Thread: Coming to Australia - Bluey's Rebuild part 9

Hi everyone

it was June the last time I posted so thought I'd update you on my progress.

Well I've bolted on the roofrack behind the Maggiolina and wired up the roof bar spotlights. These are wired in pairs and are switched independantly from the main lighting system so are for off road use only. The switches are mounted in a Mud Dash.

All of the rear storage boxes have been bolted down along with a 60lt water tank. This now gives us 100lts of on board water storage.

I have mounted two flood lights at the rear - these are switched through two relays. One relay is activated by the reverse switch and gets power from the main battery whilst the other is activated by a switch by the rear door and receives power from the aux battery for setting up camp.

I have also installed four 12V marine grade sockets, one under the bonnet for a lamp, two behind the bulkhead in the load bay for laptop battery charging and for plugging in the Maggiolina interior light and one by the rear door.

At this years Billing show we bought a solar panel, 60lt Engel fridge and a Southdown Engineering fuel tank guard with interchangeable drop plate or recovery point. The solar panel has been bolted down on the roofrack and charges the aux battery through a controller mounted in the battery box. The fridge is mounted on a slide bolted to the top of the drawer. We also bought an insulated cover for the fridge.

Last week we splashed out on an iPod ready DVD player which is mounted in the Mud Dash. We also had a rear view camera fitted so hopefully there should be no reversing accidents. We also bought a handheld GPS unit so that we can take it with us when we stray from the vehicle.

This week I installed a roof console for mounting a two way radio in when we get to Oz. I also bolted some stainless steel yacht steps to the sides so that we can climb up to the tent or roofrack without having to get the ladder!

Jobs still to do include fabricating a cargo barrier, fitting center child seat, making a guard for link pipe between main and aux fuel tanks, building a tool box into the passenger side jerry can locker and building/fitting more storage boxes in the rear. There's probably more but thats all I can think of at the moment!

I'll have a go at posting some pictures later

Andy, Rosy and Abby

Great job Andy

Pity you couldnt do it a bit earlier and be here for the 60th celebration at cooma.

Looking forward to all the pics of Europe---