KrillKill's MK2 Mini Camper

[KrillKill]

Hi everyone!

This is my first post on this great forum and in this thread I will share some progress of my simple camper conversion. I have recently bought a 1983 Ford Transit and I will try to do a simple and cheap motorhome of it. I will post some pictures as my work goes on and I hope someone will find i interesting. My spelling and grammar might be a bit odd because I usually dosn't write in English (I'm from Sweden), but hopefully you will understand.

[nesbitt]

Looks a very nice example

[madmark]

welcome

[KrillKill]

Looks a very nice example

Yes, it's nice, no corrosion at all.

welcome

Thank you!




Here I haved covered the holes in the back doors with thin plywood.

[KrillKill]

The fitting of the new floor plywood.
I used OSB-Plywood because its cheaper.


Old carpet.


Removing old floor, carpet, anchor loops.


Cleaning the floor.


Cutting the OSB-Sheets.


Fitting and drilling holes.


Filling the holes where the anchor loops have been mounted.


Cutting screws and attach the sheets.


Finished, ready for the laminate floor.

[KrillKill]

I have painted the inside of the van white, and it looks and feels much better.

[Luke]

wow very nice

[KrillKill]

wow very nice

Thanks, the white and orange goes well together.

Here's some progress on the laminate floor.


Calculate to get i right.


Think before cutting, you only get one chance.


Starting to get somewhere.


Taking a break with coffee and some reading.


The last pieces.


Done!

[projectzip]

loving this one.
Mk2 is my favorite style!

[KrillKill]

Mk2 is my favorite style!

Yes, cool vehicles


I have mounted some sheet metal skirting-boards by the doors, this will prevent dirt and damp to get under the floor.


From the sheet-metal worker.


Back door, before fitting.


Back door, after fitting.


Side door, after fitting. In this picture you also see the skirting-board on the wall against the seats.

[madmark]

to find a mk2 in that orginal condition is very rare what a find

[KrillKill]

:shock: to find a mk2 in that orginal condition is very rare what a find

I was lucky to find it so close to my home (I live out in nowhere).

I have been working on the windows lately, time consuming and boring.
Here's some pictures.


Old stickers on the back window.


Window cleaned from stickers.


The small windows didn't have any rubber seal.


Mounting the rubber seal.


Removing old window tint.


Removing the glue from the window tint.


Windows cleaned and started with new darker tint.





Several days of hard work, cleaning and tinting, finally done!

[KrillKill]

I'm done with the grinding and painting on my roof rack.
Here are some picture of the work.


Before grinding.


After grinding.


After grinding.


Black metal paint, Hammerite.


Painted.


I had to paint it once more after it was mounted, painful.


Finally done.

[KrillKill]

It's been a while since my last post but I've haven't had much time to spare.
The work on the van is going quite well and I will post some pictures more regularly now.

Good news, I found an Eberspächer Gasoline Heater mounted under the van.
My brother help me get it running and I have installed heater pipes to the back of the van.


If you do not have the right tools you are in for a lot of extra work


Lots of small holes become one big hole.


Pipe that will go through the floor.


Sealing with silicone.


In place and secured.


The curved pipe that will connect to the heater.


Warm air outlet.

[projectzip]

You lucky bugger!!
A Sweet Mk2 with a heater!

JEALOUS