Now the Hard Work Begins

We drove over to Stockport today to pick the van up and brought it back to Sheffield over the Woodhead Pass.  I was pleasantly surprised at how responsive it is, hit 80 at one stretch on the M1 without even realising it.  Anyway we got home without a hitch, even managing to find the fuel filler and remember that it uses diesel not unleaded!

Our drive is quite narrow, but I managed to reverse it down towards the garage without ripping the wing mirrors off.  Job done.  The twin passenger seats may have to be removed for easy access between cab and rear.  I have read that 2001-2006 Mini Cooper seats are almost a perfect fit on the VW seat frame.

The first job was to remove the factory fitted bulkhead, that was easy enough but the mounting frame is welded to the floor and bolted to the sides of the cab near to the seat belt mounts.  We will take the angle grinder to these tomorrow.  Note the ingenious use of sponges to prevent the tailgate hitting the garage door frame!









Jude has been researching cabinet construction and seat materials, apparently we are to have a Suffolk beach hut theme which should be unique and look great.  We had toyed with the idea of doing an "Ikea Conversion" but more or less shelved that one now in favour of building a wooden framework which will allow a more flexible design.


Harvey helping
















Bulkhead and all ply lining removed, and floor cleaned up nicely.  That's all for today.