Pinnacle Campers
Chateau spotter
As most might have noticed, I chose black diamond quilted vinyl for my upholstery fabric.
Not really sure how I came up with this but I did want a wipeable fabric as the inside of this thing will get dirty.
As I mentioned previously, I had cut and painted plywood for the metal bed frames. I used Glidden exterior black paint. I did look into putting black laminate on these panels but passed as I thought it would be to expensive.
Then I wrapped the panels with the DQV. Since the frames are only 1" it didn't leave much room for the overlap. I used my 1/4" pneumatic stapler to fasten it.
This is the cut, fold, staple I mentioned previously in a pic with the ABS cover plate.
I put t nuts in from the upholstery side before covering. This will end up being the passenger side forward facing panel. The notch is for the seat belt.
This is the drivers side vertical panel. The lower painted part is facing the back in the cubby. The upper is cut out for my electrical panel.
Here is the electrical panel installed with plenty of room to expand. The panel itself is a scrap of the removed tan interior panels. Trying to blend old with new and reuse at the same time.
Here is the back of the panel, it has standoffs to create a hollow when the back panel is in. The back panel is below and attaches with Velcro. You can see here the Blue Sea "house" fuse box. I will clean up the wiring a little more as things start to solidify and additions/changes slow.
That panel in place along with the interior window cover panel.
The "finished" drivers side rear. The forward most cubby is really hard to get to so I plan on a 10g water tank, pump, and heat exchanger for that area.
Converting a passenger van to a "camper" does have challenges but I think they are worth it. I worked to "integrate" as much as possible.
Here is one on those challenging areas.
I had originally planned on laminating some wood strips together to make this little curved cubby. Since I had scraps of HDPE laying around I figured I would try to bend some. A little heat and some clamps in a jig and....
The ledge in the OEM plastic combined with a little ledger on the HDPE made for a perfect little stash spot. Im holding the "bottom" in my hand with a little finger pull hole. I find that my headlamp ends up here on top.
Not really sure how I came up with this but I did want a wipeable fabric as the inside of this thing will get dirty.
As I mentioned previously, I had cut and painted plywood for the metal bed frames. I used Glidden exterior black paint. I did look into putting black laminate on these panels but passed as I thought it would be to expensive.
Then I wrapped the panels with the DQV. Since the frames are only 1" it didn't leave much room for the overlap. I used my 1/4" pneumatic stapler to fasten it.
This is the cut, fold, staple I mentioned previously in a pic with the ABS cover plate.
I put t nuts in from the upholstery side before covering. This will end up being the passenger side forward facing panel. The notch is for the seat belt.
This is the drivers side vertical panel. The lower painted part is facing the back in the cubby. The upper is cut out for my electrical panel.
Here is the electrical panel installed with plenty of room to expand. The panel itself is a scrap of the removed tan interior panels. Trying to blend old with new and reuse at the same time.
Here is the back of the panel, it has standoffs to create a hollow when the back panel is in. The back panel is below and attaches with Velcro. You can see here the Blue Sea "house" fuse box. I will clean up the wiring a little more as things start to solidify and additions/changes slow.
That panel in place along with the interior window cover panel.
The "finished" drivers side rear. The forward most cubby is really hard to get to so I plan on a 10g water tank, pump, and heat exchanger for that area.
Converting a passenger van to a "camper" does have challenges but I think they are worth it. I worked to "integrate" as much as possible.
Here is one on those challenging areas.
I had originally planned on laminating some wood strips together to make this little curved cubby. Since I had scraps of HDPE laying around I figured I would try to bend some. A little heat and some clamps in a jig and....
The ledge in the OEM plastic combined with a little ledger on the HDPE made for a perfect little stash spot. Im holding the "bottom" in my hand with a little finger pull hole. I find that my headlamp ends up here on top.
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