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Personpepe63
27/9/2011 at 7:24pm
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Is this big enough..?

or this slightly more nimble  option...?



Persondelboydriver
27/9/2011 at 10:30pm
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Hey pepe

Both give food for thought dont they ooh now what to do.

DELBOY



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you may be frustrated now but infront of me there is a big incline . yeh it may be slow but it is in front


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ukstevie
28/9/2011 at 12:47pm
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My favourite (given the cash, skill and time) would be a tri-axle Ducato or a wide body renault PTS bus

both would have over 6ft width for that fixed double bed


Personmjcreed
08/10/2011 at 9:43pm
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just started on an ex prison service 7.5 ton Iveco, so far it's taken me 4 day's just to strip out the cells etc, it's a good box on the back that is fully insulated (sides / ceiling and floor) ideal for conversion to a motorhome,

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ukstevie
08/10/2011 at 10:14pm
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at least with a 7.5tonne box van youve got vertical walls, and a payload enough to use household units, no wall profiles to cut


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Personmjcreed
09/10/2011 at 12:32am
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Thats true ukstevie, although I won't be buying houshold units I'll be making them all myself, It will be a novelty for me to build on something that is "straight". I build specialist conversions on all types of vehicle for a living within the family business, caravanettes, St Johns, Fire brigade, Ambulance etc, so it will be a bit of a busmans holiday for me. To be honest the inside of the box is pretty much a similar size to the Ace Supreme Twinstar caravan that we currently use so I think will be trying to get more or less the same layout in there, but with a bit more storage, just waiting on materials now so I can start the build. 

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ukstevie
09/10/2011 at 9:07am
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you coulda kept the cells as single bedrooms....lol


with a 7.5tonne id use wickes kitchen units and ikea bedroom stuff cos my carpentry skills lie between wood butcher and rustic

my sisters feller was a chippy (proper - window frames, kitchens, bespoke) but wont work

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Persondelboydriver
09/10/2011 at 11:25am
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7.5 tonne would be a dream that would raise a few eyebrows wouldnt it espacially if i leave the prison insignia on the doors etc.

DELBOY



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Personmjcreed
09/10/2011 at 8:10pm
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ukstevie, not possible unless you can sleep standing up, beleive me those cells are tiny.

delboydriver, anything is possible, the trucks are pretty cheap to buy and low mileage etc as a rule, this one had air con fitted in the rear plus two Eberspacher heaters and a small fridge. would put some pictures on here but can't figure out how



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Personmjcreed
09/10/2011 at 9:14pm
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no luck with images, I'll try again later



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ukstevie
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you can upload 3 images to your gallery, otherwise you need hosting (like photobucket) and use the image URL as a link, or "insert image" using that yellow mountain icon just above this box


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Personmjcreed
10/10/2011 at 8:27pm
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I'll try again ,first pic is the outside

http://s735.photobucket.com/albums/ww360/FULLTIMER123/?action=view&current=P9300625.jpg

next one showing the interior cells still intact

http://s735.photobucket.com/albums/ww360/FULLTIMER123/?action=view&current=P9300619.jpg

last one , empty at last and ready to start the refit

http://s735.photobucket.com/albums/ww360/FULLTIMER123/?action=view&current=PA100637.jpg



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ukstevie
11/10/2011 at 8:42am
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can you walk-thru into the back from the cab?


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11/10/2011 at 6:47pm
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not at the moment, to be honest that suits us, I did think about creating a walk through but decided we could live without it as with the layout that we want there will be L shape seating across the front bulkhead and down the off side

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ukstevie
12/10/2011 at 1:40pm
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theres the problem of making the walkthru waterproof too, and being able to tilt the cab to access the big noisy thing under it



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