25th month (July 2006)
HAPPY 2nd YEAR PROJECT ANNIVERSARY!!
We did not expect it to take this long... But we will have a MUCH better motorhome when finished.
This month we continue with the front frame.
We are pushing forward |
First the 'B' pillars
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And the floor needs to be fixed/made too |
The fuel filler had to be moved down. |
The front part of the original floor slopes |
We made a frame to level the main motorhome floor
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Shopping for seats... driver |
and the passengers |
Then we worked on the front floor. We needed to lower part of the floor
for the floor mounted seats.
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The old frame was removed and the new frame started. |
The frame work for the front floor
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The view from the top
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26th month (August 2006)
In this month we continue to work on the front frame.
This month we had to look for and buy our seats. This was so that we can make the mounts for the seats.
The original seat
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We like the new seats better ;-) |
First we bought the passenger seats (2x doubles)
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Here is a close-up of the fabric. |
Next we bought the driver and co-friver seats. |
These are the bostrom wide-ride air ride seats.
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Lastly we bought the sofa/bed. (three seater)
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It folds down to a double bed (2m x 1.4m) |
All the seats together. |
Plenty to look at for the six front positions which are looking out of
the huge front windscreen.
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Peter bent some 0.8mm thick sheet to |
seal around the front step. |
And the work begins to make the seat mounts.
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27th month (September 2006)
This month we finished the seat mountings and worked around the fuel tank area.
We completed the double seat frame |
Here is where the driver seat goes. |
We then drilled the holes and... |
welded the nuts on. |
All of the seats line-up nicely |
And from behind. |
We then started work in the bin area. |
We removed the fuel tank cover and surprise more rust.
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While we were here, we drained the tank and replaced the PVC fuel gauge hose. |
Peter made the fuel filler 50mm to 75mm converter.
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This is the old aisle that we need to seal.
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Like this.
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