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Hi and welcome. That’s a great vehicle you have loads of space! How many are you building for?

I’d agree the library bus is a good choice. Don’t worry to much about length it’s the withe that’s far more constraing. We have a 7.5 vario 814 it’s 7.7 mts long with the bike rack! We’ve been all over Cornwall & North Wales, with no problem. Anywhere a service bus can go so can we! The...

It’s been a long time in the waiting, but I got her back Today.... we’re very happy with the results, she’s booked in for an mot on Monday, so wish us luck...

I’m building one for our van, I had, intended to fit a motor scooter rack, now we’ve changed our mind and I’m going to fit a box on the rear instead. It’s made from the aluminium chequer plate, that covered the van floor when I got the van. I’v used aluminium angle for the frame. Bolts to a...

I used a circular saw, for cutting large straight cuts, I a jigsaw for short or curved cuts, always cut 5 mm over size and plane down with my electric plane.

When I was a delivery driver for Dawson’s ( newspaper magazine etc) the vans all had their spare wheels removed! Apparently there insurance didn’t allow for the driver to change a tyre! We had to ring the transport manager, who would send out a 24h tyre fitter. Crazy world we live in.... Darcar

I go out most weeks, with a couple of mates, I love green lanes there’s some really fun lanes not to far away. I’m not extremely though, I don’t like breaking my truck as I like to drive it home after... I joined Glass a few years ago and have been out on a lot of the trips they run, for a...

Ahh Phil Take off your rose tinted glasses..... it’s a land rover, bulkhead rust is only excusable, with a body off resto. I used to be a fan of the green oval, but they beat me in the end... so i now use a JEEP wrangler for my green Laning, it’s been brilliant. Darren.

Morden engines are fitted into a lot of different vehicles, so the makers will often put in oil filling points in different places so there not blocked by the bulkhead etc. I don’t think it matters which one you use, so whichever is easiest. Darcar.

I wouldn’t leave home without a spare wheel, well in our camper anyway. Although interestingly, I was chatting to a car designer down the pub, the other night. ( I know this sounds like a joke ! any way,) the space saving spare wheel came up in conversation. I was arguing that they are...

Hi and welcome to the fourm, Have you chosen your van yet? It’s great fun picking your base vehicle. Have fun with your build. Darcar.

And there was me... thinking you didn’t like RUST..... , !!

Hi and welcome.... don’t worry we’re a friendly bunch. Darcar

Hi and welcome..... good luck with your search.

For me... The battery drill/driver. + 2 batteries. Jigsaw. Circular saw. Multi tool. Electric plane. Angle grinder. These I couldn’t do without. I’m not a carpenter... so I cut close to the line then plane it down to fit! Darcar.

We bought all our beach faced ply from our local timber merchant, they were very helpful and allowed me to be chosie on which sheets I wanted. Most of our finished ply has been polyurethane varnished as the finish, so it had to be quality ply. Darcar.

Yeah Phil, It’s been in the back of my mind for awhile now! I just hope that they stick to cities, we don’t really like them & if we do go we stay well outside and go in by public transport or taxi. The stupid thing is that even if our “old dirty van” kicks out the dangerous particulates...

Hemmm I don’t actually know what blue Liz had chosen! She went in and picked it! So I’m as excited as you to see it! As soon as it’s back I’ll take plenty of pictures and of corse post them.

eBay is your friend for the bits you need, also remember German eBay. One thing that is for sure if you keep on top of the body work the mechanicals and chassis will never let you down. These old Mercs are capable of a million miles. Yours being the 811 won’t have very much in the way of...

Dropped the van down today, the guy who is doing it is going to draw up a couple of my designs onto the van before we choose! I’ll keep you all posted..