We are getting close to the finish line with the major part of the refurbishment of our 1989 series 90 17’6” Jayco Pop-top.
We have installed a fire extinguisher and fire blanket just inside the door in easy reach.
A new microwave oven was purchased and attached to the bench top above the fridge using aluminium angle. The 3 pin plug on the microwave was changed to a side entry type to allow the microwave to be set back as far as possible.
Venetian blinds have been installed on all the windows and the door. We were fortunate enough to find standard off the shelf blinds with widths suitable for all the windows even the door. On most of the windows we did have to remove approximately 50% of the slats from the blinds and shorten the cords etc. We purchased these from a store called spotlight, I believe these stores are scattered across Australia. We initially mounted the blinds using the supplied brackets directly to the caravan walls; however we found they were fouling when you opened and closed them. To fix this problem we manufactured some small blocks out of 10mm thick plywood and installed them as spacers between the brackets and the caravan walls. We had to cut 2 or 3 slats around the window winders to allow them to protrude through the blinds. The blinds were anchored at the bottom with supplied plastic brackets and spacer blocks. The plastic blind operation rods were also shortened to about 150mm to stop them flying around when travelling.
We think they look ok as is, however we will probably manufacture and install some timber pelmets to ad some finishing touches.
I almost forgot we were able to purchase from Jayco the exact cabinet latches, all have been replaced. Three or four of the originals were faulty. Only one complaint Jayco, there were no new screws.
Check back soon as we ad some finishing touches to the interior.
We purposely went for any older, but newer style caravan that we can modernize and ad some of the items mentioned on our website www.caravanersfriend.com.
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Just checked out your gallery and it's definitely coming along, good work!! I also want to say thank you for the link to Nomads Notes. I'd never heard of this software, it should prove very useful on my travels.
