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hey guys Nick here we got Caleb hi and
Annie we're going to pop this up in a
second but this is a Colorado camper
band camper van this is a high roof Ford
Transit and that's kind of rare to have
a high roof pop top on a Ford Transit
it's also not the what do you call it
clam shell this is the all the way up
mhm um and then in a second we're going
to talk about some self reinforcing
members that they use to I mean
effectively make it stronger than and
self supporting as well we have a steel
lifting frame it's a Halo top and bottom
the bottom is L angle that marries to
the roof of the van uh so this actually
creates support to where we can actually
cut the entire roof out if needed so for
our taller folks even in a high roof fan
if they're 6'8 they can actually stand
up in their vehicle and have a
comfortable experience during the day
with a removable panel system that will
stack in the back we can also do uh
smaller access holes uh to whatever size
needed for the build um we do custom
coloring as well so we can actually
detail this to make it work with your
specific build or your logos as well
cool and something I didn't know is it
actually has an actuator it's not you're
not physically having to push the whole
thing up right it's it's and it's not
pneumatic or hydraulic it's actually a
worm gear actuator that runs off of 12vt
you only need 20 amps to run our top it
takes 2 minutes to lift that's on
purpose cuz we want to give these
actuators a good fighting chance to last
for 30 years um they lift up our top and
actually support extra weight as well we
can add AC systems roof racks vent fans
solar uh skylights uh so we can actually
customize these for the specific
experience that we're looking for great
do you know the weight of the unit so it
depends on the van and it depends on the
wheelbase uh but it can range anywhere
from 200 to 600 lb
okay mhm gotcha mhm cool cool well let's
uh we're going to hop inside it's going
to take a minute for it to go up but
we're all hanging out right here so no
big deal yeah right on but uh we have
one opening actually Annie go you take
it take over you're going to have your
latches here these are manual latches
and you never ever ever want to pop your
top with your latches locked so both
sides they'll keep it sealed down from
wind when you're going down the highway
at high speeds so you don't get that
whistle from from that air brushing
underneath but once these are down it's
a push of a button I don't know if you
want to get in here so you can see
that oh oh nice push butt it's
simple so we have dimmable LED lights
one's for the upstairs and one's for the
downstairs
so and there's a Max fan in there mhm
and what was in the back um there's
nothing in the back of this one um but
we're going to put a AC sciss system and
solar yeah that's probably what I saw
online and it's very quiet by the way
also if you want you can just push a
remote so you could be doing other
things in the van and still lifting that
top
gotcha and the top frame is a tube steel
uh it has guiders in there so no matter
what the tops height has it's as stable
as ever been so you could stand on it at
any height if you wanted to for instance
uh so it keeps it in position so our
tops not going to move and Howl in the
wind uh so is the same thing with our
canvas it's rubberized it's not a nylon
material it's it's called an aqualon and
it's very taunt so I was sleeping in a
very windy environment this weekend had
no issues with wind noise uh this isn't
like a tent it's a insulated canvas uh
that's going to give us a sleep ability
and extreme cold temperatures and hot
temperatures yeah and it was extreme
extremely windy yesterday uh couldn't no
way to put the awning up
impossible um and you guys had it up all
day yeah yeah absolutely all right so
I'm going to hop up here yeah we have
extra bedding up there it's okay it's
typically not standard but uh obviously
can close down with that extra bedding
up there so that's nice and yeah First
Impressions here we go Colorado camper
van First Impressions is it's a lot of
space I'm used to the clamshell like
walking up in here and kind of have that
taper but this is much this is very
open um the panel that you guys have the
lighting in uh is it like a a sandwich
to wear is it like a piece of wood or
where inside how you're able to mount
that or is it like a a foam like how
you're able to inset the lights oh okay
so it's a wood puck uh we we take and CN
see a just looks like a hockey puck oh
so like the fiberglass has a chamber mhm
well we we Glu that directly to the uh
fiberglass so the way that the
fiberglass is constructed it's very
similar to a b boat hole the outside is
going to be gel coat injection molded
the inside is going to be a chopper gun
the inside is reinforced with wood
stripping down the uh passenger and
driver side channels there's ribs that
go across for extra support as well uh
and then we insulate that raw uh uh
insulation or the raw fiberglass on the
inside um gotcha so that that insulation
is I guess what I'm saying with uh the
that's how you're you cut that out and
that's where the Pug goes up into y got
absolutely absolutely and it it glues
directly to our raw fiberglass on the
inside that puck we cut a channel on the
backside for our wiring to go through um
and then they're just Daisy chained
together we can do different lighting in
our tops we're a very flexible company
we've been doing this style top for 14
years so this just works very well for a
general uh Market but if we want to get
more specific with different light
different textures different uh
Aesthetics on the Finish we can make
those uh accommodations so is it a I'm
assuming like a 1in polyiso that's glued
um what is that now like the foam uh
it's thermite insulation okay it's got a
metallic backing how thick is it it's
about an inch thick got got maybe maybe
a little less than an inch it depends on
where we get it from sometimes the
consistencies is not the same dimensions
U but we'll use this Heather carpet it's
a fourway stretch carpet so even though
we're dealing with a concave on the
inside it stretches and forms and fits
for a nice finish yeah and uh some other
videos on the channel I've mentioned
four-way stretch fabric it's in my
personal van it's super easy to work
with and if it does get messed up it's
easy to replace yeah and it also looks
super pro cuz you can Contour it to
almost anything um it almost has like a
memory to it it does we have an embossed
logo up in the top there with our logo
there we can do other compies
Loos that's awesome and uh the bolts up
there that is the solar coming through
no that's going to be uh it's really
cool the way that we actually adhere our
top to our our frame um so we use a
Unistrut system on the top so that's our
roof rail but what we do is we Beetle
and seal the whole bottom and then we
bolt through the fiberglass with that
that metal c channel the Unistrut and it
creates a washer effect and it marries
to the still frame so it sandwiches and
squeezes that down so you're not going
to get any uh Spider cracking or
vibrational wear from your pop top
adhering to
metal H got it I got it I got it you're
not relying on the fiberglass not at all
it doesn't hold anything it's just
getting sandwiched up there and now we
can adhere roof racks crossbars whatever
rooftop attachment and you can get it
without the roof rack just plain
absolutely most of our customers do um
we do offer paint to match options we
offer A two stage clear coat if you come
to our shop and get it installed in our
kit we offer a raptor liner textured
paint that could be tinted to the color
of your vehicle or an accent color I
really recommend the textured paint
because it's going to uh prevent UV
degradation and it's also going to
create a scratch resistant uh uh
material on the outside because these
are tall Vans you're going through
places that have trees you're going to
snag a branch yeah uh so if you dig good
damage into your fiberglass this is very
easy to repair and it's not costly on
your budget gotcha and then as far as
length of van is it specific to a 148 no
we do them on all fans okay cuz the
gasket is doesn't care about where it's
landing on so we make a custom top for
each vehicle so we have a mold for each
vehicle that we work on and then some
Vehicles we have to take two different
tops marry them together uh make a
custom top and custom fitment which is
pretty easy to do for our shop gotcha
gotcha cool we can open up some of if
you want to get the windows and um yeah
here I'll come down you want those we do
want two of those and I think that might
be it all right that might be all we
need but um yeah this this is great uh
so it doesn't matter if it's a 148 or
148 extended I'm just only talking about
transit for to day we can also do 130s
we can also do the short wheelbase the
118 I believe is so the extended
wheelbase it doesn't matter because
wherever the sandwich seals is where it
right we make a lifting frame that fits
that roof and then the canvas fits
around the lifting frame and then our
top is going to fit in the The Gutter
channels on top so it's going to fill
the space as much as possible we get the
the widest bed possible how much of the
van do you have to cut out is it what
I'm looking at right now the only part
that was cut out yeah that's it so we
didn't even cut ribs out on this one a
so this this is actually in between our
ribs uh so some folks are still worry
even though we've been doing this for a
long time and we're adding reinforcement
into these vehicles we've cut the whole
entire roof back on high roof fs and had
no issues ah got you because of our halo
support that's bolted down through the
that's that's why so you can have have
this top on like a low roof where you're
standing and it's all cut out you can
have it on this fan where it's just this
portion cut out between the ribs or
gotcha so it doesn't matter cuz assuming
correct me if I'm wrong but the gasket
is going to be the home of where
everything's sealed mhm below that is up
to you if you wherever you want to go
correct you're your your your hole will
always be encapsulated by the canvas so
it will not it will not leak gotcha cool
cool cool um yeah let's look at these
Vents and then uh then we we'll we'll
sign off perfect it's the end of the
vent guys so we're we're all trying to
go
home not just these guys so even your
windows have the insulation in between
the two layers of canvas mhm then you
have your Diamond
Glass which won't fog or I mean it
really doesn't does wild up that
temperatures and
then all right now if you do get a hole
through this it is fully removable
oh that's great and then oh nice you
just get in rep placement right so then
that way you're not changing out an
entire canvas for a little hole in a
mesh screen gotcha and this is kind of
just to kind of hold that if you want to
do that or higher yeah I mean this is
kind of helps hold the canvas all in so
you shut the canvas if you C oh so it's
sand sandwiches together and then air
out your vent fan it'll create a vacuum
effect and just shut it all down nicely
so you're not having to ever tuck canvas
yeah actually that lighting right now is
really good you open that up you can see
like I mean I'm a tall person and I've
got that's pretty good pretty good head
height in here yeah everything it's it's
a simple design but that's good for Rel
reliability yes oh and you got a little
hose back there to so that's going to be
your solar that comes through there and
then your electrical wiring that heads
down to the base that is great battery
system that's really
good awesome guys thank you well I'm
going to uh actually Annie you can sign
it off it's all good so um I'll wait
till you get down do you want me now
yeah just uh let them know uh let them
know where they can uh find you
guys Loveland Colorado Colorado camper
van um you can come to our website
Colorado camper van.com um or you can
head up Caleb or myself Annie n color
camper.com or Caleb color camp.com yeah
all right guys thanks so much for this
uh quick tour if you guys have any
questions put those in the comments coms
below they'll come to me and uh happy to
answer them for you but uh yeah thank
you so much for the tour
guys thank you so much awesome so nice
to meet you see you
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