THE FRONT BOOT
1000 POP-TOPS
AND COUNTING
GOLDSTREAM RV HAS HANDED OVER ITS 1000TH POP-TOP.
The handover took place in
late March at Goldstream’s
service centre, attended by
the van’s buyers, Rob and
Penny Cummings, Cardina
Shire mayor Collin Ross,
Goldstream director Steven
Petrovich, and marketing
manager Narelle Legg.
Goldstream is celebrating
its 25th anniversary this year;
however, the company has
been building pop-tops for
only 22 years.
The pop-top purchased by
Rob and Penny is a 1760 Bunk
model fitted with Goldstream’s
Panther package.
“We wanted something with
offroad capability and we also
liked the build quality,” Rob
said during the handover.
With two young daughters,
Rob and Penny were also
attracted to the layout,
especially the two bunks at the
rear of the van. “We needed
the van to be family-friendly
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but also capable on rough
roads,” Rob said.
The couple had their new
pop-top fitted with airbag
suspension – not only for this
suspension type’s abilities
in offroad conditions, but
because garage clearance
at home is an issue.
“We can drop the airbag
suspension to the bumps
stops and save 150-200mm
(in height). To have an offroad-
spec vans that we could get
down to 2380mm, we needed
that airbag suspension,”
Rob said.
The pair will tow the
pop-top with
a Nissan Patrol. They have
the west coast, as well as an
eventual big lap, in their sights.
And what would a van
handover of such significance
be without a couple of extra
presents? A 55L Cool-Ice
icebox from Dometic and
a $500 BP fuel card were
thrown in, too.
“To have built and sold
1000 pop-tops really is
a major achievement for
us,” Goldstream marketing
manager Narelle Legg said.
“We’e very proud.”
From left: Goldstream co-director Steve Petrovich, Penny
and Rob Cummings, and Cardina Shire mayor Collin Ross.