One minor positive that the lockdown has given me is time. So I have finally completed my camper conversion of my T6 Kombi. I use the Kombi for work so I had to make it dual purpose and I also wanted to make everything removable, so the vehicle remains original underneath.
First job was to fit the swivel seats (two singles). I liked the look of the Sportscraft swivels but didn’t fancy the faff of modifying the handbrake, so opted for RIB swivels. Ordered from Clearcut conversions and very happy with how easy they were to fit. I made a table and mounted it to the van using a piece of ply sandwiched between the bench seat and the floor. Then, table was fitted with a Fiamma leg. Seems to work ok. Had to apply a little silicone grease to stop the tube ends getting stuck inside the conical mounts.
The rear bed unit, is made from 18mm birch ply, secured to the floor using the anchor points. The panels on the top are hinged so the whole thing can be slid out.
The bed base is made up of three panels (12mm ply with pine added for extra support). The panels sit on a ledge on the inside of the unit. The base was going to be full width and hinged so it could fold up. But once I had made it, I found it quite heavy and due to the sloping in of the walls, its awkward to set up.
Thats it for now, just got to make some blinds, then thats us ready for a staycation on the driveway.
First job was to fit the swivel seats (two singles). I liked the look of the Sportscraft swivels but didn’t fancy the faff of modifying the handbrake, so opted for RIB swivels. Ordered from Clearcut conversions and very happy with how easy they were to fit. I made a table and mounted it to the van using a piece of ply sandwiched between the bench seat and the floor. Then, table was fitted with a Fiamma leg. Seems to work ok. Had to apply a little silicone grease to stop the tube ends getting stuck inside the conical mounts.
The rear bed unit, is made from 18mm birch ply, secured to the floor using the anchor points. The panels on the top are hinged so the whole thing can be slid out.
The bed base is made up of three panels (12mm ply with pine added for extra support). The panels sit on a ledge on the inside of the unit. The base was going to be full width and hinged so it could fold up. But once I had made it, I found it quite heavy and due to the sloping in of the walls, its awkward to set up.
Thats it for now, just got to make some blinds, then thats us ready for a staycation on the driveway.
