Riviera roof install on tintop

[williamM]

great job- have inspired me to get the blue bus into the work area -now that grey whale is off on it's adventure. Look for ward to seeing the tent install- how did you secure the headliner- and- did you use any insulation under it or go straight to the FG roof?
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[Bram]

Hi William,

Good to hear my work has inspired you to work on your bus ☺️

I used a combination of resin and construction glue to install the headliner.
Didn't put in insulation, i have thought about it but decided to make IT like it was originally.

[williamM]

I may put some bubble insulation up there and maybe cloth headliner as the plastic has completely disintegrated. Did get it engine back after about 1500 miles without any problems but a rusted muffler coming apart and the chinese elephant foot adjusters getting loose and not holding an adjustment.- so On with the show- post a travel series???
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[Bram]

Small update, first coat of primer went on the poptop today.
Fortunately the outside didn't need as much work as the inside.
But still took me a while to get it nice.

Since i could not find proper replacement rollers for the X frames i decided to make my own.
Last week i got my first prototype.

[Bram]

Getting closer and closer to cutting the hole in the roof, i removed the headliner in the bus to have a look at what is there.
As you can see there are two roof supports, as far as i know the pieces of wood have to be mounted against the supports after cutting the hole.
But as you can see the wooden pieces are not usable so i'm gonna make new ones, but does anybody know if these are supposed to be the same length?
Any pictures of how it should look would be very appreciated ☺️

[Bram]

Slowly it's starting to look like something again

Anybody have some pictures of the chrome strip that holds the canvas on the front side of the poptop?
Just found out that i'm missing that part

[danfromsyr]

I'm fairly sure these rollers from CHC will fit your early Riviera
https://countryhomescampers.com/shop/replacement-bearings-for-your-pop-top/

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[Bram]

It's been a while so time for an update.

Finally, cutting the roof!

Placing the wooden pieces

Installing the springs

That's about where i'm at right now.
Next job is to install the luggage rack.

Also got a question for you guys, hope you can help.

Who can tell me the size of the mattress(es) that go inside the poptop?
I have one old torn piece, approximately 38,5" (98cm) by 50,5" (128,5cm), and 2" (5cm) thick.
Is this right?
And i guess there should be a second mattress, what size should that be?

[Cabin123]

I am in need of the whole luggage rack over the cab can anyone help?

[Globespotter]

Being a Canadian, I would use actual hockey pucks and drill a hole in them for the rubber mounts for the front luggage rack.

Can you get hockey pucks in the Netherlands? I would think so

Beautiful work BTW. I am always impressed by the attention to detail Dutch people seem to always have.
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[oregonblueangel]

What size were the springs and where did you find them???

[j10nbom]

Any update on the finished product? Very clean install!

[azceleste]

Hi folks,
I know this is an old post. Hopefully someone is still reading it ... I just did. I am moving my Riviera top from one bus to another. I have cut the hole and fitted the wood parts. I now realize that I don't know how to determine exactly where I should place the bottom metal bar of the scissor lift. How did you determine exactly what location to set the screws to?

[theowendorff]

[azceleste]

Thank you Everett, the Green Apple bus thread is fun and interesting. We woke up early this morning to beat the Phoenix heat and wrestled the top into place. It is now seated comfortably and flowing smoothly.

[mackilpatrick]

[Bram]

Damn! It's been a while since my last post....
Seems like finishing the roof conversion made me stop looking at this topic.
Well that, and maybe the corona pandemic, rebuilding our house myself, etc.

And probably making the decision to start a new hobby; beekeeping

Some advise, if you got some time left over, don't start beekeeping! You'll never have time left over again

Anyway, after i've installed the top we've had a couple nice camping trips with the family.
The top is really a great addition to our bus, since our 11 year old can sleep up top and our 8 year old can sleep in the hammock above the front seats. ( This will probably be the last year she fits in there)

Here are some pictures of the bus at a couple camping trips

Backyard camping

A very nice campground not to far from our home

And this is from our campingtrip to Germany, actually still at this campsite as i'm writing this

[Anchovy]

[Bram]