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gromit
1st June 2018, 05:26 PM
I've seen this around a few times but actually managed to get a picture (not a good one though) today.

Obviously the canvas needed to be replaced so a few sheets of Colorbond were used........

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/06/13.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27JJmuR)Perentie Colorbond (https://flic.kr/p/27JJmuR) by Colin Radley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152321353@N07/), on Flickr



Colin
weeds
1st June 2018, 05:28 PM
Bloody hell....
Dervish
1st June 2018, 05:40 PM
Needs gutters fore and aft to collect rainwater [biggrin]
67hardtop
1st June 2018, 06:55 PM
Should have used bronze olive colour
rangieman
1st June 2018, 07:35 PM
Ask Mick Marsh he would say that will only make it worth more and a lot more desirable :tease:
scarry
1st June 2018, 07:48 PM
Should have used bronze olive colour

They dropped that colour 20yrs ago,but then theres always bronze olive paint[biggrin]
JDNSW
1st June 2018, 08:53 PM
Many years ago when I lived in Kew (Vic) there was a local gardener that had a canopy on the back of his truck that was, quite simply, a corrugated iron, wooden framed, shed, with a pitched roof. Never had a camera when I saw it, unfortunately.
numpty
2nd June 2018, 07:03 AM
It would look better if he'd used mini orb [smilebigeye]
87County
2nd June 2018, 08:50 AM
It would look better if he'd used mini orb [smilebigeye]

It would end up looking like a Ju52 :)
JDNSW
2nd June 2018, 10:47 AM
No wings!
gromit
2nd June 2018, 12:11 PM
Could end up looking like one of these
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/06/27.jpg
donh54
2nd June 2018, 12:28 PM
No Lizard could be as ugly as that!
cjc_td5
2nd June 2018, 12:33 PM
I'd love to see how they managed to seal it against the top of the windscreen! [emoji16]
gromit
2nd June 2018, 02:31 PM
I'd love to see how they managed to seal it against the top of the windscreen! [emoji16]

I'll have to keep my eye out and see if I can get a better picture, I've seen it around Dandenong a few times.


Colin
JDNSW
2nd June 2018, 03:16 PM
I'd love to see how they managed to seal it against the top of the windscreen! [emoji16]

My guess is they didn't. Actually, you can get closed cell foam sealing strips that fit corrugated iron on one side and flat on the other, which would probably work nearly as well as the canvas seal.
cjc_td5
2nd June 2018, 03:47 PM
My guess is they didn't. Actually, you can get closed cell foam sealing strips that fit corrugated iron on one side and flat on the other, which would probably work nearly as well as the canvas seal.Ha, I was thinking U shaped channel flashing riveted to the top of the windscreen, with the iron slid into it....
Mick_Marsh
2nd June 2018, 03:57 PM
Ha, I was thinking U shaped channel flashing riveted to the top of the windscreen, with the iron slid into it....
Don't be silly.
It's a fascia with a bit of guttering into a down pipe. You don't want the water from the roof flowing onto the windscreen.