recycle campervan

wigan pier

Guest
picked up a starcraft on a 1977 Mk4 cortina 33 years old taxed & mot only thing it was water damaged in back had to gut the van completly what with recovering from illness and lack of funds i decided to use recycled stuff to do the job (thank god for builders skips) i got all the wire and plugs insolation and timber from a renovation skip, the wall boarding came as large off cuts 8ftx3ft damaged from builders merchents skip ( he even give me a box of screws)
the sink was the one that was in when i got it all i need now is a cooker 2ring & grill.
although basic it should be fine surprising what you can find if you look around, im off to carpet wharehouse skip to get carpets might be lucky and find some wall covering.
regards andy:)
 
sound like your doing a great job .did you say it is a diesel then you will be able to run her on veg oil one thing about the starcrafts its grp at the rear a dam site easier to cure any leaks than ally pannels joined together
 
wigan pier said:
picked up a starcraft on a 1977 Mk4 cortina 33 years old taxed & mot only thing it was water damaged in back had to gut the van completly what with recovering from illness and lack of funds i decided to use recycled stuff to do the job (thank god for builders skips) i got all the wire and plugs insolation and timber from a renovation skip, the wall boarding came as large off cuts 8ftx3ft damaged from builders merchents skip ( he even give me a box of screws)
the sink was the one that was in when i got it all i need now is a cooker 2ring & grill.
although basic it should be fine surprising what you can find if you look around, im off to carpet wharehouse skip to get carpets might be lucky and find some wall covering.
regards andy:)
Click to expand...
Yea i take my hat off to u i make most off my own stuff as well and its a great feeling when u sit in the van and it finished wild camping and know u built it. happy wild camping.mac..
 
mandrake said:
sound like your doing a great job .did you say it is a diesel then you will be able to run her on veg oil one thing about the starcrafts its grp at the rear a dam site easier to cure any leaks than ally pannels joined together
Click to expand...

hi mandrake
yeh its a 2.3 diesel 5 speed
regards andy
 
Stiplickin

Good on ya Andy;), My mates call me the Skip Rat;):eek::D.

Just cannot pass one without having a peek:eek::cool:
 
wigan pier said:
hi mandrake
yeh its a 2.3 diesel 5 speed
regards andy
Click to expand...

hiya wiganpier i'm presumin' your from there lol, i'm a yam yam livin' in hindley, i run my van on waste veg oil and have done for couple of yrs so if you want any help /advice giz a shout!
 
n8rbos said:
hiya wiganpier i'm presumin' your from there lol, i'm a yam yam livin' in hindley, i run my van on waste veg oil and have done for couple of yrs so if you want any help /advice giz a shout!
Click to expand...

hi n8rbos,
im in hindley behind labour club
 
Last edited:
Always fancied building a Starcraft, when they started up got all the info but never followed it through. We were going to make one using a ford Cortina.

If you need odd bits of wood try asking at some of the smaller joinery firms, I got loads of decent sized pieces of plywood from one of them.
 
I've not heard of the Starcraft before, so I Googled it. Is this similar to what you are rebuilding?

starcraft.jpg
 
bevdrew said:
I've not heard of the Starcraft before, so I Googled it. Is this similar to what you are rebuilding?

starcraft.jpg
Click to expand...

yip thats the one some folk like them others hate them at the widest point there 7 ft wide
thanks for reply:)
 
good on ya

good to see someone else makin-do. if you are struggling for any bits, shout out, i, like many others have lots of bits n bobs in boxes, just takin up shelf space. if i have anything you need, i would gladly post it to you. no cost.
not charity, just been there and know hard it can be. you can always post in the wanted section. good luck to ya.
 
flashingblade said:
good to see someone else makin-do. if you are struggling for any bits, shout out, i, like many others have lots of bits n bobs in boxes, just takin up shelf space. if i have anything you need, i would gladly post it to you. no cost.
not charity, just been there and know hard it can be. you can always post in the wanted section. good luck to ya.
Click to expand...

any chance u got a cooker or 2 ring stove with grill lol
thanx 4 reply andy:)
 
Most were Cortina bassed

I wonder what the donner car is on this pic.?
Most of them were built on Mk.4/5 Cortinas i belive
Personally
i like the look of them
A very knowledgeable guy by the name of John Wickersham built one and it was a VERY nice van.
Johns story of his conversion can be found in,Haynes book"The Motorcaravan Manual",its very interesting.
A lot of the Starcraft had thirsty petrol engines fitted in them,i like the idea of a diesel conversion however the Pug engines were a bit "lazy" the latter Ford 1800 turbo engines were good. cheers and happy camping
tom robinson
 
i do belive some towards the end of the cortinas some were built on the sierra chassis can you imagine one on a cossie or 4x4 base
 
mandrake said:
i do belive some towards the end of the cortinas some were built on the sierra chassis can you imagine one on a cossie or 4x4 base
Click to expand...

hi mk4 cortina sierra then p100 then there were the yanks
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who viewed this discussion (Total:0)

Back
Top