Motorhome renovation

[SlimRick]

3 weeks ago, I took a little trip up to Anglesey to pick up a rather ancient motorhome - a 1987 Mercedes 207D. By far the slowest thing I've ever driven!!! Is 15mph up hills normal for something like this?

[SlimRick]

I'll post some pics up of the progress when I'm not on the iPad, but there's a few here:

https://ourmotorhome.wordpress.com

[SlimRick]

Here's a few before and after pics....if anyone asks which is before and which is after they'll get a slap!










Still a few bits to do - soft furnishings and a bit more paint mostly.

[SlimRick]

The shower room / toilet has been the biggest pain so far!

I don't think my chances of getting my other half to agree to crap in a bucket were particularly high, so I picked up a cassette toilet - it just happened to be 7 cm too wide to fit. Out came the grinder, out came the interior walls, and I also cut a great big hole in the side of the van!

Before:


During:


After...installed and working, but still needs "prettying"


Annoyingly, the plastic vents that were on the outside of the wall were covering nothing but a couple of dents.

[SlimRick]

Some Gump said:

Mobile home of some description

"Try new things"

You're doggers, aren't you?

Ssshhhhhhhh!!!

[SlimRick]

Today, I thought I'd fit new carpet to the steps....and then spill gloss paint all over it :/


So I cleaned it up as best I could, and fitted some pretty led lights.

[SlimRick]

Made a start converting the fluorescent lamps to LEDs today:

Edited by SlimRick on Saturday 28th February 18:40