Not your normal VWSOA member van...

Bought as a complete rust heap in April of 2007, I worked on her every weekend for a year, just to get her through the MOT.

Having passed the MOT & with a temporary respray of 120 + cans of paint, I started on the inside; The only 'must have' instructions from the wife were;

• A toilet
• A cooker
• A fridge
• A sink
• A bed

I started out with all sorts of big ideas, but had to scale things down a tad as I soon come to realise that I could be working on this for 20 years and never finish...

So after another 3 months of working on the inside we started to use her with vengeance early 2009.

I'm happy with the LT so far and want to get to work finishing off the inside - the problem now is, finding the time, as we are always away!

The Pictures

The first few pictures show the state of the inside of the van when I bought her and the work that followed to get rid of all the rust from the floor area.

Then a sill repair. I don't want to be constantly repairing filler, so I made sure that all body work rust has been completely cut out and replaced it all with solid metal.

The next load of pics show a nasty dent repaired on the side of the van.

Then

Our first breakfast

Lolls first (of many) glass (or plastic) of wine

Me washing up in the van for the first and LAST time.

Set up outside Bodium Castle (our first trip away in the van)

and last but not least - the toilet...