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I have just bought a smaller inventor (still A++) for my other van. I reckon the combined savings compared to horrendously expensive 12V fridges has now paid for our Awning and Cooker (which were also horribly over priced)

Meanwhile work on Thistle 1 progresses (well not today as it freezing): All Ambulance wiring is out. Oem wiring made good and tested. Oem Cruise Control fitted - (I will need to go to Listers to get it coded though). I thought I had a problem with the windscreen washer but it turned out to be...

Not yet no but it will, wiring and interior layout permitting. It has a communication window in the Cab already so it could be sort of squeeze through! That's something I will be assessing there may well be lot of cabling crossing the bulkhead behind the seats as the Genisys system is behind...

Introducing Thistle 2 (temp name till we think of something more appropriate) I have bought another one! Exactly the same model as in this doc albeit with quite a few miles on the clock and in need of a bit of TLC (underside stinks of and is smothered in Diesel). Was Type B A&E UK It also...

Ironically I have just googled Boys & Boden and their Shrewsbury depot is just yards from GMC Motorhomes We went there approx 18 months ago to look at the Hobby range of Campers but the prices even for 2nd hand set us on this self build course.

@Millie Master, thanks I had never heard of them before I will give your suggestion a try. I tend to use T&G and I have an account with them but it is always worth comparing prices This afternoon in the damp yukness I have pretty much dismantled the entire dashboard including removing the...

Yep I intend to run similar as I think there is sufficient space behind the void created by the ply panels I removed (and will be refitting) that the original lockers had as backing. Yesterday did not feel cold at all but today it is all grey and miserable so we took a run out to mid Wales to...

Yesterday I removed the redundant Ambulance wiring that was under the bonnet & today I have taken out the wiring that went to the back of the van. I also removed the rear bumper to repair a broken parking sensor housing found loads of mud behind the wheel arch liner. And we had some Snow so I...

@Millie Master Yes probably we could but it is fun to explore differing alternatives and their's going to be a few of those in and outside of my van. Did you see the LCI stand at the NEC in October with the Dog kennel That was a bit to ott even for me but I liked their thinking. I took some...

A bit ott but a 600mm ish one of these would fit the bill plenty of access https://www.autorack.co.uk/collections/van-pipe-tubes/products/2-metre-van-pipe-tube-carrier-autorack-hdpe-electrical-conduit-capping-carrier?variant=8104566947938 The cap is all I would really need it looks like it is...

yep something like that might do I will have to go a do a 'grubby paw' test on it to ensure any typical 'average fill' type bags we put in through the hole can be retrieved and if the thread allows room to trap a 'liner' bag because that would also make retrieval easier. Note this solution...

Yes that did occur to me ;) The other problem is our dogs turn into ballistic missiles when the postman comes up our drive and I think a post box rattling on the back of the van as we drive along might remind them of home & drive them scatty! A piece of black 110mm drain pipe just under the...

Here's a potentially strange question Karen wants me to fit some form of outside storage perhaps bolted on to one of the rear doors to use as a bin primarily for a specific type of waste......... Doggy poop bags We always clear up after our dogs but there is no way I am having the bags in the...

PS I did find an even bigger hole in the Cab Remember mine is an Auto Well where the Clutch actuator should be is a hole! I guess it once had a rubber bung in there but is now bung-less I was wondering where some fumes were getting in and I am pretty sure that's where. I will make use of some...

Actually it just occurred to me I should have a couple of bags of new dome headed bolts somewhere about 20mm long which I used to use for mounting HP Proliant Servers in Racks, they will be perfect for this exercise.

Yep I will fill the tiny holes made by the wood screws they screwed the plywood down with using Tiger seal or similar after I have cleaned up and treated each hole but for the bigger holes i.e where the Unwins track was, that I will not be keeping, or the even bigger holes where the tail lift...

Yep I am going to take your advice and do so, ditto for about 75% of the hole I intend to treat and then fill in as well It is Snowing here today (quite a difference to yesterdays Sunshine) so it has been a stay indoors day.

Well after removing the lockers and the last of the plastic cladding (which revealed that I have steel trays welded in the roof the entire length of the van which the lockers were bolted into) I tackled the floor, we removed about 4 billion bolts and now the Unwins tracks are all removed! I was...

My Fridge is brand new but it looks like it was used as a Football it has quite a few dents in it! I just happened to have been directed to your blog post by @trevskoda and just happened to notice one on Ebay at the same time et Viola! I just bought a Victron Inverter from...

Now why didn't I think of doing that :) Off to Amazon I go......... My fridge was moved into our Bedroom this afternoon so it will get a few days of "is it annoying whilst sleeping" testing I had in running in our conservatory yesterday and I did find the Inventor surprisingly quiet All I can...