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MEGA Progress Day So today i've made alot of progress. I've finished the bench... A view from underneath showing the hooks that'll hold the pantry... A shot of how I've secured the bench to the camper trailer... The finish set up... The pantries The Water tanks... I've attached another set of hooks that have the ability to hold one more pantry... The cutting board and sink... The drying rack and cutlery draw i've just bought... My new butane gas lantern... And i did a small bit of hemming on the zipper today..

Arrrhh Been sewing... Here is the door with the first pass sewn on the frame... I started the second pass on the frame as I wanted to give it strength before I called it a night. Must say i'm quite happy with it so far... And lastly here is the last bit. This is what the zipper should look like onced hemmed and given that extra strength...

I think the New Honda Accord looks a bit like the current Camry too.

na not yet ay. Took me an hr and a half to sew just one pass of the door. I hope to have the frame stitched up by the end of the weekend at least. I'll leave the hemming to anther date.

Hey shades i don't think its that car. Not sure you can see but the rear door has half a chrome strip along it.

I still have it. Planning on starting a mowing service soon... JiP's Mowing Service :P: The trailer will come in handy there.

Well here we go. Sewing day :S Here is the window before it became the door... So i was wondering how to make the next step. I wanted to start stitching but with the camper fully extended it was hard to pin safety pins. So I decided to just get knife happy... Now with the canvas cut I can get my hands around both sides. Took me about an hour and a half just to stitch the zipper to the door. Then i'll want to do another pass. Then the same for the frame. Than the same to neaten the cut edge and sew it to the zipper. Its going to take me AGES!! And here is the current bench status...

Yeah that'd be awesome man!!

Well why not. Its only been 14 years since I last sewed in grade 8 lOl

Thanks mate. I've changed the brackets holding the water tanks. As you can see the difference here... And now with both changed... And the other side... And from behind... Now since i've gotten this out of the way tomorrow i will attempt the Zipper :S

So working in the garage today and I decided to look up. What did I see... An Anchor!! lOl Other random things stored under the house are... Anyone know what kind of car these doors belong to? Its apparently a Ford. I can't remember what the owner of the house told me. Was a bunch of numbers and I assume from the 1950/60's? :S He's going to want me to ebay them soon so I wanna do my research. Last Registered 20 years ago lOl My parking with my trailer. Parked in the thoroughfare while normal cars occupy the trailer parking... And one last random shot. And yes, I'm laying cable lOl

First they copy Mazda's design for the last model Camry, now Subaru? The front looks like the Impreza, the back looks like the Liberty Sedan. The colour... Subaru's trademark blue... Camry What are your thoughts?

YAY The new door arrived :P: And after 8 coats of stain... And now after the first coat of clear... I've just put the 2nd coat on too and i'll apply another coat each day till the weekend. :) Oh and just bought a hand water pump for the sink :)

haha I know man. Soon I hope. Once I have the second battery setup I hope

DAMN that link makes it look so simple.

haha thanks guys. Yeah we need to catch up man. As for the fillers, they do stick out further than the guard but not further than the camper top. I finished the tanks today and also finished sanding the bench/put three coats of stain on it. Hope to put another 2 or 3 tomorrow before I start doing the clears.

Well here I am, gotten myself into another project. I bought this camper trailer from my housemate/landlord. The camper trailer was built in 1986 in South Australia and is very old school. Like the fact it opens over the back of the trailer where the new ones open over the side. The new ones also have 'D' shaped doors compared to the 'U' shaped doors on this one. The door is also located at the rear and not in the annex and the height.... its short! One positive thing is the front and rear tailgate on the trailer which makes access a little easier. In this photo the inside tailgate is still lowered, It serves an extra purpose as a "step up" into bed. It can be closed off and the tent fully sealed. Now start the mods... Firstly. The spare wheel was taking up valuable space inside the trailer. So I've mounted it under the drawbar until I can change the stud pattern & hubs on it to match the Subaru. That way if I ever need a spare I can use the one in the car. On the last camping trip I noticed my camp kitchen is falling apart. Considering it went through the 2011 floods and I got it cheap, it has served its purpose. So now I plan on making my own kitchen. So here is what i've done so far... While trying to keeps costs down I was going to use some left over paint that I have from the repairs I had to do from my old house when I moved out. The paint is green and would match the canvas but i've had a last minute change of thought. Now I've decided I'll use the stain that I used to stain the timber floors in my old trailer. This is kinda how it'll look. I'll use 4 short adjustable poles to level it off while also mounting it from the wheel arch. I've cut out a hole for the wash up basin. Under the bench I will mount both pantries that came from the old kitchen... The offcut from the wash up basin will be my new cutting board. I've also bought a drying rack to sit to the far side. Now last camping trip I had to bring my own water carriers. I bought 20Ltrs... My plan now is to build my own water tanks and mount them under the trailer at the back with the tap ends coming out under the new kitchen bench. If my calculations are correct with both tanks filled, I should have around 60Ltrs. Now I have realised how expensive this is costing, so I have limited both pipes to only having one screw end. The screw end will be on the lower side with the taps. Therefore if I ever have to drain them, I just unscrew the caps. Both pipes have their mounts on the side of the trailer... The filler end was a bit tricky. I needed to make it so one could easily fill the tanks with water, seal them as well as releasing the pressure so the water will flow out of the taps. The end result has screw caps i've had to make up with. here is the end that will come out under the kitchen. Here is how the filler end will look like... And how the taps will look once installed... A couple other mods still needed will be the repair of the fly mesh on the door entry. Sadly the zipper is in poor condition and needs replacing. I plan on NOT replacing the zipper, but instead I plan on cutting a new doorway in around the right window that will make it open under the annex. This will be better as it will give shelter if it rains. One last possible mod would be to unstitch the zipper from the annex, and stitch in a small extension that would give me extra head space underneath as i'm finding it hard to move around. As you can see, i've jacked it up to its limits... Oh and another future mod i'm hoping to make is installed a duel battery set up in the car. Tho I hope to mount the second battery on the trailer so I can power all my 12v devices while camping, yet charge the battery while driving. Hope to post another update tonight after a days worth of hard work :)

i've tried calling but i keep getting your message bank. We still on? Can you call me?

i've tried calling but i keep getting your message bank. We still on? Can you call me?

Yeah Borumba sounds good mate. I'll buzz ya in the morrow

as am I. I'm on my 33rd day straight and by then I'd have done 47 days. I'll call you one day. Whats ya number? 04** *** 922? Or 04** *** 164? I get confused which to ring :S

Could lock her up... or bring her along. :P:

Well depending on work I might come out of hiding. The Subaru has been bugging me for a nice mountain road to climb :)

Hey, not sure about the other trip as its around my birthday and I wanna possibly get away for it. As for December the weekend of the 17th/18th might be best for me, tho think we might have to book in advance for that one.

Would anyone be interested for January?