Finally finished stripping out the innards of Charlie the Camper Van and here he is in delivery van guise prior to re-flooring and re-building.
The worst part was trying to get the seat belt bolts out which were insanely fused/corroded and cross-threaded to boot. I had hold of a wrench lying under the bus securing the nut whilst my neighbour tackled the bolt end in the back of the van. Every half turn was a massive effort producing a horrible noise ....and creating so much friction that smoke was visible, whilst the heat melted the carpet to the board around the bolt.
Have rubbed down the floor tonight and painted it with 'Hamerite'* so already to start putting in the various strata layers (insultation, ply, then vinyl) with the holes in EXACTLY (eek) the right places.
All this started with what should have been a few minutes job of replacing a section of the carpet. There's a really important metaphor in here somewhere ......... I'll let you know if I work it out :-)
Got to say though that 'Charlie' is in surprisingly solid nick given that it's 20 year this month since he rolled off the production line in Wolfsburg.
Filed under: Nerdy but oddly pleasing!
(Must concentrate on work now)
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*Other direct to rust paints are available .... actually I can't think of any!
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