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by **Dunga71** on Tue May 07, 2013 8:51 pm

Yeah the ally certainaly keeps the weight down mate,i havent weighed it yet but its not heavy

by **Dunga71** on Wed May 08, 2013 5:02 pm

Off to the canvas man next week

Made some pockets in the roof cavity from left over mesh should be able to slide small handy things in here

by **har05l** on Wed May 08, 2013 5:25 pm

Very impressive dunga

What colour canvas do you intend on getting and how will it be fixed :?:

do you intend on zippers at the corners for opening and rip cords similar to the way a tonneau is fixed.

I might as well ask now, group buy :twisted:

by **Dunga71** on Wed May 08, 2013 11:42 pm

I have welded rope rail around the top mate and the canvas will be grey i will utilise the old tarp strap points adding an additional few where needed,there will be a zip at the front and one on the back upright

by **Dunga71** on Sun May 12, 2013 8:40 am

Water tank fill point and pump all hooked up,very happy with the little pump works great.

Started fitting out the lighting in the canopy,im going with 3 500mm LED strips,1 across the front and 2 at the rear,i ran some 1/2" tubing along the top rail to fill in the angle gap all the wires will go through this to make the loop,the 2 back lights will have indipendant switches

by **Duck** on Sun May 12, 2013 10:50 am

Looks great mate, Well thought out, Just a spa bath left to install as you have everything else

What will you do with your weekends once your finished ? Maybe start on mine :lol:

by **Dunga71** on Sun May 12, 2013 1:55 pm

Oh i could give ya a hand if you pay for the air fares mate

by **Dunga71** on Sun May 12, 2013 7:09 pm

Finished the lights

by **Snooozy** on Sun May 12, 2013 10:52 pm

Love the build so far 8-)

I have/had one of those pumps :evil:

be careful of the barbs where the hoses connect. Mine snapped of the first time I used it.
I will have another look at it one day & see if I can find a way to repair it. was a very good pump & able to get a good flow up a 3+meter bank

by **Dunga71** on Mon May 13, 2013 6:51 am

Snooozy wrote:Love the build so far

I have/had one of those pumps be careful of the barbs where the hoses connect. Mine snapped of the first time I used it.
I will have another look at it one day & see if I can find a way to repair it. was a very good pump & able to get a good flow up a 3+meter bank

Yeah i noticed they where a bit thin when i glued the 1/2 " adaptors on

by **Duck** on Mon May 13, 2013 10:15 am

Thanks but I can't afford you, I will just watch in awe

Truck is looking great...

Dunga71 wrote:Oh i could give ya a hand if you pay for the air fares mate

by **Dunga71** on Tue May 14, 2013 3:34 pm

My water delivery hose has been pising me off :evil:

always getting in the road,so i cable tied a hose connection under the tub lip and now i can snap it in to this and its out of the way

by **Dunga71** on Sat May 18, 2013 4:31 pm

Finished fitting the locks, welded the roof bars on and tags for the gas struts and switches.Canvas next week

by **Tony** on Sat May 18, 2013 5:13 pm

When I first looked at your canopy i thought what the :shock:

have you done.... But now I see its actually very well thought out in design. 8-)

Just a funny thought though, all the new MNs should be fitted with the flyscreen security door mesh, as matches the bunnings fly screen dampers they use as shock absorbers. :lol:

Well done mate, from what I can see, you'll end up with a very robust, secure and practical set up there. 8-)

Will look

with canvas fitted.

by **dan.batto** on Sat May 18, 2013 5:44 pm

looking better and better every time i see this

are you going to paint/powdercoat the ali? or will it all just remain as is?

by **Dunga71** on Sat May 18, 2013 5:52 pm

Cheers Tony and Dan there has certainly been some headscratching and redesign along the way.
I was going to powder coat it Dan but have steered away from the idea nad am going to leave it raw

by **fez** on Thu May 23, 2013 6:59 pm

very nice build mate. love the look of the white on white. you canopy is very well designed n looks very neat

by **Dunga71** on Thu May 23, 2013 7:17 pm

fez wrote:very nice build mate. love the look of the white on white. you canopy is very well designed n looks very neat

Cheers mate

by **Dunga71** on Tue May 28, 2013 7:08 am

The canvas has been finished but im away at work so i havent seen it yet,will post some pics when i get home next tues,going to be a busy few days geting ready for the high country trip

by **Dunga71** on Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:34 pm

The Canvaser dropped the truck off tonight cant wait to get home tuesday and check it out,here are a few low res pics my young bloke sent me from his phone

by **furious** on Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:16 pm

looks awesome.

by **Duck** on Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:20 pm

Would expect nothing less from you looks great

Will look even better with a few large fish tales hanging out the back 8-)

by **c-dale** on Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:48 pm

Very tidy!

by **Snooozy** on Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:34 pm

sweet

looking forward to seeing this in the flesh next weekend

by **Dunga71** on Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:06 pm

Very very very happy with my canvas,fitted the gas struts,a new volt meter and finished fitting the fridge,all ready for the weekend up the HC with the NT.Net crew