Hey mate. Shame your thread got shagged by Photo Bucket, much good stuff in it. I was trying to find the info on your roof rack fabrication. If you've got anything on that I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
Dazza, welcome to ExPo mate. You've got a fantastic piece of Aussie history there so straight up I'm going to say, work with it. Look at the examples by others when working with these things as there are some very well thought out mods as options to achieve a comfortable camper. So the RTT route...
Rob, there's no way that just wetting it down and letting it dry in the shape you want will get that piece to stay that way without some external forces holding it there. If it can bend while dry to the shape you want then there's really no need to wet it down. You will have to add some gussets...
Prob a little late to assist unless you've got the bits you cut off your formwork pieces, but the formwork I've seen from the composite panel guys and ply guys is usually on the outside of the bend, not the inside. That way you don't need clamps to keep it in place and you have the inside free...
Hi Rob. As mentioned before you are doing a great job and well documented. Just thought I'd let you know that I used those sticky cable tie things once and had them peel off in no time. There's a fair bit of vibration that goes into those mounts from bouncing around and they just didn't last. I...
Something we don't need to contend with here is climbing in altitude much, so hadn't considered that as a possible factor. ;) You'd think though that if the cans were well packed they would have a better chance of surviving.
Well exploding beer is never good. :) I gather it wasn't frozen so yes, bouncing around the culprit. Of course your suspension will make a difference to how well things ride so worth checking that out. Just make sure you pack everything so it is not likely to move. If boxes etc are not full (say...
The DO35 and all VC products I'm pretty sure are all made in Brisbane Australia (says so on their website). These are probably the most popular hitches in Australia for serious off-road capable hitches. Treg make a polyblock hitch in Adelaide but I'm pretty sure that design has been copied by...