Monday, 30 June 2008

Volksworld Sandown

On the new July Issue Rikki James has done an article on the Sandown show and there is a little picture of my kombi.




That's the one...

Sunday, 29 June 2008

Getting ready for Chimay -Belgium-

The van is ready for Thursday.I've cleaned it and the engine is running sweet. I just need to load the camping gear and off we go...






Saturday, 28 June 2008

EuropeanBug-in


Next weekend it's the 2nd European Bug-in and I am now so excited...
I am getting ready and tomorrow I will put everything I will need for the week in the van...

Friday, 27 June 2008

Gaz stove

The camping season is here and I needed to have something to cook a full english breakfast on for the morning. I have made a small unit to hold the stove I bought at Vanfest last year. I will do a proper unit later this year.


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Friday, 20 June 2008

Optima Yellow Battery

My leisure battery doesn't hold the charge anymore so I decided to buy an Optima battery. A lot of people are saying that they are very good so I will give it a go.

They call it a deep cycle battery. It can be charged and discharged many times. Apparently it's perfect for heavy use.



http://www.optimabatteries.com/

Sunday, 15 June 2008

Infinity Speakers in place.

It's time to make a new speaker board to match the new floor.

Board ready to be drilled.





One Infinity speaker in place.

And the Amp.

This is the final result in open position.

Seat Position.

And bed position.

Here we can see the recess for the frame of the seat...

And here for the frame of the bed.
Can't wait to go camping now...

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Flooring

This is how the interior looked this morning before I decided to do a make over.

The first step was to remove the carpet to put down some MFD sheet to get a flat surface.



Then I have put in position the first piece of flooring

And the rest...



The board went back in place under the seat.

This piece of wood looks a lot nicer than the previous one.
That's it, job done for today. Tomorrow I will cut the holes for the speakers and I will connect the Amp.

Friday, 13 June 2008

Lap Belt

Today, I have received some Lap Belts. They came from ISP West in California. http://www.vwispwest.com/home.php?xid=4aabf739c158d92c67e86de6d53ecc14

I already have 1 lap Belt in the middle so I used the same bolt for the new belts.



I just had to drill a new one on each side.

Bit of silicon to waterproof the holes




Monday, 2 June 2008

Stonor 2008

This weekend was the Stonor VW show. Very good day out and lot's of VW's...