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Old 04-16-2010, 08:53 PM   #21
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Re: 1985 6.9 turbodiesel homebuild!

VAN weekend...well sorta...

got the couch pulled out for stain seal and paint...got the floor stained...

but wanted to show ya how much stuff I can fit in it!!




3 overstuffed pillows.
2 sleeping bags (1 kid size)
1 comforter
2 bigboy chairs
2 regular people chairs
tool bag
air matress (for bed untill I get cushions made)
hiking bag...
still has a LITTLE room...

bubba chair


idea of what the bed/couch setup works..


and a couple shots of the 62qt fridge...thats a 24 pack down in there!!


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Old 04-24-2010, 09:58 PM   #22
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Re: 1985 6.9 turbodiesel homebuild!

pix of the inside that somehow were skipped..still gotta get the couch cushions made up...

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Old 04-24-2010, 09:59 PM   #23
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Re: 1985 6.9 turbodiesel homebuild!

well me and the oldest kiddo bunked out in the van lastnight for the first time since the work began.,..

bunked out in the side yard...so we had some streetlights to contend with...shades are half made..the rest need to get cut out and installed for privacy and keep the sun out in the early mornings...

lemme just say...airbeds are awful....I cant WAIT to get some dang foam cushions!!

we didnt do much other than sit around the campfire and goof off...then it was bedtime...she slept in the pass front laid down flat with her feet on the pass mid-seat...she snored all night!! (not really...but she was super comfy!)

she even slept thru the rainstorm...

and the bear....yup...a dang bear....im layin sound asleep...doors locked...window at my feet shut...and the van rocks...I look up to see if kiddo got up... nope...she's cuddled down in her sleeping bag...van rocks again...so I pull back the window cover...nada...then I can hear something moving..and KABOOM!!..right on the open outter box...our cat BEAR (not really his name)...drops off the roof of the van and meows at me...

he honstly scared the poop outta me...I've slept in the van a dozen times...never had anything mess with it..rain..cold..snow...hot...and a dang KITTEN wakes me up and scares me!....I did laugh..you should too...:elkgrin:

some pix...we did have it all setup but packed it in for the day...folding table..4 chairs...and the wind kept blowing the pop-up privy over...even with 4 stakes in the ground it would bend..

it needs more lights outside under the awning...and some glow in the dark chord for the privy and some kind of hanging light..(glowstick?)...



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Old 04-24-2010, 10:36 PM   #24
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Re: 1985 6.9 turbodiesel homebuild!

How did you make that bumper box? Did I miss the write-up? Replacing my tray with something similar is long time on my to do list!
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Old 04-25-2010, 08:10 AM   #25
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Re: 1985 6.9 turbodiesel homebuild!

very cool buddy

the times with your family will be priceless

your kids will be saying
"ya my old man took us camping all over the back country in this 30 year old van
that he made in the freaking garage!!"

"... and we always had a blast!!!...."
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Old 04-25-2010, 10:22 AM   #26
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Re: 1985 6.9 turbodiesel homebuild!

Thank Bill!!...she's aready been tellin anyone that will listen about campin in the van with dad..

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How did you make that bumper box? Did I miss the write-up? Replacing my tray with something similar is long time on my to do list!
the bumper box is an old PLC controler box from an ancient robotic arm...put a piece of polished stainless (had layin around my scrap pile) over the old controler button holes...and welded some washers on the clamp bolts for wingnuts..



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Old 05-04-2010, 09:13 PM   #27
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Re: 1985 6.9 turbodiesel homebuild!

well its been slow...recaulked the gutter to stop it leakin inside...got a compression bag so now 3 big pillows take up the space of a small sleeping bag...

I did sent a spare injection pump out to be custom built and returned with matched injectors (read more power!)

filtered 15gal of WMO today an put some in to bring her up from half a tank..:elkgrin:

got this idea from another thread to make a caribener strap...that way I can hang all the hiking bags and some other asundry items..

OH..and found a key for the cabinets to lock them so they dont pop open and dump out on the floor and I have to watch my coffee pot roll around the back in traffic..

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