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It's a little over 8 metres and being built on a O814 chassis/bulkhead it would be 7.5 tons as a HGV or PHGV. Were hoping to get to around 5 tons unladen. So ok on an old licence. The main thing is getting rid of the seats and the rails if it has them. I've had a few goes at getting the...

We never had a condensation problem with our current "Murky" Having had a LWB 608D panel van we have experienced condensation! "Betty" as it's now known had a huge ventilation system in the luggage racks, must have been around a 100kg per side. Unfortunately not filtered, horrible! As the air...

The paint has changed to white with a red skirt, I expect we'll keep as we don't like doing body work.

Whilst toying with the idea of another project we kind of favoured the look of the Mk1 Plaxton Cheetah. The idea was to buy a clean late model. Looking around they were some distance away. There was no way we wanted to commit if it would be impractical for conversion. We found this thing...

Mine is in a wooden cupboard mounted to a wooden panel, before closing it up I monitored it for a while and it does not seem to even get warm. Rather than having long cable runs, if your worried about heat. You could mount it to an aluminium panel and then mount the panel where you like? Mark

Initially I wanted the bed to be mounted longitudinally, much safer to sleep in whilst someone else is driving. After mocking up the layout on the floor I was shocked at how much space would be wasted for just walking. The up side of the transverse bed is that is can also be used as a body...

I've just drawn this bed frame up and intend to make it in aluminium box section. Without welding the software says it will be just over 20kg Have any of you weighed your bed? Mark

So a new build starts, time will tell how foolish we are being. We have discussed down sizing or even a new build on a chassis bulkhead. In a fit of madness we purchased this old tart, that will be renamed Betty. I hope it doesn't get to many other names. I will post progress as the mood...

In hind sight, I think some of the failure could have been due to vibration of the panel. Under certain conditions air would get under the panels and you could hear them bang the roof. I used 5 100w panels originally. The ones mounted inline with the length of the roof gave most trouble...

Just a word from experience, we've been using lensun flexible panels for about 4 years or more. Failure rate has been about 50% At first they were happy to supply replacements, towards the end they would only replace if you paid carriage. The down side was often the replacements had a...

I'm waving the flag, it does work. What's needed is this kind of guidance. Trying to do it cheaply with no valid help has cost me around £2000. But I'm more experienced now :( Mark

From the research I've done it does seem like a lot to change other than the compressor, that said I've seen reports of the simple route being taken and it working well, though technically wrong. I must admit as I get older, sometimes it's easier just to throw money at a problem. Mark

This was many years ago with the fridge mounted in the front foot well of a Mercedes 608 LWB I'm sure the fridge was tired as well. Whilst in motion it required 12 volts and gas to keep it cool. The Merc had a wonderful air vent to cool it's back as well. Didn't want to work on uneven...

My bum is numb after spending a good few hours reading though it. I wish I had the funding and ability that you've clearly had. In the early days I had luck, but it turns out I was mislead by it. Having ruined to much good food with a 3 way fridge I needed a better solution. Yes I know they...

Just a note Stewart, keep that link rod in the back of the cylinder block lubricated. Makes for a lighter pedal. Mark