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fyi, KLT I think is a German abbreviation, the car industry run on these things. The downside is they only come in set plan sizes, being splits of a 1200x800mm Europallet, thus 600x400, 400x300 are what I have, at various heights. Old ones often find their way into garages via OEM spares...

Anyone else gone for a functional approach to storage and use KLT crates? Especially in the living area of a compact camper? In our T5 one really useable mod was to cut the front out of the side furniture unit, to be big enough to fit KLT crates as drawers. Having access to all the kitchen tubs...

not wanting to do an egg-sucking tutorial, some are like this: I would expect you'd have noticed if your seat stepped inward c 4" over a 180deg rotation... so you probably haven't. I think the intention is to create room for the armrest to be by the door, as well as giving setting the seat...

Thank y very much for the detail of your reply. Yes I'll need to find one to measure! Do your swivels have the offset pivot point (towards the van CL)? - it appears these would reduce the backwards swing.

though I havn't direct experience of aramid, from talking to avant-garde motorsport people I thought aramid (=kevlar) was great for resisting puncture and abrasion, but use glass fibre for strength (or carbon-fibre if you're posh) . Ultimate was CF protected by a top layer of kevlar. Either way...

Wait until your can't see the garage because of the dark, the rain, or the midges. Small motorhomes can be a full experience of life... if that's what you want! One of my best changes was getting the water (clean and grey) out from under the sink.

Hi, I'm trying to do some concept design for a novel* layout on a MWB Ducato, as a move up from a VW T5. Layout will be broadly similar, with a side kitchen behind the driver's seat. However I'd also like to make both cab seats swivel. Length will be tight as there are other bits to get down the...

I'm sure others will be more qualified to comment, but I feel I've seen that some countries dislike external fuel cans due to the risk in a crash. Especially if it's petrol. One wheeze is to stencil "water" on it... Poss why the British Army seemed to switch to plastic jerry cans...

Might the popularity of UK conversion of vans to minibuses may also be something to do with Type Approval? Thirty-some years ago I did a student placement at Land Rover - Solihull, working on the first batch of extra-LWB "130inch" crewcab vehicles. The first years production went down the line...

I'd hope manufacturers build for users other than DHL, teararsing around. There must be plenty of plumbers, who only drive a couple times a day, and expect it to last. Anyway I thought the German economy was based on them buying new every year of two, then selling on to Poland and Czech, who...

Thanks for all the views, interesting about the Master as a "good drive"- I'd sort of ignored them as the underpinnings look ancient (similarly I also discounted LDV /Maxus's), and most of the recent Masters are goddamm ugly (sorry). I'm not vain about my motors, but I have limits! I do realise...

Hello everyone: We've had a VW T5 for about 8 years, and have a hankering for a little bit more space. (SWB tin-top with std side conversion, with loads of tinkering to make it more practical and accessible). It will be used for daily driving, if its not biking weather and Mrs Harry needs the...

Very nice, slightly different ethos to us; he's on his own and full timing, so has more space and gets the benefit from a bigger spend. It would have to be a bloke to have so much grey... Our current T5 was bought with a grey interior - and pretty inferior quality - so I felt empowered to chop...

Thanks for posting a) some very nice space saving touches in HumbleRoad's layouts, I especially liked the fold-out closet/shower setup, and the bed/worktop/dinette combo. Still seems heavily built to my eyes, only Americans would build drawers you could drive over. on b) Nicely done too...

Ditto, thanks for flagging up. Great to see someone "doing it properly", god knows what the price is - it would never be commercial! Love the wiring labels, all the pipe elbows, and totally engineered neatness. About time people have an organised dirty laundry drawer! Not sure about the red...