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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby redcube » Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:40 am

very late up date most people would know this but my mum and dad split up when i was a kid and my dad moved 170 miles away from my mums house i have been up at my dads for the past few weeks i'm going some where with this my dad now is out of action for a bit so my best mate god bless him is going to load his van up with the rest of my camper bits which are at my mums house then he is going to drive 170 miles from my mums house with all my camper bits in his van and help me finish the van in 6 days yes i said 6 day so work will not stop

Right i think i got that in one go :lol:

a lot of late nights here we come better stock pile the club orange i can't drink beer :(

So in 6 days time i should have a camper van

Once again thank you to my mate his not on the forum as he as a VW Transporter T5
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby dirtydiesel » Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:53 pm

I will drink a few beers for you!!!!! tell your mate get a real van :D :D Good of him to help you out, did a few bits to mine today, reckon we will both be done by Monday!
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby redcube » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:44 pm

Do have a beer for me and my mate he arrived today at 4 and started work right away after a 4 hour trip he went into the shed and started :shock:
Finished the cable running today :)

The hole of no return
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Which turned into this
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Inside all boxed in i have no pictures of the power point outside I'll take in in the morning :?
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By by old floor
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Drying started or a lager room for getting rid of things :lol:
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby JohnBF1 » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:28 pm

Now that is a real friend or he is on the run lol
That is one quick project.
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby redcube » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:40 pm

i meet him 10 years ago we started talking about cars and we have know each other every since
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby JohnBF1 » Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:24 am

redcube wrote:i meet him 10 years ago we started talking about cars and we have know each other every since


Ah but he is a VW driver :shock:
then again at the moment i am driving a Renault as my bro in law has the Transit and he is killing it :evil:
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby redcube » Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:57 am

if i worried about what car he has then I'd be worried as he always had top of the range cars and i always had low spec cars
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby dirtydiesel » Wed Nov 24, 2010 6:32 pm

So are ye two lads slaving away on the red devil?
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby redcube » Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:24 pm

slaving away ain't the word for it up at 7 am out to the shed just stop at 8.15 for the night going to bed and start again at 6 am
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby JohnBF1 » Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:00 am

Hard work in the cold but it will be worth it in the end :D
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby redcube » Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:58 am

cold ain't the word for it but we have a diesel heater in the shed
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby JohnBF1 » Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:15 pm

redcube wrote:cold ain't the word for it but we have a diesel heater in the shed

You got snow there yet we are forecast for it but not were i am at the moment!
Derv heater all the mod cons rubber drills included hope your dad is healing well!
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby redcube » Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:54 am

No snow yet. His hand is better he as a total of 6 stitch in is finger and the heater is a alive saver didn't stop work till 1:20am started at 6:00 am almost 24 hour straights :lol:
Any way pictures will show what i have done in two days solid

Using the VW to get some wood was a wee bit to long for the van :lol:
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Insulation need some of that
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In the walls
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One working and are health and safe officer keeping an eye on the drills
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The big finger
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Sliding door step
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Keeping the insulation in place with a gas bottle almost drill a hole in that :shock: :lol:
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Roof up was a right pain in the back side
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Watch out below
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Frame work up and all done
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My cooker i think i may have over made the frame
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There is more picture but I'm very sleep
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby dirtydiesel » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:11 am

Looking good Tom, Ye are doing a mighty job there, very impressed with the progress, what did ye use to stick on the insulation?
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Re: Redcube camper damper

Postby JohnBF1 » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:21 am

WOW
Now that is some rapid but quality work going on there :D
Not many could do that in such a short time with or without the Supervisor too :shock:
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