Inside the above cab space.

The general appearence is clean but worn. The large amount of gaffa tape is still in good condition but I wonder what's underneath it?

Up to my neck in..............

I have spent a while crawling around the floor and peering into the roof space and come up with these results. 

Power to the people!

Some further investigating last evening has revealed the main 12v power feeds from somewhere! I live in hopes that Ceri, the auto electrician, will be able to make some sense of it all on Saturday. After soliciting advice from the Yahoo group, I have decided to go for a cheapish semi-traction unit as my leisure battery and hope to get at least a couple of years use from it before I have to make another purchase. I have bought a car radio and speakers on eBay and I will either install that or the Sony my brother-in-law gave me as soon as I can. That may well be up to Ceri as well as I can see no aerial feed or power feed so far. I would like to take out the metal shelving as soon as possible as it is getting in the way and not very useful. I have now bought and fitted a steering wheel lock for security purposes. It cost me £30.00 but is Thatcham 4 so will cover me on the insurance.

Air conditioning and heating.

Yesterday, I had a closer look at the hidden area above the cab. Wow, the air conditioning system is also by Eberspacher. This means that the total cost of the Eberspacher kit is more than I paid for the bus. I have also found where the two cut off cables above the cab go to now, interior fluorescent lights. The individual seat lighting appears to be intact but probably ran off the second battery as it's not currently working.

Fundimentals, Monday (23/3/2009)

Some details about this vehicle won't go amiss. As she is ex Met, she is very well insulated already. There are actually too many lighting points for camper use already installed so I will be taking some out. There is air conditioning already installed and some of the outlets may have to be cut back. An Eberspracher system is installed but disconnected from the battery and the mounting point and cables for the leisure battery are already installed. I have very busy Sundays so all we did yesterday was go and sit in it and let Samuel, my grandson, play bus driver for an hour or so. This evening, I intend to have a poke around in the innards and see whats what with the electrics. She also needs some sound insulation fitted to cut back on engine noise so I will measure up for that at the same time. We have decided to "Go for it" as my wife says, if we need to borrow to finish it then we will. She has plans for this summer............ OK.