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I introduce you to....
Vanna White...
Here is the van as i got it on May 11th 2012
The van started its life as a medical transport vehicle, complete with raised top and wheel chair lift at the side doors
From the back you can see the van is equipped with 5 seats, 2 sets of which fold up.
(having issues with the pic)
Also the floor has a track anchor system for securing the disabled clients who used this vehicle, the track is bolted down to the body every four inches, should provide limitless anchor points for my interior build....
Day One....
I plan on building a completely custom interior so all the seats had to go.
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Next to go is the lift... Ten anchor bolts and few wires.. should be pretty simple...
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30 minutes later...
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Now that the interior is empty, time for a stiff bristle brush and bleach cleaning...
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After taking the last seat out and exposing the rear A/C unit and discovering it needed a good cleaning too, out came the wire brush and the shop vac!!
The shop vac and the wire brush are my friends...
MUCH BETTER!!
Now that the interior is nice and clean I need to layout where i want the bed to be.
Day two...
When i was removing the wheel chair lift i noticed the the floor is recessed 6" right behind the front seats...
The space measures 48"x60"x6"
I first had the idea to keep the floor open and locate the kitchen area here, giving me a little more head room, but i decided against it cause I would have had to remove two factory installed supports that bridge the opening....
however I couldnt in good conscience not utilize this space for something... but what...?
In order to have a solid floor and still be able to use the space under it I need to remove the vertical supports that where supporting the weight of the lift and no longer needed, so out comes the grinder and cut off wheels...
There were two supports on the front anchor point and three on the back one....
As you can kinda see here...
After two long hours, lots of frustration and about 10 cut off wheels... I have a nice under floor storage compartment, all it needs is a hinged door on the front and some kind of vibration reducing material on the bottom of it...
I figured out what ill store in there, a nice folding picnic table and my removeable solar panel that I plan to have...
Im a union ironworker by trade so i plan to do most of the build out of light tube steel, so after designing the bed, I make a run to the local metal supply and grab my materials...
Tomorrow I start the bed build....
Vanna White...
Here is the van as i got it on May 11th 2012
The van started its life as a medical transport vehicle, complete with raised top and wheel chair lift at the side doors
From the back you can see the van is equipped with 5 seats, 2 sets of which fold up.
(having issues with the pic)
Also the floor has a track anchor system for securing the disabled clients who used this vehicle, the track is bolted down to the body every four inches, should provide limitless anchor points for my interior build....
Day One....
I plan on building a completely custom interior so all the seats had to go.
View attachment 101203
Next to go is the lift... Ten anchor bolts and few wires.. should be pretty simple...
View attachment 101202
30 minutes later...
View attachment 101204
Now that the interior is empty, time for a stiff bristle brush and bleach cleaning...
View attachment 101238
After taking the last seat out and exposing the rear A/C unit and discovering it needed a good cleaning too, out came the wire brush and the shop vac!!
The shop vac and the wire brush are my friends...
MUCH BETTER!!
Now that the interior is nice and clean I need to layout where i want the bed to be.
Day two...
When i was removing the wheel chair lift i noticed the the floor is recessed 6" right behind the front seats...
The space measures 48"x60"x6"
I first had the idea to keep the floor open and locate the kitchen area here, giving me a little more head room, but i decided against it cause I would have had to remove two factory installed supports that bridge the opening....
however I couldnt in good conscience not utilize this space for something... but what...?
In order to have a solid floor and still be able to use the space under it I need to remove the vertical supports that where supporting the weight of the lift and no longer needed, so out comes the grinder and cut off wheels...
There were two supports on the front anchor point and three on the back one....
As you can kinda see here...
After two long hours, lots of frustration and about 10 cut off wheels... I have a nice under floor storage compartment, all it needs is a hinged door on the front and some kind of vibration reducing material on the bottom of it...
I figured out what ill store in there, a nice folding picnic table and my removeable solar panel that I plan to have...
Im a union ironworker by trade so i plan to do most of the build out of light tube steel, so after designing the bed, I make a run to the local metal supply and grab my materials...
Tomorrow I start the bed build....