Haveacamper
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Well the time has come to carry start carrying out the restoration of my camper MyVanwy. The story thus far:
Purchased back in august 2006 while I was still in uni, I bought my camper off an "honest" Previous owner. I had great plans for her the the following summer. I went about fitting a few things ready for, what would be, an 8 week journey around France and North Italy. I fitted an auxilary battery with split charge relay system and seperate fuse box
i eventually found what caused my fuel smell when i filled more than 3/4 of a tank
i replaced this central breather elbow followd by all of the other breather flexi hose which had become rock hard after probably 35yrs of not being replaced.
Next port of call was to fit a propex HS2000 for the cooler evenings spent in the campsites on the continent. the location i chose was to be under whether my dormobile cool box should have been. This was a dead space, that was a bit useless. rather than wasting the valuable space i thought if my propex would fit, then i could shelf off and make use of the area where the cool box should have been. this is where i was talking about:
with the eventual hose coming out in the kick panel below the back seats:
I also, went about fitting a 12/24V fridge manufactured by Vitri Frigo, an Italian company who specialise in marine use.
Got everything sorted in Uni holidays and outside of working full time in those hols in time for my travels. had an amazing time, but things havent stopped ont he camper front. As recently advertised on here, i sold my Dormobile interior and the camper is now empty. Stripping in interior has opened a few cans but not that many.
behind the drivers side is royaly entertaining....
Then there was a section the other end of the middle side panel by the floor....
There was a section or rust found when I removed the cab roof lining, above the drivers door which is pretty bad. I will take pics next time i'm working on the van.
Purchased back in august 2006 while I was still in uni, I bought my camper off an "honest" Previous owner. I had great plans for her the the following summer. I went about fitting a few things ready for, what would be, an 8 week journey around France and North Italy. I fitted an auxilary battery with split charge relay system and seperate fuse box
i eventually found what caused my fuel smell when i filled more than 3/4 of a tank
i replaced this central breather elbow followd by all of the other breather flexi hose which had become rock hard after probably 35yrs of not being replaced.
Next port of call was to fit a propex HS2000 for the cooler evenings spent in the campsites on the continent. the location i chose was to be under whether my dormobile cool box should have been. This was a dead space, that was a bit useless. rather than wasting the valuable space i thought if my propex would fit, then i could shelf off and make use of the area where the cool box should have been. this is where i was talking about:
with the eventual hose coming out in the kick panel below the back seats:
I also, went about fitting a 12/24V fridge manufactured by Vitri Frigo, an Italian company who specialise in marine use.
Got everything sorted in Uni holidays and outside of working full time in those hols in time for my travels. had an amazing time, but things havent stopped ont he camper front. As recently advertised on here, i sold my Dormobile interior and the camper is now empty. Stripping in interior has opened a few cans but not that many.
behind the drivers side is royaly entertaining....
Then there was a section the other end of the middle side panel by the floor....
There was a section or rust found when I removed the cab roof lining, above the drivers door which is pretty bad. I will take pics next time i'm working on the van.