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Nice conversion.
Two gas hobs? Ok for Sunday dinners then?...
Two gas hobs? Ok for Sunday dinners then?...
Touringtheworld
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Love Sprinters
Had a 'n' reg 310 5 pot sold with 280,000 miles in 2002 and it's still running around now.
Had a '02' reg 316cdi 5 pot sold with 192,000 miles in 2013 to my nephew and it's gone on to add thousands of miles all with no problems.
Got my first new Sprinter 2013 316cdi 4 pot, just under 6000 miles at the moment, In no particular order, been to York, Great Yarmouth, France x 2, Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland and Belgium.
Yours is looking absolutely cracking and I sincerely hope you enjoy every minute of your time using it.
Had a 'n' reg 310 5 pot sold with 280,000 miles in 2002 and it's still running around now.
Had a '02' reg 316cdi 5 pot sold with 192,000 miles in 2013 to my nephew and it's gone on to add thousands of miles all with no problems.
Got my first new Sprinter 2013 316cdi 4 pot, just under 6000 miles at the moment, In no particular order, been to York, Great Yarmouth, France x 2, Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland and Belgium.
Yours is looking absolutely cracking and I sincerely hope you enjoy every minute of your time using it.
Risky
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Light enough at rear, got the roof light at back and one a bit further forward so it's ok. Also a very good LED light at the very back gives it a daylight feeling and uses hardly any power.
There's not much in the way to block light. I like the idea of fewer windows so knew that I didn't want to build loads of wardrobes or units that made the van claustrophobic.
bru
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both links work now and looking good , cracking job m8
Risky
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Nice conversion.
Two gas hobs? Ok for Sunday dinners then?...
This is where our conversion started, the old Calor stove/oven and grill. That was the beginning and how I was going to build it....old bits of a pine bed, odds and sods found at the local skip and possibly the internals from a caravan.....then I saw my mates that build vans.
We took that old Calor cooker in our Delica and had some great roasts out the oven, grill is superb for Cheesy toast and the kettle boils real quick...so it was ALWAYS going to stay. The Smev hob is just that, no grill no oven, so now we have 4 rings...happy days.
We like the "old meets new" look, shabby chic style...bit rough around the edges but works great.
Risky
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Cheers, we love it.
Our future plans are to live in it longterm. We intend to set off sometime this year and do as much of the UK as possible and then drop back over to France and see where we go from there. The van is set up for what we think we need. We toured Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland and France for 3 months last year in our Delica towing a Bailey Senator caravan....I've got nigh on everything we need in the van...minimal but should do the job.:fun::wave:
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Love the roof rack, gives it a very safari look.
Woodster
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Nice windows
Hi mate, can you tell me where you got your opening window and how much it cost? Cheers. Cracking van, by the way.
Hi mate, can you tell me where you got your opening window and how much it cost? Cheers. Cracking van, by the way.
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jacks906
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great looking van dude
im really tempted to get a bigger van n the more i see converted on here the more i want too lol
im really tempted to get a bigger van n the more i see converted on here the more i want too lol
Risky
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We think this will be the right size for our needs. Last year we had a caravan that we took to Poland/Russia borders...loads of other places too in just under 3 months away. We came back after that trip knowing what we wanted for longterm on the road.
We think this ticks the boxes. Not too big, under 3.5 ton, reliable/easy spares and not overly technical, stealthyish.
We're close to setting off on a trip soon in the UK. That'll give us an idea of how it performs and show up any problems whilst still in UK....after that, longterm Europe and wherever we want to go.
Going large?.....you know it makes sense
Risky
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Well spotted regarding the rooflights. They are indeed boat hatches...found them in Newhaven, Simpson Marine? They are strong as, really well made and of course they are very well sealed when closed. The last thing I wanted was to cut holes in my roof, stick in some plastic cheapo roof light that gets knocked off by a twig!
Not cheap but quality costs. They also open right up as an escape hatch if needed. The bigger one at the back allows me to get access to the roof rack.
Tco
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You can be justifiably proud of that van. Give us a tip when your missus next has a shower in that bucket will you? :dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:
Risky
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In the next few days i'll probably have sold my recovery truck and effectively put myself out of business. I'm not really doing much work anyway since our return last year (Aug). Customers are generally not busy themselves, most cars have recovery included in their insurance policies or the owners have separate cover..either way it's not that busy.
I could've gone out and pushed for more trade but the reality was I knew we are doing the off soon anyway. The time has now come to either sell the truck or put it away somewhere....I think it's time to have closure on this now. I'm pretty confident that things will turn out okay and we'll survive on the amount left over from rental income. It's a bit of worry that if things go wrong then I am not able to jump back in the truck and get out and scratch a few quid from the remaining customers that use me. That said, I detest driving around the area I work and can well do without the insults and aggression aimed at me most days.
So....this is the turning point I think. D.Day cometh for me and my truck.
Regarding our van, trip and new way of life coming up....cannot wait! We keep having the odd day out here and there but we both know that the actual day that we drive away in the van with no idea of when we will be back is only a matter of weeks...no DAYS.
This is what we want to do more of
I could've gone out and pushed for more trade but the reality was I knew we are doing the off soon anyway. The time has now come to either sell the truck or put it away somewhere....I think it's time to have closure on this now. I'm pretty confident that things will turn out okay and we'll survive on the amount left over from rental income. It's a bit of worry that if things go wrong then I am not able to jump back in the truck and get out and scratch a few quid from the remaining customers that use me. That said, I detest driving around the area I work and can well do without the insults and aggression aimed at me most days.
So....this is the turning point I think. D.Day cometh for me and my truck.
Regarding our van, trip and new way of life coming up....cannot wait! We keep having the odd day out here and there but we both know that the actual day that we drive away in the van with no idea of when we will be back is only a matter of weeks...no DAYS.
This is what we want to do more of
jacks906
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good luck dude wish i could do the same..... one day i hope so
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Nice van, have safe trip and tell us all where you get toIn the next few days i'll probably have sold my recovery truck and effectively put myself out of business. I'm not really doing much work anyway since our return last year (Aug). Customers are generally not busy themselves, most cars have recovery included in their insurance policies or the owners have separate cover..either way it's not that busy.
I could've gone out and pushed for more trade but the reality was I knew we are doing the off soon anyway. The time has now come to either sell the truck or put it away somewhere....I think it's time to have closure on this now. I'm pretty confident that things will turn out okay and we'll survive on the amount left over from rental income. It's a bit of worry that if things go wrong then I am not able to jump back in the truck and get out and scratch a few quid from the remaining customers that use me. That said, I detest driving around the area I work and can well do without the insults and aggression aimed at me most days.
So....this is the turning point I think. D.Day cometh for me and my truck.
Regarding our van, trip and new way of life coming up....cannot wait! We keep having the odd day out here and there but we both know that the actual day that we drive away in the van with no idea of when we will be back is only a matter of weeks...no DAYS.
This is what we want to do more of