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Hi, all you soft-furnishing experts out there, a question for you! I've bought at great expense, a complete set of new foams & at even greater expense, a large roll of "Overboat" marine acrylic to cover them. I'm finding the foam to be 'sticky', the fabric won't slide over it at all. Quite apart fro...

Hi Matt, yes we're up for Wroughton! And we would like to stay Sunday night as well if possible, so if I could have the organiser's email please, I'll ask them.

Good to see other club members returning to the (porta)fold!

Steve

Hi Matt, I'd love to come to this, it sounds really great! But because I thought the Portafold site was defunct, I've provisionally agreed to support a friend's local event on the 3rd August. I'm going to see if I can get out of that without raising his hackles too much, I'll keep in touch. Thanks f...

Yes, we ended up using 2" gaffer-tape on ours because we couldn't find anything better. It's been fine.

Steve

Hi all, heartened by the success of the chassis additions, I've decided to adapt the hull to accept a proper gas fridge. The lockers on the n/s at the back had already been chopped about by previous owners, so this was the chosen site. Our kitchen mounts on a folding trestle above this. I cut the fl...

Hi all, now the site's back I can tell you we've bought another tow car, tho' it won't be out for a while......... A 1953 Morris Six. It looks like a giant Minor from behind, with a long bonnet & pre-war style vertical radiator grille over a 2.2 litre six-pot. It needs a full resto but when done, wi...

Hi Matthew, this is fantastic, I haven't been able to access this message board for ages! I don't know why. I'm very pleased to be back in touch. Thanks for your reply to the hinge-tape issue, 2" gaffer-tape was exactly what I ended up using, it seems fine.

Steve Lord

Hi all, currently having a wonderful time (NOT) removing the very heavy buildup of paint/glue/more paint/mould etc from the Ansfold's ceiling. I'm using an angle-grinder with a disc-shaped wire wheel on, normally used by car bodyworkers to clean stonechip underbody paint & heavy surface rust from st...

Hi all, made my rear crossmember, using 18swg tube, 5/8"o.d. I've welded it through the chassis longerons beneath the door, so the effective depth is about 3". I tapered the ends towards the outside, flattening them & welding them together to bolt through the hull next to the outer jack mounts. Sort...

Just in case anyone's interested.........rather than try & buy anything, I made my own. Whenever I attempt to get chassis hardware for this trailer, I seem to draw a blank! Or is it me.......? Anyway, I cut the top off the handbrake lever about 3/8" above the large nut on the back of the hitch plung...