Nice ! Good solution, neat details too T:

Can you sleep in there ok, if needs be ?

 

Really like what you've done there. How do you get on with muddy tyres with the carpetted rear side panels?

Only other thing I'd say is that you've made sure the bikes are hidden but put an Orange sticker on the back marking you out as an mtber, doesn't take much of a leap to guess what is inside...x

 

Only other thing I'd say is that you've made sure the bikes are hidden but put an Orange sticker on the back marking you out as an mtber, doesn't take much of a leap to guess what is inside...x

i know but you'd be surprised as to how many people don't get the reference! but i get your point. the main reason i wanted a van was to beable to put bikes inside which is way safer than having them on the roof of the car, the main thing for me is that the bikes can't be seen from the outside, that said when you turn up at a trail centre (loads of people with vans) they know you're an Orange rider

 

I stick a tarp on the floor, slide the bench seat fully forwards and strap the seat tube to the rear headrest (bike diagonal with front wheel wedged in the rear bench seat gap). Doesn't budge an inch and no wheel removal needed. Would need at least front wheels off for two bikes though.

Nice bikes!

 

Looks good mate T:

Nice touch with the tool box too

 

How have you fixed the seats in the rear? Are they just bolted down or do you have an approved adaptor plate thingy?!
I thought the front seat couldn't be fitted in the rear... :*

 

the seat in the back has been fitted in the same way it was fitted in the front, it was done by a professional veedub guy so i know it was done right, it involved dropping the fuel tank and the mounting bolts have been welded in place, it passed an MOT a week after the conversion and i pointed out all the mods to the tester to make sure he was happy with the work so that if anything wasn't right i could go back to the guy who did it, he was happy with everything.

the carpets in the back was what i wanted from a looks point of view although there was a little misunderstanding about the tops of the arches being carpeted, i wanted them vinyl-ed so that has been done. when the bikes are muddy everything they touch is vinyl now so is pretty much wipe clean, sometimes i do get the odd bit of mud on the carpet so i let it dry then it mostly brushes/hoovers off so hasn't been much of an issue so far.

i didn't do this conversion with the intention of sleeping in it but i have done a couple of times now, for me on my own there is enough space to sleep around the rear seat, the space on the other side of the rear seat will at somepoint get a sink/grill/fridge unit maybe but it's not desperate as i tend to use b+b's as opposed to camp.

 

Nice van you got there. I like what you have done on the inside. I've looked for ideas on what to do with mine as I Mtb as well. In the end we bought a saris bike rack and put it across the back of the van, front wheel off and the bikes bikes sit facing the back doors, ready to have the front wheel on and off I go ....

Nice clockwork too .... Always wanted on we of those. A:A: