Did have a couple of drawers in here without a door on it. However, we came by a generator and there are other fuels to carry. The old frig area was perfect. The vents that are designed to take the gasses away when the frig is working on gas is perfect for venting any odours produced by the fuel containers, perfect.

With no where to put the table and a small gap at the foot of the bed, i lessened the width of the bookcase by the required amount so the table slots in. As the shelf was going to take Aiden's books, the table will keep them on the shelf when we are mobile. The table is heavy enough that it wont move with the motion of the van.

Spare tyre

We thought we had the spare all done! Forgot the stabeliser bars!! I knew the spare went on too easy. So after some swearing and recalulations it was off on yet another trip to the hardware shop for some longer bolts. To look on the positive side, i can load something onto the wheel if i need to. I could threaten Aiden that if he is a pain on the journey, that is where he will travel until he behaves...trouble is he'd bloody WANT to have his car seat attached to it.
Just having another look at the wheel, i suppose i had better paint the rim so it doesn't look crappy?

cooking area

kitchen area was a shambles. doors had been taken off, frig was painted black - just like most of the other items
The later photo shows the cupboards, the old cupboards were the original wood grain plastic veneer. The shelves are now lined with the same vinyl as the floor. Where the frig was, i put a set of drawers. Decided we didn't really need them so put a shelf and door on, if i can work out how to load the photo's i'll put them in. One thing that we did find hard, was the size of the sink. Being used to a full size sink the van is unbelievably small. The girls didn't enjoy washing up in a bowl.

Aiden's bed - Lounge

Once again a lick of paint does wonders. This was originally the table and seats area, that could be lowered as a double bed. I suppose i really should have moved the lamp off the bed and moved the fan and broom, but you get the idea!! I'm not sure why the book case at the end of the bed has got that yellow on it, cos it's painted red like everything else. The windows appear black in the later photo, but that's just the way the light is catching it. The window on the right is made of the same perspex, probably direct sunlight is deflected differently, which is a good thing to keep the sun out a bit more.

Our bed

Our bed, before and after. It's amazing what a lick of paint can do. It looks as though the window is now square, but it's only that i replaced the flyscreen. The recess under the window is still there, but because it's all the same colour it looks like it's not there. Glad it is though, cos it's my side of the bed.

The red stripe went on easily. it's amazing how easy it is when you use a decent masking tape.
Have sourced plastic windows that will be tinted and cut to size for $350 from Wangara. Not bad when you compare it to the $2500 for new windows!

We were guarenteed that the Mob in Wangara, knew some mob in Malaga that could supply the window sealing rubber. no they couldn't. Got hold of Martins Northside in Wangara. Talk about Aladdins cave, only a small place, but theres all kinds of stuff for the refitter. The windows went in fairly easily, all except 1. There is always bloody 1. The frame was slightly bigger so the plastic just popped out when i tried to put the window back on the van. luckily i had some galvanised strapping that i could rivet onto the frame to make it bigger. Starting to look pretty good

frig is a no go

frig is a no go. using deep cycle with inverter according to battery world, simply wont work. so plan 'b'. we cannot afford an engle or waco, but have discovered 'gear up'

its a 55l, 3 way cooler, that doesn't seem too bad for $500. especially for the amount of use it's gonna get, we cant justify an extra $1000. besides, i have been informed that these things work best on gas, which is how it will be powered most. apparently 9kgs of gas will last 28days. there are the usual * included, but hey, that will suit our use perfectly.

thing we really did like was the amount of insulation. so hopefully the unit will be perfect.
cos it runs on gas the misses is not too keen on running it inside the van. so have put a board on a stand so it can sit outside in the annex.





Have checked out the perspex windows, gonna be about $350 + the rubber holding thingos. however they are gonna take about 2 weeks to create. gonna try to put the red stripes on today...could be interesting