Vivaro camper Van conversion

[cully]

I'm guessing if you ever sell this having at classed as a Motor Caravan will increase the value slightly? Any other perks? Cheaper insurance, tax?

cheaper insurance increased speed limit  and the fact it no longer says Panel van on the V5

   

[cully]

the weather has been horrible here of late not been able to cut ply outside in the rain
but this morning i managed to finish boarding the roof
it now looks as if i need to soon get some coverings on it, so time to think of colours Hmmm!

oh! yes there is suppose to be a 15mm gap at the edges , there will be RGB led tape lighting in there eventually

[cully]

lifted the old floor out was in surprisingly good condition so it will be going back down after I have cleaned and insulated the floor
which i started today





went looking at material first thing found some nice butterflies for the centre roof section but i dont know yet



the van has had its first service with me no big surprises other than a grumbly altornator

[madmadmax]

i'm tripping just looking at the butterflies

[cully]

been raining again today so went shopping instead
had a little heads up that these kits are about to go up in price so decided to grab a kit before that happened

also ticks a few box's on the DVLA requirments for campervan

[cully]

started to carpet some of the larger side panels
the carpet I am using is 4 way stretch Antracite and sticking it with high temp adhesive

be warned this stuf has a pile so it looks different colours if reversed



now for the tedious part sticking the rest to the visable joints in the van where the panels fit

[Matt-Rallye]

Bloomin heck this has come on a way since i last looked!

Fair play Cully your not wasting any time or cutting any corners! drash on sir!

[cully]

its a Saturday its dry so work on van day!
all stiff and achy now so food, beer and a bit of telly i think!
mainly gluing and sticking carpet today but i did cut and trim to size the flooring

[bashbarnard]

Looking good bro. Really impressed with this one


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[allye]

Massively impressive to be fair. Adding much weight?

I have very similar plans for the back of my 205 van! Just sound insulation/deadning and acoustic carpet.

[cully]

 Adding much weight?

Thanks for the comments

yes its adding weight but probably not as much as the racking and bulkhead i removed at the moment

i will put it on the weigh bridge when done so i have a base weight for refrence

[cully]

got on real well today maybe due to my extra helper!



finished the carpeting less side and rear doors
then found out my self tapping screws were to short to fix the panels back
didn't allow for 2/3/4 layers of carpet Doh!



fitted the roof fan for air circulation



trip to the big smoke tomorrow to get some screws and electrical fixtures

[rocker8742]

Looks really good mate, how are you venting the fan on the roof?


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[cully]

roof already had a vent in it i just added the fan

side panels on, n/side light switches, 12v power and 240 outlet fitted
time to go look at kitchens units







oh and main bond point for the Van and 240v fuseboard and 12v leisure battery negative terminal

[tigerstyle]

Should've gone for USB faceplates!
Looks very nice though

[Midnightclub]

Fair play mate, work you've done looks very tidy indeed

[cully]

Should've gone for USB faceplates!
Looks very nice though

there will be usb outlets on the kitchen side of the van

[cully]

after much kitchen shopping, only to find out B&Q and wicks kitchen units are too tall and not deep enough,
I have come back to the Ikea kitchen range
which gives me the sizes i need in the depth needed
so I have now bought my kitchen less the worktop

after much mocking up and measuring



the shopping list

[cully]

thought id best update my lighting drawing to as installed with core colours as this will soon be covered in and soon lost for ever!

[Eeyore]

Looks really good slightly jealous.

[tigerstyle]

Lot of cabinets for a van? Looks like a whole house worth!

[allye]

Bloody good job, I'd have one of these over a transporter any day of the week, although with the 2.0.

Good drive and really spacious cabin, my knees are on the dash of a T5 with the seat all the way back!

[cully]

Hmmmm...... dont blame me the wife picked the roof fabric colours

[daniel909]

Looking good paul great work as always
Love the effort you put in to all your projects

[cully]

roof panels are in....

connecting up the lights



wow! Hummmm........

[tigerstyle]

I thought they were surf boards stacked up!

Very 70's!

[Eeyore]

shes done a right number on you mate. D:

[cully]

LOL at the comments

If anyone is interested i seem to be getting around 35MPG out the van on short trips and to work and back

[cully]

running out of things to do until the kitchen units turn up tomorrow
so have fitted a volt meter on the van side so charging can be monitored
have also swapped the cigarette lighter to the passenger side and fitted a USB outlet to the drivers side



while i was in behind the dash i removed a load of extra wiring and control box which i believe to be part of a tracker system from when the van belonged to wales and west

[allye]

Nice little mods those volt meters and usb chargers. I put one of those USB chargers in the centre console of the 306, really handy and much nicer than a cig lighter converter thing.

Not sure on the headlining! Think it'll keep you up at night.

So, minus the cost of the van how much is it going to be for the internal gear?