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We’re now at the stage of painting.… I was going to go for a wrap but after further thought we’ve decided to have Ellie sprayed in a solid colour, or maybe two tone? My wife wants a grey/blue so that’s probably what we‘ll end up with. However I fancy some more “ in your face “ like bright...

Hi I’ve been a fan of the spray foam insulation ever since I built my last van. ( the Merc vario ) & Obviously it HAD to be the closed cell type. However these days it’s falling out of favour with the building industry for some reason! Apparently it’s something to do with remortgaging! Or not...

So today we bought our new vehicle. it’s a 2018 iveco daily 70-180. EX-Traffic management vehicle ( cone collector). with 75k miles auto, my plan is to build a body onto it! Anyone ever done this ill be needing plenty of advice! we are very happy with it so far. Drives very nice the deck is...

I’ve definitely settled on an iveco daily Luton truck. There’s surprisingly quite a few around. Over 3.1/2 ton, automatics, & euro 6. although they are bigger than I wanted with a 20’ body 7’6” wide and nearly 8’ tall,& a (xlwb) 5.1meter wheel base, making the vehicle 27feet long. The ideal...

We had some fantastic trips away in the old Mercedes & she was just about perfect for the two of us and the dog, & of course we learned a lot too. I’ve taken early retirement now, and have the time to do another conversion, so I’ve been looking around for the right vehicle. not as easy as I...

So we’re planning on a 10 weekish trip starting in March, The wife loves the van but she’s a bit of a snob! ( I’m glad she doesn’t read this ) insists we smarten her up. So I’v been looking at a re-spray. I’v had quotes from 3 to 5k, which shocked me really.... I had intended to use our local...

We’ve got a “ thetford N3141” fridge fitted in our van, and I must say it’s a great unit, works very well on both gas and 240volt. However I’v never be able to get it to run on the 12volt supply! It has a 12v multi plug out of the back with 5 wires in. The two low volt wires, to run the...

We’re planning a 2-3 month trip through France, Belgium,Germany, Austria, Slovenia into Croatia. Then maybe on down though to Greece. Then a ferry back to Italy and back up through France and home. We don’t use camp site every night, probably only 1 in 5 nights, although obviously this trip...

I’v been given a small oil filled radiator, it has a thermostat built in, i intended to plug it into my shore power socket in the van and leave it set on low, dose anyone else do this? Is it a good idea? Or not? Thanks Darren.

This conversion took us ( me & the wife ) about 18 months on and off. Is it finished yet? We built it, with in mind a extended tour of Europe, so some of our must have items, were a fixed full size double bed, large shower with toilet ( wet room ) full size fridge, cooker, & sink.

The Mercedes Vario is probably the biggest van body available in this country. yeah I know you can get library buses or special build vans, but I think the vario is the largest standard body. They are at the heaviest 7.5 ton gross. But can be any where from 5 ton. The engine is a 4.25lt turbo...

I'm looking at fitting solar panels to the roof of our van. The van is a Mercedes 814 so plenty of space! I will be using a compressor fridge, & blown air heating which I think will draw the most! Then we'll have 20 led light scattered around? The power to the cooker ( lighting it ) the power...