Just to get the construction clear in my head...
Drawbar and axle linked to form a T shaped underframe. Axle has rubber suspension?
Then a tube mild steel space-frame for the body... what sort of size and thickness? any rustproofing?
Floor plywood 9? 12?mm?
Wall skin aluminium (how thick) - were the earlier vans smooth and the more recent ones textured? If so, what was the changeover date?
Roof and Pop GRP?
How is the skin secured? self tappers or rivets? Then the joins covered by a trim strip...?
Windows... glass or plastic in rubber or aluminium frames?
Insulation - expanded polystyrene - bonded in place?
Lining - tensioned - car headlining style, or bonded to the insulation?

Questions questions... so much to learn.

Dee

Yes?

Yes?
Too much? Too techy? Wrong section?
I'm a hands-on practical person - and if I'm going to be looking at old Eriba projects and wrecks I want to know how to read the structure and judge what is right or wrong.
D

If you look in the gallery there are some cutaway images

g7-Eriba-Classy-Chassis.html

also if you look in the blog section there is a very good blog about refurbishing about 1\2 way down.

Thanks

the late frames are galvanised
but its not a long job to paint underneath if on a roller board,( once parked wheels on blocks to make space taller) done ours twice now, used hydrate and hammerite to give protection.
check round the chimney seal as this was one of the areas there was a very small amount of sealer (tetro seal)
eribas remind me of series land rovers, many screws!!! but easy to do work on.
the skin is held by a small number of pop rivets under the underlay, the aluminium rail screws holds the skin and underlay to the frame . the tetro also acts as a goo and sealer.
the pop is fibre glass, (do not use silicone sealer or products with silicone in, on either roof)