These old Viscounts were certainly built to last with 1000's of rivets, screws and copious amounts of silicone and every other imaginable glue as well to hold everything together. The angle grinder was definitely a necessary tool during the demolition process which happened at this stage of the Reno.
Now we had stripped the van completely, we considered what we should keep and what we should sell and what would go to the rubbish tip.
When all the external cladding, windows, awnings, hatch were removed — a few things became glaringly obvious. Firstly, the frame was generally good and needed a few sections replaced due to dissimilar metals reacting over a long period of time. And the other thing that screamed out was the chassis and how much work it needed. Apart from the obvious rust problems, there were a couple of cracks in the chassis which were a serious issue.
We tried valiantly to sell the old cushions, table, sink, and all the old door fronts and drawers, but sadly had no takers, or they were too far away for it to be convenient for them, so after several weeks of trying, they all went to the tip. We ended up with a very large pile of scrap metal which once was a caravan.
We salvaged the hubcaps, to re-use on the 'new' van.
We both love designing so it was very easy for us to come up with a new floor plan and layout that would best work for us in this tiny little van. One which we thought would be so much better than the original layout, which of course was home to a huge double wardrobe, the same size as in even longer vans - crazy!
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