Alright, I now have a wood floor. I found a few sheets of half inch plywood by the dumpster outside of the Phoenix Asylum. The Phoenix Asylum is the local artist co-op I'm renting space from so I can have access to more tools and a heated garage to work in.
I began with the butcher paper template I used to create the foam rummer floor before.
Then I needed to finish up the foam sheet so I would have a full template for the wood. We (my house mate's been helping me with the floor) just cut that in place.
We cut, sanded, and added a coat of poly to the ply. This will be covered in something (probably carpet, maybe rubber); the wood was poly coated to be water resistant, not pretty.
Tonight we screwed down the back two sheets and let the seats hold the front one in place. While we were bolting down the seats, the front plywood shifted a bit and I didn't want to add screws until we have a chance to place it correctly.
Right now the floor is all wood except the front. I laid down the old carpet that was originally in the van. It's the kind of carpet that should be in a house. It's in pretty bad shape, but I wanted to cover things up until I get the real carpet in. As you can see, the foam padding continues past the front of the wood.
We did have a bit of a scare, the seat bolts wouldn't reach! We had to trim out the carpet to get the bolts to catch the threads in the van. Once the threads caught, the sand which of wood and foam pulled down nice and snug to the van. I'm pretty sure the undermat is pressed enough that the bolts will go in easily next time.
In unrelated story telling, I up'd the tire size a bit. 33"s roll better, feel better, and look a LOT better than the 31"s. I just need to trim a fender a tad as it taps the tire when the suspension compresses while turning. It makes a nicely horrific sound.
It sure is nice to get my hands back on the van. I have been having a rough go of life this year and I just sorta lost interest in everything for a while. Somehow lately I've realized what an amazing life I have... I just sorta got lost in my head there for a while. Hi everyone.
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