PVC/Campervan

CWH said:
My PVC has the 2 cab doors, the rear barn doors, and 2 swish-swish-bang sliding doors. Whichever way the weather's coming, I can have a door open. I have no worries about a door being caught in the wind. The doors are wide making the van easy to load.
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One of my rear barn doors got caught in the wind a few months ago. It now opens to 135 degrees instead of 90. I need to replace the check strap. The catch behind the button to allow 180 degree opening has twisted.
 
@Deneb Had the same happened to us up in Dunnet Bay. The button pop out and needs to be replaced. The door is only slightly of 90 degrees.
 
Just an update, 44 funsters have put photos of their vans and what a good looking bunch of vans. Anymore.
 
For storage and easy of access l love the back being partitioned off in my van,
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it allows access to everything without any disruption inside the van, it's only 20cm deep with access under the transverse bed for storage,surprising how much I can get in there.

Charlie
 
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Deneb said:
One of my rear barn doors got caught in the wind a few months ago. It now opens to 135 degrees instead of 90. I need to replace the check strap. The catch behind the button to allow 180 degree opening has twisted.
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But that's my point really, if it's windy I don't have to open the barn doors, I can use one of the sliding doors. In the C class I had no choice and that door got wrecked.

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pops said:
@Deneb Had the same happened to us up in Dunnet Bay. The button pop out and needs to be replaced. The door is only slightly of 90 degrees.
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Yes, the button flew off! I refitted it but the door still opens quite a bit further than it used to. The button acts on a sprung pivot stay which sits over the check strap in its closed position and restricts the movement of the door. Depressing the button pushes the stay clear of the buffer inside the hinged end of the door, allowing the door to travel to the full extent of the check strap. Having looked at it, the pivot stay has been deformed :(
 
CWH said:
But that's my point really, if it's windy I don't have to open the barn doors, I can use one of the sliding doors. In the C class I had no choice and that door got wrecked.
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I had to open the rear doors to get something out of the "boot". It wasn't that windy when I opened them, but a sudden gust pinned me between the RH door and the van. The LH door caught the wind and flew round as the button to allow 180 degree opening was ejected from the door panel.

No damage to the door or hinges fortunately, but the pivot stay on the check strap was deformed and no longer stops the door where it should. Not the end of the world, which is why I haven't fixed it yet, but shows that these things can happen when you don't expect it!
 
Deneb said:
a sudden gust pinned me between the RH door and the van.....No damage to the door or hinges fortunately,
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Hopefully no damage to you either!
 
Not quite up to Cheshire maybe, but their wine is nice. That reminds me, its Christmas and I've still got some – where's the bottle opener ....
 
I soon discovered that owning and driving a PVC is much much safer than driving a conventional white Tupperware box.

Why?

.......because no-one in a motorhome ever waves to you any more so you don't need to take a hand off the wheel again.

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