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Once upon a time there was this eejit trying to put new hinges on a Portafold up int 'ills on his little island. With the help of his friends on the Portafold forum he found and bought the new hinges from a far away land and ordered matching pop rivets from the same far away land. All were fitted an...

'Supertrol'? Hmmm, don't think there is much chance of finding that on our fair isle... - I do have a tube of extortionately expensive zinc chromate paste in a fetching green colour - would that do the job? Needless to say, the countersunk rivets are unobtainable locally - back to the internet.... Ian

Strange that - my Portafold roof has sagged between the fins rather than at the fin-free end, which is fine.

Ian

I'm assuming those pop rivets are monel because they are in such good condition - has anyone tried using aluminium ones, which are a lot cheaper and come in a wider variety of sizes? Ian

Inner roof lining - what inner roof lining? I thought that the underside of Portafold roofs were flocked (try and say that after a few sherbets!)? - or in my case flocked and painted, a lot!

The replacements appear to be identical to the 40 year old originals - a bit of luck :D - but (there is always a 'but'!), I'm puzzled about how the originals were fitted. The upper halves (on the folding body sides) are pop-riveted in place with countersunk monel rivets, which are as good as the day...

The sea water in our veins could be an excuse for our weakness for these Portafold things, but what excuse are the rest of this lot going to give........

I too have got cracks in the gel-coat but they have occurred because the rear part of the roof has sagged somewhat. There seems to be no apparent cause for this sagging, although someone has fitted a pair of small(ish) Fiamma roof vents at some time - perhaps their weight has proved too much for the...

I too have inherited a bundle of tubes and a rather smelly rear-mounted awning, so I had been thinking along the lines of a motorhome porch but was thinking of putting it on a rail on the side. Am I right in thinking that the porches only use the top horizontal part of an awning rail? - sorry if thi...

No, not a bunch of grannies making family heirlooms - the stuff on the sides... Some previous owner kindly gave mine a coat, probably several coats, of white emulsion - gives it all the ambience of a victorian gents loo... Anybody got any bright ideas on how to get the paint off, or, more probably, ...