How to Build a High Top Van (Part 1: Removing the Roof) // Travel Snacks
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- Van Conversion: I want to be able to stand up in my van so my dad and I are raising the van roof in my Chevy Express. The first step is removing the existing roof which you'll see us do in this video. (This is part 1 of a 4 video series)
Disclaimer: We are not professionals so if you follow any of the steps in this video it's at your own risk.
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Allison, your mom & dad are so cool! I love how she tells him how it is with the F-Bomb! 😂😂 This is so exciting & can’t wait to see part 2 even though you obviously no longer have this van… thanks for sharing your experiences with all of us! 🙃
Just for anyone else who is thinking about doing something similar. You can actually just make one small hole between the fiberglass and the metal slide a guitar string through and with one person on the outside and one on the inside Use a sawing motion back-and-forth to cut through the glue after removing the screws
Thanks dude, this is really helpful actually! I'm planning on doing this exact same thing on my van
I found myself holding my breath while y’all was cutting the roof!
Your dad and mom are "THE BEST EVER!"
Awww thanks! I'll pass your kind message along to them. :)
I’m glad your mommy is much better and ready to help you😊there is nothing in this world better than,...Mom & dad! ❤️Lucky girl!😊 👋🍊County!
@@mariaangeleshernandez5075 Yes she's doing a lot better! Thanks for your thoughtful comments. Yep, mom and dad are great. Thanks again! 👋 ♥️
Your Dad Rocks!
I laughed when you slowly put your head in the picture while your dad was studying it. Very funny.
Any video that begins with “AAAAAAAAGH!!!” is awesome. So are your parents for being so supportive! And seeing that sawing...there are so many “Final Cut Pro” puns available here. 🤪 But you are patiently but persistently chasing your dream!
haha! Yes this was (and still is) a big job! But I know the payoff will be worth it. I'll pass on the nice message to my parents. Thanks again!
Love your vlogs. You have an awesome father and mother Allison!
Thank you! Yes I love them very much and am very blessed to have them. Thanks for watching!!
Your dad and mom are cool 😃 and you make them exited. Great team work !!!
Thank you! Much appreciated!!
Your Dad ROCKS! My heart was pounding watching him cut... :O Mom ROCKS!!! wooohooo! :)
Thank you! Thank you! I'll pass along your nice words of encouragement.
Congrats on achieving over 2,000 subscribers! You need to acknowledge this great achievement Saturday! Woohoo! 🎉
YEEESSS WE did it!!! I'll definitely share this with the Snack Pack on our Snack Chat Saturday live stream. Woohooooo!!! 🎉 Thanks Grant!
And also, CONGRATULATIONS on 2k subscribers!!!!! You’re doing awesome!!!
Thank you so much!! You have been one of my biggest supporters and encouragers. THANK YOUUUUU!!! ♥️ Now on to 3k!! 🙌🏻
Wow! What a Projekt!! Love your dad HE is AWESOME!
Thanks so much! I'll pass along your nice message to my Dad. Thanks for watching!
Oh my goodness!! The amount of patience you all have; I can’t even. I was holding my breath when you were pulling the roof off. Lol and Your parents are so cute. I wish I had your patience
It was a real nail biter! haha .And thanks for the sweet message about my parents.
One mind shift I had to make a while back was ... 'Let go of the outcome' and go in the way God guides me. Even if I don't understand. That's helped me a lot. And I know you DO have lots of patience within you! xo
10/10 would do a project with you and your family any day.
🙏🏼 thank you 😊
Can't wait to see more of the build!
Yay! Thanks for watching.
Tarping in the wind is very tiring, especially when you're alone. Chasing an escaped tarp is frustrating too. Y'all did well.
I had my intrigued face the entire time until i seen HAMMER TIME 🤣 Keep going, its looking good 👌🏽
haha.... had to try and keep it light. 😉 I'm glad you enjoyed it!!
I might do this, I recently just bought a 2001 Chevy Express van😊
Ohhhh exciting! If you do it, please learn from all our mistakes. haha In the end it will be worth it!
@@travelsnacks thank you! 😁 I sure will lol...
Just a friendly FYI, (and someone else might have mentioned this), on your next roof removal high top conversion, take the roof off of the BACK of the van. That was waaaaaaaaay too much stress on your windshield, not to mention what would happen to the windshield if you had dropped it. That would have been bad, really bad.
I'm sooooooo glad to find this video because I'm thinking about doing the same thing and I've only seem one other video where someone did this. Can't wait to see how you did yours and how it turns out!
There will NOT be a next time lol I have learned a lot so far but I don't ever want to do a van build again.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Hope you can get some tips on what to do and NOT to do for your own build.
Cool family!
Thank you!
A couple of observations. 1) You have a great dad. 2) He reminds me of Pete Townsend for some reason. See you on Saturday!
1) Yes he sure is great! 2) Yes I can see it a little! See ya soooon!!!
very funny! i Love the van, in America you'll have the best vans ever
Thanks Bertha!! Thanks for the nice comment and for watching!
I'm on the fence about raising my top, I think I will eventually. Very good video. One suggestion, when you put stuff for us to read, leave it up a little longer. I kept having to rewind to be able to read.
Thank you! Raising the roof was A LOT of work! I'll be making a summary video to talk about what we would have done differently so hopefully that will help if you decide to do it. (And I'll leave up the text longer on future videos...thanks for the suggestion!)
5:22 “I WOULD ALREADY BE DONE IF YALL WOULD STOP BOTHERING ME!” - - - dad probaby
Oh my god what have we here told you don’t have to raise the roof just have walk around on your knees love these you tube videos what you make keep the good work you tube would be lost with out you take care besafe both of and don’t forget to wear your mask don’t want hear your got that virus
I don't think anyone would want to walk around on their knees daily. Standing in the van is important to me to make it feel like home.
How was the roof attached to the vehicle with out bolts or screws, that you needed to cut it
It was attached with screws (which we unscrewed) but then there was this metal piece and thick black rubbery stuff. There was no way to just unbolt/unscrew. And we couldn't get a blade in to unattach it where the seam of the fiberglass met the metal.
Wow
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Where’s part 2? Can’t find it
We're actually still in the process of raising the roof! Part 2 will be up next week. :) It's a real cliffhanger!
Pop up to give extra hight
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I can’t watch 🙈 😊
I know! It's nerve-racking!!
Lol. You all are comical. Just an FYI for anyone else planning to do that, just make a drywall rig to prop up the fiberglass roof from the inside of the van, or a frame around the van and hoist it up.
haha glad you enjoyed it! Also, thanks for sharing the tips about rigging up the top. Good suggestions!
All that work and the end result still looks like a butcher job. To all the people who watches this after me, learn from her and DO NOT do what you see her doing.