Refurbishing the Windows in a 1975 Viscount Ambassador - Vintage Caravan Renovation Pt13
Join us as we focus on remodelling our 1970s Viscount caravan.
In this video we remove all the windows to replace the hardware, latches and rubber beading. We try our hardest not to break any glass, but sometimes it's out of our hands... literally.
Fee makes a little (!) furry friend and Joh does his best to avoid it.
There's still lots to do to get the caravan usable again.
This will be the subject of a complete modern makeover, as we renovate and modernise the entire interior essentially creating a new build.
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Note: Nothing depicted in this video is intended to be a guide. All events depicted are for entertainment purposes only and may or may not constitute actual events.
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Another job done! Each job brings it one step closer to being completed! Thx phil
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
That’s how we eat the elephant! Thanks for commenting. 👍
Great Video. Accidents can happen when removing old windows. Love watching the progress updates.
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
Thanks Vaughan, appreciate you taking the time to stop by!
Great job. I've been redoing the hinges and seals for the opening sections of my windows at the house, and ended up breaking the fourth one. Three more left, which is today's job!
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
Thanks Josh, good luck with today’s job!
Its coming along nicely, I am looking forward to the day when the caravan, loses its mustard 70's stripe, on the exterior.
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
We’re keeping it!! Love the cool 70s vibe on the outside 😆
In hindsight you should have replaced all the glass windows with 3mm Acrylic which is what all modern vans use. It is tougher, much lighter & much safer and comes in various shades or clear and if you had gone to a shop that makes commercial signs they buy the stuff in large sheets and lazer cut it to whatever shape you want, so making cardboard templates of your various van window sizes and dropping the templates off to them for cutting is simple. Also when you instal them back into your frames with the new seals there is no issue of breakage like you what happened to you
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
Sounds great, but we are trying to keep to a tight budget.
Doing a good job, enjoying seeing your progress 😊👍
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
Thanks George! Appreciate you stopping by the comments section 🙂
I’m surprised how different these are to the Australite windows in our Chesney - I’d say only 2 broken glass panels is a great effort for that many windows though 👍🏼
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
I think we lucked out in the repairability department with these windows. Nothing major missing or broken beyond what a rivet could fix. Still a painful lesson to learn on that first window break though 😅
Great video guys! Where did you get the window latches and stays?
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
Thanks! The latches were bought online from ‘Vintage Caravans’ and the stays are all original, just cleaned up and refurbed. One set of stays for the external shutter was beyond saving though as the thread mechanism was too rusty and sheared off. So I’m looking around for a similar system at the moment.
Great video guys! Whereabouts did you order the rubber and the little latches from?
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
Thanks! We got the window stuff from the vintage caravan spares website
You need safety glass ,
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
That would be nice
Roughly how much did each cut of glass cost?
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
Ай бұрын
About $60 fitted.
@harrysmith5446
Ай бұрын
@@feeandjohsrenovationshow Thanks, you guys have been doing great. Always keen to see new updates
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
Ай бұрын
@@harrysmith5446 thanks Harry, appreciate the encouragement!
An extra hand would have helped .
@feeandjohsrenovationshow
4 ай бұрын
Are you offering?