johnandkatrina
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I'm bored in work and read once or twice you all like piccys 
Also feel I owe some time and pics for all the good advice received over the last few months.
After some months of nagging from the wife for a campervan, I finally agreed on the condition it had to be a earlybay.
This is what she had in mind, viewed at FBI swansea
After looking at quite a few vans over a few months I saw one looking very sorry for herself, the wife wasn't with me but my kind mum had driven me to warwickshire to view(i was in plaster with a broken leg).
The van was not what the wife had in mind but after 2 hours dragging-hobbling myself around it I had a good feeling about her and just had to have, I phoned the wife and she as always just said " I trust your decision you decide"................... well 10 mins later fee was agreed and deposit left . Must thank at this point Ian from warwickshire (thesamba) for a very smooth transaction very decent honest guy from my experience.
When I got home these are the pictures I had to show the wife, I was just crapping myself a bit
Put my 3 year old on the hammock , big ripping noise as he fell straight through, dont worry I caught him just
A little bit of artistic licence
The day she was delivered
Well that was a month or so ago and were still together, the van has come on ok, first sorted the lights and wiring out as they where a mess (my soldering and use of a fluke has come on leaps and bounds), and then put it straight in for a MOT just to see what she was gonna fail on, to my surprise 1 failure offside rear brake binding, I nearly fell over when I was told :lol: ,
work done since, interior surface rust removed and spayed, rear seats recovered thanks to my mother, new curtains made again thanks mum, new shocks all round. new brake hoses and shoes, engine serviced, fumigated not sure about some of those funny looking spiders lol, replaced front seat with better originals, cleaned many times by the wife and 3 year old, rear window seal, tailgate seal, drivers door seal window scrapers and winder mech, new washer pipes, cab carpets, tan inertia seat belts for the kids, clear wax oyl underneath, floor boarded and covered with a wet room style vinyl antislip, interior cupboards glued and new bolts and brackets, new ply for side panel, new insulation (sheeps wool) when in wales.
Externally just primed the rear corners to protect from the weather and squiged some silicaset in the holes where the slide hammer and a awning had been. ooh registered insured on the road :roll:
Thats it for now as the new pics are at home, but over the w.e I'll update, cheers for taking the time to read
Also feel I owe some time and pics for all the good advice received over the last few months.After some months of nagging from the wife for a campervan, I finally agreed on the condition it had to be a earlybay.
This is what she had in mind, viewed at FBI swansea
After looking at quite a few vans over a few months I saw one looking very sorry for herself, the wife wasn't with me but my kind mum had driven me to warwickshire to view(i was in plaster with a broken leg).
The van was not what the wife had in mind but after 2 hours dragging-hobbling myself around it I had a good feeling about her and just had to have, I phoned the wife and she as always just said " I trust your decision you decide"................... well 10 mins later fee was agreed and deposit left . Must thank at this point Ian from warwickshire (thesamba) for a very smooth transaction very decent honest guy from my experience.
When I got home these are the pictures I had to show the wife, I was just crapping myself a bit
Put my 3 year old on the hammock , big ripping noise as he fell straight through, dont worry I caught him just
A little bit of artistic licence
The day she was delivered
Well that was a month or so ago and were still together, the van has come on ok, first sorted the lights and wiring out as they where a mess (my soldering and use of a fluke has come on leaps and bounds), and then put it straight in for a MOT just to see what she was gonna fail on, to my surprise 1 failure offside rear brake binding, I nearly fell over when I was told :lol: ,
work done since, interior surface rust removed and spayed, rear seats recovered thanks to my mother, new curtains made again thanks mum, new shocks all round. new brake hoses and shoes, engine serviced, fumigated not sure about some of those funny looking spiders lol, replaced front seat with better originals, cleaned many times by the wife and 3 year old, rear window seal, tailgate seal, drivers door seal window scrapers and winder mech, new washer pipes, cab carpets, tan inertia seat belts for the kids, clear wax oyl underneath, floor boarded and covered with a wet room style vinyl antislip, interior cupboards glued and new bolts and brackets, new ply for side panel, new insulation (sheeps wool) when in wales.
Externally just primed the rear corners to protect from the weather and squiged some silicaset in the holes where the slide hammer and a awning had been. ooh registered insured on the road :roll:
Thats it for now as the new pics are at home, but over the w.e I'll update, cheers for taking the time to read
