One of the things that Winnebago should have done is create a rear hatch for the coach battery compartment. Many others have done this (where do you think I found out the model of hatch to use?), but I wanted to show how really easy it is, as well as the specific approach I used. [...]
Hey, it’s not just OUR van – it is Flea’s, as well. Every cat needs a scratching post, but since we don’t have a post in the van, how about a “pad”? Held in place by a modified wooden fish book marker, of course!
Since there are just two humans and one cat that travel in this van, and since the built-in bed leaves much to be desired, we decided to remove the back seat (that folds into a bed), and build a platform bed that can still turn into a seat for eating, etc. I know I need [...]
Hated the armrests – never used them, they got in the way when we used the “pass-through” to the back, made swiveling the seats a pain – so we removed them. But we needed something to hold our “seat back pockets” in place, so we reused the bolts and combined them with a large coin [...]
Our rear speakers never worked, and we never use the stereo on trips anyway, and who wants to look at a 70′s looking grille in their living room? So…
In order to get more room in the bed, make it easier to get access to the compartment next to the seat, etc – we decided to remove the doors, and hang some curtains – we also removed the metals tracks and replaced them with cedar 2×2′s
We decided we needed a cool way to hide the fluorescent lights – so we put some old 35mm slides to good use: