As you will see later (Colin) I do have enough room for a sleeping bag if it is required...
Pics 2365 and 2366 just show the trailer with its roof off.
The hood bearers and support struts are left in place.
The hood supports are simple aluminium tubing and the hood bearers are shaped timber (teak in this case). Both the tubes and the bearers have been "notched" to accept each other. The various little studs sticking out of the sides etc. are the male parts of the "press-the-dot" fasteners as used on car hoods. The windscreen is a fairly simple structure using "Glodex" (a secondary double-glazing material that is not much more than 1/16" thick) with an aluminium angle surround. This is removable to allow the trailer to fold "flattish". The long sides fold inwards, followed by the 2 ends.
2369 and 2370 are a bit different from the above. That is the 6' long "Baroda" sitting in its cradle. But we are talking about the trailer.
I put the 2 long lengths of timber along the sides just as stiffeners for the ply. The ally hood bearer supports hinge at the base and when in use clip into large "Terry Clips". The timber hood bearers (when not in use) clip into simlar clips at the rear end of the trailer.
The entire interior was given a good coating of coloured varnish that has stood the test of time and weather (and muck). All the timber edges have aluminium edging.
The tailgate is different. It is of 2 thicknesses of ply with the insides grooved to ecapsulate the wiring. It also makes for a very substantial platform.
The ally strips are really only there because I liked the aesthetic value...but they have also protected the timber from gouges and what not.
"Baroda" is sitting in its cradle, which is in turn fastened to the trailer. The cradle is "cushioned" from the trailer and the model is further cushioned by lengths of pipe lagging foam tube. Other mountings can be seen on the "vacant" side....theses are for a larger model.
Pic 2368
This shows various things.
1....A pair of simple bolts locking 2 sides together.
2....The arrangement of the hood struts and bearers.
3....One of the (many) hinges that allow the thing to fold.
4....The chain and protective cover that allows the tailgate to sit flat.
I hope that this has answered your queries, and possibly enthused you enough to build your own. I had a lot of fun building this thing and learned a lot by doing it. It was all a lot cheaper than buying one "off the peg", and it does exactly what was originally intended.
Cheers. BY.
