mk5 camper progress

[bigmastif]

thought i better start a progress report on this
bought the van off stuarttransit 2 weeks ago viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36333

when we bought the van it was a standard looking hi spam mk5, with a nice camper interior


i brought that van home to mine as my old man is the owner of it, but obviously im getting the use of it, no masive mods just summit to pick it up and make it look a bit nicer and wee bit less standard, so off with the bumpers and painted them white,



then after a bit of argueing with my old man he decided he wanted it looking more camperish
so after some ebaying came the graphics that were and absolute b*stard to fit


next on the agenda is clear indicators, then possibly more colour codeing maybe the scuttle panel ,mirrors, handles and the vents, it will get new wings next year after he has run about with it for a while, but think it looks ten times better now with just what ive done.
pic`s are absolute crap but will get better ones tommorow

jim

[sc_BK]

Photos from Jim

[BILLY BOY]

[MR BigBeefy LDV Guru]

looking good jim

[Screaminkiwi]

The graphics change it instantly. I must post some pics of my ambulance i bought last year..slowly but surely changing it into a camper. But tell you whats more of a ball ache than putting grahics ON..and thats trying to desticker a complete set of NHS Scottish ambulance graphics !! Acres of yellow and green hi viz stuff. But looking better already...looking to fit some graphite grey viper stripes..with matching 400mm strips along the bottom of each side..the sirens still work ..ahem ) and although i,ve painted out the flashing strobes..they still flash at night through the white..ooops ( all good fun as my business is trading at bike rallies..so never on the public roads..honest ! ) still looking for the right grahics for the sides though..something celtic methinks..watch this space )..Screaminkiwi

[Luke]

yeah the graphics are definatly an improvment give it a camper identity

[BigNeil]

is that the same van jim are you sure.

keep us updated !

[bigmastif]

The graphics change it instantly. I must post some pics of my ambulance i bought last year..slowly but surely changing it into a camper. But tell you whats more of a ball ache than putting grahics ON..and thats trying to desticker a complete set of NHS Scottish ambulance graphics !! Acres of yellow and green hi viz stuff. But looking better already...looking to fit some graphite grey viper stripes..with matching 400mm strips along the bottom of each side..the sirens still work ..ahem ) and although i,ve painted out the flashing strobes..they still flash at night through the white..ooops ( all good fun as my business is trading at bike rallies..so never on the public roads..honest ! ) still looking for the right grahics for the sides though..something celtic methinks..watch this space )..Screaminkiwi

they use 3m battenburg can sympathise with ya mate used to de-fleet alot of private ambulances with my old work aswell as police vehicles heat and tar and glue gets you there in the end, if ya dry pulled em good luck with clearing the body of the debris

[bigmastif]

not really done anything else as the weather has been crap,
gave it a proper clean on the outside today removed a load of bad paint by just washing with
neat TFR, then meguires APC rescrubbed then washed with trade wash and wax but still un
happy with the paintwork so gonna attack it tommorow with the buffer see if i can bring more life to it

[MR BigBeefy LDV Guru]

see jim i told you that you would need that buffer before i could get it back to you

[bigmastif]

see jim i told you that you would need that buffer before i could get it back to you

cant do anything with the paintwork at the moment due to the weather being crap
vans going to my old mans anyways he is gonna take it away for the weekend
as he works with the army cadets and its better than sleepin in billets

[dachre]

Great camper, looks really nice inside as well. Looks very warm and cosy.

Do you have the rubber to go over the front windscreen? I've managed to get hold of an old painted second hand one for mine.. i would of liked a new one but havent found any. Just wondering if you have found any new ones yet?

I remember when it was advertised, i thought thats a good camper all ready to go.

[bigmastif]

nah not found one yet Dachre, gonna try a few scrappys up my way
that i know have hi tops in and maybe just maybe ill find one in there but
hens teeth comes to mind

the camper was used this weekend by my old man and he said it was
great and wasnt to cold or to warm but he is chuffed with it
it will be getting stripped out to reposition the bed tho like your idea you have done with yours

[bigmastif]

well finaly managed to fit the lights that i bought off spudmab last week





pics are shite as my cam is crap

my old man bought rear arches today for it when it needs fronts more

gonna order the front/inner arches soon aswell,bit pissed off at him after i done the graphics
running along the wings, think my old man is inty related
think he think`s they come pre painted or summit well thats me rant over think teh van is comin on good now

[MR BigBeefy LDV Guru]

looking good m8

if your dad is inty related then that explains a lot about you