Our Safari repair

[safarisogood]

Hi,

Following the newsletter, I thought I'd post details of a blog we started when we took posession of our lovely Safari. We decided that a blog would make our attempts to repair her public and therefore keep us motivated - the thinking was that we'd be less likely to give up at the first hurdle if other people were watching us.

We're not doing a restoration - I mean we're not using hardwood to repair the frame and we're tackling the repair from inside-out, which is not the recommended way to do i but space dictates it is the way we have to work I'm afraid. The blog is by no means any sort of technical guide at all, it's just a record of what we've done.

I hope the members who are in favour of keeping the caravan's totally original will be kind - we love our Safari and just want to make her safe and useable so we can enjoy lovely holidays in her with the kids for years to come. Anyway, the blog address is www.adventuresinadampcaravan.blogspot.com.

All the best, Kelly

[Brian M]

Kelly

Great blog, but your link had an extra full stop at the end that meant it didn't open properly - this link does open it.

adventuresinadampcaravan.blogspot.com/


When I rebuilt the front of mine all I did was to take some photographs so your detailed explanations will be of even more help to fellow damp sufferers.

You say you have had problems locating trim and other bits. I went to a local independent caravan repairer, and he let me browse a catalogue he got all his supplies from and I ordered the white wall/window trim, the black insert trim on the ally strips outside, and even got several part wall boards that were a near identical match to the originals, several tubes of sikaflex and sheets of aluminium, and got change from £90.

Please keep up with the blog, it will be a great resource for other owners.