Project day...

HISTLE WHILE YOU WORK...

I don't know if I was whistling, but I know I swore a couple times...lol working in a confined space is not so easy.  The van is not like a cube but it's pretty tight when you are handling pieces of plywood...big awkward

 things...Anywho  I got the Front Compartment Pretty much done.  I can't enclose it till I get the main living quarters ceiling done because it over laps the main cabin piece same for the back .

 I only partially took down.  

So I got placed the board I covered with the new material up top.  I  put some pieces of wood along the edges to screw it to...and a piece of wood at the back to hold it strong.  The next piece is the one that goes behind the sun visors...And it's held in place by shoving behind that corner trim and the sun visor hardware holds it up...it's a rigid foam board type material heat bonded into the contour shape...so I spray glued the fabric onto it, and that was the next part to go in..

Then I had to reinstall the overhead light compartment...this used to also house controls for a old analog tv and vcr I removed when I first bought the van..,I also cut and removed all that miles of wiring that went with that Tv/vcr.  I don't need it I used a 10 inch dvd player it has it's own screen and if I want a bigger tv, that DVD player will hook right into it.  I would like some nice blue tooth speakers.  Anyways when I camp I normally just put the DVD player right beside me so I can hear and see it and I do have blue tooth headphones...

                           it reminds me of an Alien...the light compartment installed

The old headliner thing floated up there its hard to explain but it was NOT screwed onto the  frame of the vehicle so it was so noisy and bouncy..I plan to get some rigid foam insulation and put in before I enclose it or even some pink insulation stuff...and I will create some storage bins to go up there too.. I did that before when I took the tv down..but I think I want bigger ones..this time. One thing that bugs me is my sun visor droops..I m not sure if I will try to fix it or just figure out a way to hold it up like with a clip of some kind, or a snap.  Meanwhile now the main living quarter is next...I have to get a Sheet or 2 of Luan...it will go up against the fiberglass top...I have some reflexit insulation and I plan to purchase more...so off to Lowes I go...then the Sides I plan to put in an open stash pocket..more on that later. I may remove that plastic at the back and create one of covered wood because it rattles...I think it would be simple to cut a piece that fits that shape cover it with same fabric and it would be strong and it needs to be insulated in there it's easy to remove it..just  a few screws..I may even be able to add some more bins at the top of it.

We have a good week of sun forecasted so I hope to keep moving on this and get it done. Here is a photo from the day I bought the van, the new thing I just did gives me lots more headroom and allows more light to come in..and the weight of that tv made the old thing sag...it's better now, don't you think?

So Im really busy now getting this done, and then I have to take it in for either a wheel or hub bearing...a never ending story.  And I've decided to rename my van.  So we'll see what I come up with.


Today my BP was 111/79.  
Today was Friday 13th...nothing bad happened!  Saturday is Svengoolie, I hope its a good one I look forward to seeing it..And  Trump continues to be the biggest horses' ass in the WORLD!