Project Camper!

[TurboDan]

Ive been getting on with the carpeting over the past week, got most of it done now as far as the frame work goes, just need to do the tailgate and side door. Then I need to cut the wood panels and cover those and clips into place.

So some pics of the carpeting on the framework:





Takes along time and allot of patience!

I got some plywood today to make the panels out of. Will get them done this week hopefully.

[gsi pie]

looking good

[btcctroy]

That looks really really good Dan.!

[TurboDan]

Done some more today. The roof lining really is a pain to do, tried to do it in one piece using the original holes and original clips but this didn't work at all so a change of plan meant cutting it in 2 pieces (which is how they are originally) and using screws to hold it up.

First test fitted it to the roof:


Then took it down again to fit the insulation, so the first layer of the foil stuff went up:


Then the next layer the foam insulation:


I then covered the piece of wood with the material, all glued on tightly:


And fitted it to the roof for the final time:


I didn't get the other piece finished as it was raining all day and so I had to do all this inside the van but as the other piece is allot bigger I couldn't do it in the van so will wait for the rain to stop.

The lights will be going in the second piece so I will fit them before it goes up.

[btcctroy]

Be nice to use that at billing this year

[planetc]

Be nice to use that at billing this year

Depends how deep it is this year and how much it's getting lowered!

[btcctroy]

Perhaps he should raise it

[planetc]

Pop in a bilge pump as part of the build, the way the weather is going it could be quite useful.

[TurboDan]

Got the other piece of the rooflinging made up today.

Covered it in carpet:


Lights fitted in:


Wiring splitter fitted to the board:


Fitted a random 2 pin plug to it that I had spare so its plug and play:


All wired up and and taped the wiring down to the board:


And done:


Will fit it tomorrow.

[Deeksin]

Nice work being a joiner a fancying doing one now interesting project

[TurboDan]

Well I imagine your wood work is going to look a thousand times better than mine then lol

Ive seen many people do campers before and Ive always thought i'll give it ago one day and see what I can make of it so that's why I'm doing it. Plus they are worth good money when there done so if you do a good enough job your never gonna loose any of your money as you'll make it back when you sell it.

[btcctroy]

All looks very tidy

[Deeksin]

Well I imagine your wood work is going to look a thousand times better than mine then lol

Ive seen many people do campers before and Ive always thought i'll give it ago one day and see what I can make of it so that's why I'm doing it. Plus they are worth good money when there done so if you do a good enough job your never gonna loose any of your money as you'll make it back when you sell it.

Looking forward to seeing the fitted kitchen don't think howdens would do a camper van range lol am sure yours will look spot on

[TurboDan]

Had to buy some screws today and unfortunately Halfords was the only place round here that had the ones I wanted so I had to buy them


£1.59 each! Robbing gets. Will order aload off ebay for next time.

I put the insulation up:


Then up it went:



And a picture with the lights on once it got dark out:


Really impressed with how bright they are. I might wire them to a dimmer switch.

[btcctroy]

Looks really nice great job

[ilovedmymantas]

Er, a toilet type. Tbh it'll probably cost more to post it than it's worth, it was about £50 new I think. Porta potti, might have been a 45 but I would have to check the box. It's probably worth between £20 and £30, but it's bulky so post will kill it

You could always empty it first

[TurboDan]

This really needs updating as its changed a hell of a lot since that last pic, will do it tommorow

[planetc]

I was looking for updates on the t4forum yesterday, thought you must have been spending all your time learning about babies, lol

[TurboDan]

Lol no ive been to busy building the van to take pictures.

[humbucker]

Shag wagon coming along nicely squire. I'm sure you already know this, but Saab 9-5 Aero leather front seats are a direct fit, bolt into a T4 without issue.

[humbucker]

[planetc]

I would need 8 for mine :-/

[btcctroy]

I would need 8 for mine :-/

That's because your greedy lol

[TurboDan]

Saab make nice seats but aweful headrests!

[TurboDan]

Time for an update.

Got the carpeting all done finally (never again!)





After that was done i started on the floor, i cut a few brackets off that were in the way.
Some insulation was put down.
I then bought an 8x4 piece of 19mm plywood and another 1x8piece, this was just enough. I used the original carpet for a template and true to my woodwork skills it still didnt fit first time lol. So a few cuts later and it was in:








Next step was to make the step fit, this had to be lifted 19mm to match the height of the floor:




Cut around the floor heater:


Fitted the rear plastic cover:


After thinking about what type of floor i wanted i decided to just put some proper carpet down for now and then i could always by a small rug or even change it to lino at some point but for now carpet will do. So after driving round a few carpet shops near me i came home with a massive roll of carpet for £15 so not bad at all.
My carpet fitting skills arent that great but i got there in the end:






Next up was my flat pack units i bought. I thought these were going to be a nightmare to build and that they would look crap but actually there not bad at all and only took me about an hour to build them:






I always had a plan of fitting a proper worktop to it but decided that would be too thick and heavy, so after a trip to ikea i cam back with this shiny bit of wood:



But that piece of wood didnt last long as i went out in the van with the units in like that, not bolted down or anything and well... they fell over on the second roundabout! The green bit of wood didnt survive and so i had to find another piece so back to ikea we went and this time found a few very nice pieces of very high gloss black wood, and a piece of red wood.
The black wood is now the worktop and i have also cut the hole for the sink unit too, nothing is bolted in place yet:

Drawn round it:


Then cut and slotted in:


And that is where i'm upto so far.