AK's Camper conversion - Ex Network rail

[AK]

Right thought i'd start a little diary/progress report in here.

So I picked up an ex Network Rail LWB 100ps 56 plate van






Came with Ebber, handiwash, Hot water boiler, Microwave etc etc, thats all been ripped out now to leave me with this.





Believe it or not its taken 20 hours to get this far getting the 1/4" false floor up was a nightmare, then having to go round and fill in all the holes for the crew seats which I removed.

The plan is to convert it into a 4 birth camper with a slamm enclosed area on the back for mountain bikes etc, one bed will be over the back on top of the enclosed area, and the other bed will be in the front behind the drivers seat, with a seating arrangement in an L shape, and then the kitchen area etc will be in an L shape towards the back of the van and on the sliding door side.

I'll update as I go along, but its not going to happen over night, I think its going to take even longer than I thought

[blue estate]

does the safe say fermanite on it

[peter1975]

nice van m8 hope you and family enjoy it when its done
regards peter

[AK]

one safe says Flamables the other says explosives

[blue estate]

one safe says Flamables the other says explosives

so you've got some were to put the easy start then

[AK]

lol the mk7 starts better than my mk6 but then the mk does have a diesel leak

[Louey]

Came with Ebber, handiwash, Hot water boiler, Microwave etc etc, thats all been ripped out now to leave me with this.

I sold all of mine on ebay and through this forum - The Microwave went within minutes on ebay for £150 on a Buy it Now.

I found this guy's website very useful - especially for water tank info

[AK]

Well managed to get a little more done over the weekend and today.

Got the new floor down, got round to insulating the van




Had my first attempt at lining not to bad for a first go, but had to be done so I could put the boarding back upm in the rear, think I'll have to practice more



Then got round to making the frame work for the rear bed/garage area, might look ugly but its so strong and won't be moving any time soon.


Hopefully get some more time tomorrow to finish off the bed/garage, and then onto lining the rest of the van

[solarman]

looking good so far,what's your final layout going to look like?
Solarman.

[AK]

Final layout is going to be a little different to most, I'm going to have L shape seating which folds out into another bed, behind the front seats, and then in the opposite corner I will have L shape kitchen units.

Well thats the plan anyway.

Got more done on it in the last day or so

Ply cut to size ready to carpet




First bit of lining, needs cuting

Then more






Still another 5 hours or so to spend on the lining, and then its onto the floor

Damn everything takes so damn long to do, also having to fit work in and around doing this

[redcube]

Nice van and i like the idea of the bed

[AK]

Only a little more done today, but I did go to Ikea to collect my units and work tops etc

[AK]

Just a little update got the cabinates in place 3 of them are bolted into place the 4th is just sat there for now in its rough location




Slowly getting there, if you think something is an hours job its more than likely a 3 hour job

[AndyA]

Looks fantastic so far mate

[ake]

Tidy job, I like the bed idea