Wanderer owners, talk to me about your roof!

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My Wanderer roof really does need a refresh. Alot of the wood is rotten, the torsion bars that assists the side panels appears to be seized in places and twisting the length of roof above the side windows, the window seals leak etc etc. When I come to take this roof off I really don't think it'll go back on in its standard guise.

Can any Wanderer owners who've carried out a roof refresh post pictures here please of the nitty gritty work involved and how a working roof in good condition actually goes together!

Something I've been thinking about is getting the roof remade. Has anyone looked in to getting the 2 side panels, the large centre panel and 2 front and rear infills made out of fibreglass? I feel some lighter weight roof panels, the use of gas struts to assist opening, ditching piano hinges for something superior and doing away with rot prone wood will make the Wanderer roof a much more pleasant piece of kit!

Would there be any interest in this? The moulds would be the most expensive part but a larger number of units produced would help share this cost.



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The autosleeper roof is fibreglass so I dont see why not. It’s easy to lift as well so you may not need gas struts then. Stainless piano hinges would stop that rusting. By the time you had put all the wood in the side panels to take the screws etc would the weight saving be that much? Just my two cents :)
 
I've a Wanderer roof that I've just started restoring, I will be replacing all the wood but also using boat building products to help rot proof - Smiths 'Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer' on the porous edges plus multiple coats of thinned marine varnish on the flat surfaces. Also keeping the piano hinges but going stainless as already suggested but I like the idea of gas struts to assist the opening.

It's not the original roof to my van so I can't help with how it should work.
 
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