Tin Top to Pop Top

The story so far (I'll condense so not to bore too much)

As I bought it 6 years ago



Did some general strip down and welding






Did some cosmetics to the engine

 

Some paint






A quick interior to use for a season.........which I kept in for three years as we loved getting out in the van

 

Then at the end of last summer I finally decided to do a proper restoration and bought these.

 

Nice restro ...and I do love a bit of cognitive dissonance

 

I've gone for a new colour and bought some Mercedes sprinters



Had them powder coated

Measured the donor roof-cut, transferred that onto my existing roof and cut.



Tacked it on

 

Got the pop top fixed on yesterday. I picked up some T25 seats too which was a good find.

 

Kids wanted to try out the new bed.

 

This is the interior scheme I'm going for

 

it's a westy...

 

Your youngest looks very safety conscious!

Good work tho! What size is that spray tent?

 

I can't remember, about 3x8m I think. Got it off eBay.

 

Nice work on the roof

 

Looks great. What size are the merc wheels?

 

Solid work! nice job

 

15 inch

 

Great job, one more final push and you can be on the road for the summer

 

Yeah, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel but it's the small details that will hold me up I feel.

 

Suggest you drop the "small details" off with their grandparents- you'll be done in no time then.

 

Did some soundproofing work first thing this morning.




Fitted the old headliner and trim.


Started to fit my interior panels that I got from NLAVW.



Now, as I'm going for the blue plaid option I needed to source a green carpet as that's what I've seen in a lot of pics. I spoke to the nice guy at NLAVW as he said he's working on it but doesn't have anything on sale yet. So as I'm in the building game, I spoke to my carpet guy and he sorted me out, not a bad match I don't think.



They are carpet tiles so it means I can change them if they get too dirty.



Fitted my interior, the yellow fabric will be changed for blue plaid as soon as I get a chance.

 

Do you need some blue plaid for the bed ?