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I honestly can't understand anyone having a fixed bed in a panel van conversion, what a complete and utter waste of space!! And space is what you need in one of these,mostespecially if there is morethan one of you and in my case 3 dogs as well. Our pull out bed takes no more than a minute to...

I'm curious, what's the little man doing in the 1st cad image, are you having an access hole cut in the off-side wall? Only joking!! Phil

That's the stuff, but I always buy directly from the company as they are so nice and generally helpful, mind you there is postage to pay unless you order over a certain amount which I did, but that last comment leads me to think. Robert, as yours is a Merc, then if I were you, I would...

And that is exactly why U boats had to surface when charging their batteries.

On flooring plastics such as the front cab area I find that the utterly brilliant Bilt Hamber (UK manufacturer) Surfex HD liquid mixed at only quite a weak strength works superbly, brush it on, leave for a few minutes and simply wipe it off. I use the very same product when washing my cars to...

Robert I don't know the answer, all I do know is that the gel batteries fitted to 'Millie' and my classic car are all technically sealed (in as much as they don't need topping up), however they all have vent holes which, when delivered here new, had red push in plugs along with instructions that...

Phill; I know that where gas is concerned, safety should always be of the most major concern. My installation has the refillable cylinder in a sealed locker that has a drop out at the bottom of it, obviously in the top of the cylinder there is the usual on/off valve, the regulator and then a...

Any and all of the batteries I have fitted to 'Millie' or my cars that have vent holes, I have vent pipes fitted to them all which I run to the outside. In my cars, I had noticed quite bad damage to the paint and metal which I washed down, cured and painted and since fitting the vent pipes no...

If you have spent enough time very thoroughly designing/planning your layout, right down to the finite mm. then, for me at least, just as soon as you have cut the first window aperture, then for me at least, the knees stopped knocking! Phil

How wrong can you be.............. As far as I know every single one of us was more than somewhat daunted by the task in hand when we started our first conversion! Phil

I totally agree with you Gregg, I quite often go and have a sit in my 'Millie' and in so doing a warm glow spreads throughout my body and the very same thought goes flooding through my mind.............. "bloody hell, I made this"! It is an amazing and self gratifying feeling that no one else...

Unless my lack of "BLACK ART" knowledge is fudging my mind, surely if you have a set up similar to mine which has worked reliably for 5 years of extensive use, then isn't it one of the easiest ways to go? I have a heavy duty cable coming from the pos. side of the battery into a heavy duty fuse...

Rob; having looked at the MOT history, if you feel confident enough that you can look into the air brake problem and make a thorough check of the rust comments then it looks to be OK. The only thing that I would say is that is a big wagon and as such the places you can visit or stop at would be...

Very neat

No problem Robert; the Renault Master/Vauxhall Movano/Nissan ??? all went fully galvanised from 2004 onwards, then from 2007 onwards the Sevel made vans all went fully galvanised as well (Citroen Relay, Peugeot Boxer, Fiat Ducato). I believe that from the above dates, that other vans within...

I feel fairly certain that if you approached a friendly farmer that you might just be able do your conversion in one of their barns, possibly an even better thought might be to approach one that offers caravan storage because it would be quite a bonus for them having someone there working away...

Rob; looking at that again as I have just done, taking into account the mileage and the very poor design and execution of the interior, I honestly do believe that £1.5k would be absolute tops and possibly quite a lot less than that! When I bought my 2008 100k mile LWB Renault Master, ok it...

BFG that is a name and a half, what does it stand for? Mine is 'Millie' rhyming with motorhome, my toy car is known as 'Madge' the MG and our daily driver is 'Bertie' the Beemer and last night my most beloved was given the new nickname of 'Silly Cow' after tripping over one of my dogs!! Phil

That one is a far better bet than a tin worm Transit, however take some decent lighting with you and possibly some kind of ramps so that you can make a very thorough search underneath, not forgetting also a small hammer and some kind of sharp spike to check all areas for the dreaded tin munching...

You poor so and so Gregg, constant pain is something I used to have in my joints but I was lucky and discovered a get out of jail card which worked for me one of which was self hypnosis which took quite some time to learn but boy oh boy how it helped me. Phil