New Canopy for Rocky

Getting a canopy made for the Amarok to store all our stuff proved to be more difficult than I anticipated. It was very hard to find someone locally who could manufacture one at a reasonable cost.

After requesting quotes from a number of canopy manufactures, and receiving varying levels of response from 'sorry mate, booked until November' to one line quotes listing a final (expensive) price, I finally found a company that were quick to reply, providing three dimensional diagrams of their quote, and were very quick to respond to requests.

The company I went went with in the end was Made 2 Order Toolbox and Canopy (http://m2otoolbox.com.au/).  Raymond and Boyang were very quick to provide an itemized quote, and even more happy to modify it to suit exactly my requirements.  After paying a deposit, it was a short four weeks and I was on my way south to pick up the new canopy.

The quote included full CAD drawings and modifications were easily made

It had been a hectic lead up to the trip south, including a couple of trips north to Sydney, so I was very pleased my Old Man was able to join me for the journey south.  It had been over ten years since our last road trip across the Nullabor to Perth, and was a great opportunity to spend some time together, with no other distractions than the open road.  We stopped for a leg stretch at the only town not yet bypassed on the Hume Highway, Holbrook, and pondered for a moment the change that the bypass will make to this final bastion of old school road trips.

HMAS OTWAY, as far from the ocean as any submarine ever was

After a night in Lillydale, we made our way to the shop, with fingers crossed that the manufacturing process was as good as their customer service.

The home of Made 2 Order canopies and toolboxes

And it was!  We were thrilled to have the new canopy fitted and installed.  The team at M2O were at pains to ensure we were happy with the placement of the jerry holders and I was unable to fault their work.

At last Rocky is a real Camp Truck!

The canopy is huge!



Yes - still huge from this angle too!

And guess who stayed up especially to check it out when we got home!

So a special thanks to Raymond and Boyang for their patience in getting the canopy set up exactly how I wanted.  And a big thank you to Dad - it was a great to share the driving, but more importantly share some time together.

I now have the pleasure of fitting it out inside - the next little project of mine!