15 AUGUST 2010
The fibre glass roof has seen better days and the finish is quite powdery but not
too bad considering how long it’s been there. I think I may need to re-
I will be trying to do as much of the work as I can myself in an effort to keep the costs as low as possible.
The inside walls and the ceiling lining have been stripped out, a very messy job. The good news is the framework is in great condition! There’s little sign of the dreaded rust. A quick scrub with a wire brush down to bare metal and some quick dabs of rust inhibiting Hammerite paint will put a stop to what little rust there is. We want her to still be around in at least another 50 years.
I have had to strip out the oak floor boards that the previous owner had laid because the rain has got in through the seam between the roof and wall at the rear and it had ruined them.
I think it’s probably for the best as they were constructed from chipboard sandwiched
between an oak and a pine wood veneer which made the boards quite thick and far too
heavy for a caravan. The sub-
The wheel arches give an indication of the Titan’s ‘Z-
I had made a start on the furniture using 5 mm thick birch covered flexible plywood from Peter Benson Plywoods Ltd. However the internal walls and furniture building has ground to a halt for now as I need time to think of a layout that will best suit our needs.
As we have nowhere indoors to store the Titan, she has been put under a tarpaulin cover for the winter. Roll on 2011...
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