Been a member for over a year, but had not got to grips with posting pics. I don't use tapatalk, photobucket or cloud stuff so here goes. Apologies it is a bit picture heavy, but pictures are often better than words and may give others ideas.
Basically the aim was Tailgate Van for a bit of shelter (toured Europe kayaking years ago in old V4 Transit with a tailgate) SWB and low roof for ease of use in public car parks. Only tailgate ones around seemed to be AA or RAC and I ended up with an Ex AA so hardly taxed my brain with Yellowcamper
AA Van also has the advantage of being 115bhp and 3000 Kg load which seems relatively rare amongst SWB Low roof models.
Started the build based on my use of caravans, also wanted to carry a kayak inside on short trips and decided to keep the bulkhead, for safety. Keep the bikes and kayaks away from me if anything untoward happens.
Stripped out the AA lining, but kept the quality floor they had.
Then I made a hollow one.
Hollows were filled with 20 mm sticky back foam and filled in with spare laminate flooring and found B&Q did some nice radiused Aluminium edging.
Then made a caravan style slatted bed frame, from old bed slats and relatively light wood. It would become strong enough when the facing ply was added. All carefully measured to fit the kayak and still be low enough for me to sit down.
That's it for now 5 attachments.
Sean.