Episode 6 - Fit Out PT1 and Slide Out Kitchen | Caravan Build Series | 1978 Millard Mini Pop Top

[@animegaming4613]

Looking good !!

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps! 😀

[@Brenocowie]

Tight guys!! Looks awesome we have a Millard 1982 we renovated and we’re traveling asap we speak!😃

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps guys! How awesome how’s it holding up on your travels? Do you guys have a Facebook or Instagram page we can check out? 😃

[@Odyssey-gk1xl]

You guys are the bomb!!! I've learnt so much in just 6 videos so don't stop now please lol......I recently just bought a Windsor Windcheater poptop that I'm gonna reno myself (with a little help from some friends, maybe) and I'm old enough to be your mum haha...got a bit of experience turning a little white van into a micro camper that I've been weekend tripping in but this is a much bigger challenge. Stripped it out already and want to repurpose what I can. But loving the love, care and attention you've given to Sunny, breathing new life into this gorgeous van. I'm staying tuned, and enjoy Qld, it's not a bad place really :)

[@jossandell]

Thank you so much!! We’re super glad these videos are helping in some way for you! We have lots of episodes coming so certainly won’t be stopping 😃 You’re Windsor project sounds awesome! They’re a great van! It can become quite overwhelming when you’re looking at an empty shell but trust the process and keep visualising the end product and it’ll get you through. We’re really enjoying QLD! 😊 thanks again for the support and all the best with the reno! Joss + Ell

[@bessmo1552]

Guys very inspiring. Have stumbled upon your nice videos for caravan reno inspo. Im about to do my 89 Viscount hopefully just after winter. I live in Victoria so its very dreadful and cold at the moment. I had exactly the same idea in mind with the pull-out kitchen under the bed and it just good to see someone is already doing it and I get to see how its done. Thanks guys! looking forward to more videos!

[@jossandell]

Thank you so much! We really appreciate your feedback and glad it has given you some inspiration for your own project. Hopefully you can use what we have done to do an even better job for yourself 😀 Stay warm!

[@goodevins9408]

Great content guys thanks for taking the time to share

[@jossandell]

No worries at all mate thanks heaps for the kind comment and for tuning into our episodes, very much appreciated! All the best 👍

[@tullysika]

Some great ideas there.

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps Malcolm 👍

[@robertlewis7237]

WOW DO GREAT JOB ON YOUR BUILD OF CARAVAN IN THE VIDEOS THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE VIDEO

[@jossandell]

Thank you Robert! We appreciate you checking out our video, glad you enjoyed! ✌️

[@roderickmarruffo7600]

Impressive rebuild...

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps Roderick 👍🏼

[@YILDIZ-READINGS-5D]

Great job...Hi from Perth WA

[@jossandell]

Thank you ☺️ loved Perth!

[@johnkhan18]

Amazing, so well done. We have an old 1985, about 13ft, Millard and would like to do something with it but it is in terrible shape. One day, hopefully.

[@jossandell]

Thank you John! They’re great old vans if you can spend a bit of time on them.

[@mattcorkin2519]

Awesome vid

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps mate!

[@horses2by]

Awesome video very informative. Thanks for sharing

[@jossandell]

No worries Susie, glad you enjoyed it!

[@AmberAyars-cm2ft]

Incredible job guys! You are both very creative and we are blown away by what you guys have created! We can not wait to see the van soon and to travel along side your beautiful home on wheels! ❤

[@jossandell]

Thanks so much guys and for the constant support we really appreciate it! Everyday we are still so proud of what we’ve created and are absolutely loving travelling in him! Can’t wait to travel with you guys soon and see your new van also! ❤️

[@coolhandluke1503]

excellent work guys

[@jossandell]

Thanks so much guys 😁

[@andreicostache1026]

You guys are amazing. Started my own reno inspired by you. What size hatch did you use for the sliding kitchen please?

[@jossandell]

That’s awesome and thanks heaps mate! The hatch we used has the following dimensions: External Size:581mm x 415mm Internal Size: 512mm x 346mm Here’s the link to the one we bought: www.rvpartsexpress.com.au/access-door-3-white-415-x-581-white.html

[@andreicostache1026]

Cheers! I am watching each episode and taking notes. @@jossandell

[@campingaustralia6698]

❤ your content.

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps mate! 👍

[@stuartbirchall3971]

Havin a bit of a laugh at the USB port being in the wrong place. I have been building a camper for the back of my ute & the number of times that I have had to rethink what I was doing ... Really enjoying the job you two are doing. It`s a bloody rippa.

[@jossandell]

Haha yes it is a little bit frustrating but hard to think of everything when there is so much to think about 😆 Thanks heaps mate, we really appreciate it. Goodluck with your camper project!

[@cathbp4089]

Doing an amazing job guys..

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps!!

[@pilchard2000]

Well done guys , really impressive work.😊

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps Rodney 😀

[@scottishseaangler659]

This looks great. Would you have some rough dimensions of the kitchen? Length, width and height would be amazing as i am about to do one in my caravan resto. Thanks! :)

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps! I’ll get some for you tomorrow afternoon if that’s okay? Can’t quite remember the dimensions off the top of my head 🙂

[@jossandell]

Just measured the side out kitchen for you mate: 1200mm long 385mm wide The higher part of the slide out where the sink is is 385mm high and the lower part where the gas cooker sits is 185mm high. Hope these measurements are helpful 👍

[@scottishseaangler659]

Thats amazing! That you very much for the information. It helps alot!! Thanks again.

[@melissakozaruk5363]

Which access door did you purchase for your outdoor kitchen ?

[@OffGridAussiePrepper]

Great stuff..... and i aint blowing wind up ur skirts either....lol. Nice to see u have a Triton MK3 saw bench, that thing is an antique and worth alot of money and it looks in better condition then mine..... Gotto go the OZITo brand stuff..... u cant beat the 3 year replacement warranty and yes I been eyeing off the shopvac. Lucky ur camper has aluminium wall studs my glandale 81 20ft has them too but only on the sides not front or back or roof so i am gonna have to fork out extortionist prices for more aluminium to replace the wood studs on front and back and add box tubing ribbing to bolst up extra support for the roof, to atleast hold the weight of solar panels. I was thinking of replacing the floor with formply 17mm which cost 95$ a sheet at bunnings so that wud be 3.5 sheets with an added weight of 110kg..... would u do it with formply if u had to?

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps for the nice comments mate we really appreciate it! That’s my dad’s old triton work bench. Still works well although I found the scale where you adjust the fence to be a little bit inaccurate but you learn to live with it lol. Yeah can’t go wrong with the ozito stuff you don’t get a heap of use out of it. For the price it’s not too bad! Yes having aluminium framing throughout the van is definitely a plus, I would hate to see what water damage there would have been if it were a timber frame van. As far as new flooring in your van I reckon you could get away with just a structural plywood. You could use marine grade if you wanted to but will cost more. I reckon a good structural ply and waterproof the underside with a waterproofing membrane. Thanks again mate! Joss + Ell

[@rumchaser1able]

You can beat it by not having to replace it within 3 years

[@jossandell]

@@rumchaser1able exactly 👍

[@jossandell]

I miss read your comment lol yes you’re right though. You do get what you pay for. Some of my Makita gear I’ve had for 8 years and still going like the day I bought it. It’s just the few odd jobs that I won’t have much use for them again you can’t go wrong with some of the cheaper stuff I suppose.

[@Michaelnorman-jy2sz]

Great build, I'm just about to do the same with a 72 Ambassador, where did you get your internal sheeting from please?

[@jossandell]

Thank you! That sounds awesome 👍 we bought our sheeting from Plyco. It’s a 3mm polyester plywood with a matte white finish on one side ready to go.

[@tplummer1]

Very nice! Thanks for all your work on this. What did you use to join the wall panels together?

[@jossandell]

Thank you and our pleasure! We just used a 3mm wall joiner from Bunnings and then pop riveted the walls to the aluminium frame of the van👍

[@claretotton8733]

Love the video. Just wondering if you could please post the link for the drop down table. Cheers!

[@jossandell]

Hi Clare, we actually made that drop down table from scratch so there’s no link sorry 🙂

[@claretotton8733]

@@jossandell have you got any product info on what you used to make it? Would love to know

[@jadedjourneys]

How come you didn't insulate under the lino? The freezing cold comes up from the floor.

[@jossandell]

You’re right the floor does get cold when it’s cold outside. We probably could have put some sort of underlay/ insulation under it, would have been better 👍

[@neildickson257]

Just be aware that the original Lino/tiles in this vintage van may contain asbestos. A good idea to have a sample taken and tested before you pull up the old floor - better to know what you are dealing with.

[@jossandell]

@@neildickson257 good point and yes you’re absolutely right. I didn’t know of that at the time when we pulled the original vinyl floor up but have since learnt. Hopefully your comment educates others here 👍 Cheers, Joss and Ell

[@andrewmadge]

Great video, have a bunch of questions once I think about it more 🤣Did you put any silicone around the slide out or just the tape for the slide out hatch?

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps mate! Haha yeah I ended up siliconing around the hatch also 👍

[@andrewmadge]

@@jossandell I figured you would do both the tape and silicone. Now for a bunch of questions! haha Did you use any joints across the sheets of plywood? I'm looking at the plyco stuff but its not cheap on shipping :( Doing the electrical run did you chat with sparky first or just had in mind what you'd ask them to do later on? Great vid by the way, its hard to do recording and get help from others. Makes complete sense to why and how you did the work.

[@jossandell]

@@andrewmadge that’s it haha. No worries! Yep we used a wall join from Bunnings which seemed to work alright. I’ll link the one I used below 👇 www.bunnings.com.au/wall-art-joiners-2400mm-snow-white-sheet-panel-joiner_p6660411 As far as freight it was ridiculous! I think our freight quote came back at $275 🫣 so I ended up getting them to freight it to a company my old man works for which wasn’t far from their depot and only cost me $90 as a flat rate, and then the next delivery from the company my dad works for back this way I got them to pop it on the truck. It sucks it costs so much otherwise! If I lived closer I would have just picked it up myself. Otherwise, just check that Bunnings can’t special order it in, I never actually checked that 🤔 With the electrical, I had in mind exactly where I wanted things to go and how I wanted them to work and the sparky suggested the best ways to go about things and he came back once I finished all the 12V side of things and fitted up all the outlets and circuit breakers as legally you can’t do any of the 240V stuff yourself. Thanks for understanding mate! It’s hard to hook in and then have to stop to set the camera up etc

[@zacfield7584]

Hey guys, love your content! Was wondering where you bought the hatch from?

[@jossandell]

Hey mate, thanks heaps! We bought our Hatch door from RV Parts Express. I’ll pop the link the below 👍 www.rvpartsexpress.com.au/access-door-3-white-415-x-581-white.html

[@zacfield7584]

Thanks heaps! Keep up the good work

[@jossandell]

@@zacfield7584 anytime! Thanks heaps 👍

[@zenobiasmith5032]

How’s the insulation going with the 10mm foil board? Trying to decide on whether I should go 10 or 20, I’m down in Melbourne and need to keep warm.

[@jossandell]

The foil board seems to be working well! We went with the 10mm as we don’t have much room between the wall cavity and wanted a bit of room to still run cabling. We also ran ours with the reflective side facing out hoping it would keep the warm out so I don’t know whether running it with the reflective side facing in would help keep it warmer on the inside?

[@StephenGuinea]

With the bed fram did you have to fix it to the walls or just the floor

[@jossandell]

I screwed the bed frame to the floor and also to the aluminium frame of the van on the sides with some angled brackets 🙂

[@carissagreengrass6217]

Hey guys, where did you get your hatch from? And drawer slides

[@jossandell]

Hey! We got our hatch from RV parts express, I’ll add the link here: www.rvpartsexpress.com.au/access-door-3-white-415-x-581-white.html The locking drawer slides were off eBay and I think from memory ours were 1200mm long 🙂

[@jimmysmith-cottrell3956]

Hey guys. Great job!! Where did you get those ryco fittings from?

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps mate! We bought them from the Auto Mega Store. I’ll pop the link here 👍 www.automegastore.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=Ryco

[@jimmysmith-cottrell3956]

@jossandell amazing. Thank you! And is it ok that they’re air fittings? Do they leak at all?

[@jossandell]

@@jimmysmith-cottrell3956 no worries! Nope they don’t leak! Air tight and water tight 🙂

[@EmilyONeill-h6c]

We’re did you get the hatch for the outdoor kitchen please

[@jossandell]

We bought our Hatch door from RV Parts Express. I’ll pop the link the below 👍 www.rvpartsexpress.com.au/access-door-3-white-415-x-581-white.html

[@kevins-vp4mk]

Hi... what size main frame and material is used on caravan? cheers

[@jossandell]

Hi, if you’re taking about the internal framework, in our van it’s aluminium and I think it was around 25mm x 25mm from memory but not certain. Cheers

[@bill8757]

Hi Joss another great video. Can I ask you a question what was the Original GVM of the caravan from factory. Reason I am asking is I have the same caravan but 1977 model and when it was given to me I had to get a blue slip to get it registered, the mechanic could not find that model any where and did not know what to write down on the paper work. My caravan weighed 750 kilos so he just added another 200kilos on top which is not much. so was just wondering if you know from factory what they put down. Cheers Bill

[@jossandell]

Hi Bill, thanks heaps! This had me super confused also. So when we bought the caravan it was registered under South Australian rego and on the rego paper it had the tare weight as 820kgs and the GVM as 820kgs also which couldn’t have been right. There was nothing on the van that specified any weights so when we got it blue slipped to re-register it under NSW rego, the mechanic who did the blue slip put down the GVM as 1680kgs 🤷‍♂️ I have no idea where he got that figure from and it seems like too much considering that’s double the vans tare weight in payload but I’ll take it! I wouldn’t have an actual clue what all the weights are from factory.

[@bill8757]

@Joss and Ell yes I would take that as well. I don't know if I can get it changed now. Thanks heaps for the reply. I have watched all your videos. Waiting on your battery install now. I don't know if your going to put one of those pressure roof fans.

[@jossandell]

@@bill8757 definitely. How many leaves to you have in your leaf pack? Unless you take it to another mechanic and get a second opinion? They might be able to do an adjustment of records for you? The battery install and electrical for out episode will be coming in a couple of episodes time 👍 We really appreciate you watching mate and glad you’re enjoying them. Na we never installed a dust suppression system if that’s what you mean? Joss + Ell

[@KielJensen]

Hi, where did you get the hatch from?

[@jossandell]

Hi, I’ll add the link from where we bought ours 👍 www.rvpartsexpress.com.au/access-door-3-white-415-x-581-white.html

[@denisemarriott6424]

Great video! Just a question, where did you get your sink from? I know you mentioned eBay, but do you have a link, please, as eBay is a minefield 😁 Cheers D

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps Denise! Sure do I’ll add it below 🙂 www.ebay.com.au/itm/174850155267?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=ErwZ6uA7SwK&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=VvC2xmaoS5C&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[@amandabull2200]

Where did you get the draw runners for the outside kitchen?

[@jossandell]

Hi Amanda, we just bought them off eBay as we found these were the cheapest and are still holding up excellent. I’ll pop the link below for you 🙂 www.ebay.com.au/itm/174784256306?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=VoGQp6YNSYW&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=VvC2xmaoS5C&var=473961486228&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[@amandabull2200]

@@jossandell thanks. Very helpful

[@jossandell]

No problem at all 😊

[@jamescullis]

Great series guys, fyi your Instagram link on the about page is broken😮

[@jossandell]

Thanks heaps mate! I’ll have a look and fix it up now, thanks for letting us know 👍