep beigy is on gas so i've got the spare wheel in the back. I tried to design and make something that, well i wasn't sure of initially, a few people said looked ok, but most didn't like and since i wasn't sure about it in the first place, i've binned it, and i'm going to re do it....

and yes, Kath, gympie was a bit hazy, started off crap too, that was the year my auto busted on the way up and it became a very expensive trip to QLD.... it was also the year that there were some photos taken that we wished were never taken...someone has them, i don't know who, a certain someone (who WILL remain nameless) needed a very cold sobering shower (no not me, but i had to get her to the shower) and a certain other person donned his hat and did the usual - did i say gympie was hazy The pineapples were good, but.

so, if you're hangin out for a good time at the nats, you probably will, it'll be what you make of it.... but, keep in mind, that the next nats may also be a little different, we've got a heap of "others" there as well, not just the usual vanners and street machiners. We don't plan anything, whatever happens, happens.

I have the same problem with my gas tank being were my spare should be. I solved it by just not having one Also i'm afraid to say as anyone would be but i wont be making it to the next Van nats

and why not you better have a good excuse

Due to my stubburness of not writing my problems on the internet,Im going to answer truthfully in saying, Personal family issues coming up and lake of fundage, But it will give more time to have my van ready for the next one and who knows I may even have two there If my Dad will drive one

thats ok dale, don't expect to hear everybody's problems, you wouldn't want to hear mine either. do hope tho that all sorts itself out and when we do finally get to see you and your van(s), we'll all have a drink (or more) together

DD.165 wrote: Also i'm afraid to say as anyone would be but i wont be making it to the next Van nats

WHAT!!!!
This will be the biggest one for over 25 years.

I'm sure you'll change your mind before then.

I hope things sort themselves out and it's not my mind that needs changing Agro, my mind is still set on going. I need wings on my van too cause there are shows all over oz that id love to be at I hope im not embarrasing myself in saying that i have never been to a van nats, summer nats or even a concert my heart was dead set on the van nats and the cruise to Geelong!!

mazdragon wrote:thats ok dale, don't expect to hear everybody's problems, you wouldn't want to hear mine either. do hope tho that all sorts itself out and when we do finally get to see you and your van(s), we'll all have a drink (or more) together

Its not that I cant talk problems, I just dont write them on the internet, Sorry if it seemed offencive