The beginning!
I decided to blog about building our motor home (bit late I know) so anyone thinking of doing the same can see whats involved. In 2009 I took the hard decision to sell my beloved Harley Davidson Fatboy and buy a 2008 Fiat Ducato xlwb to convert into a motor home for me, my wife Sandra, our son Billy and our dog Alfie. I straight away ordered and fitted an awning, also ordered a bike rack and rear door ladder both of which still haven't been fitted to date. I started the first part of the main conversion in July 2010 in order to go away in August 2010, I didn't think this would be much of a job to get it somewhere near to camp in.........I was wrong!
Took a trip up to Rainbow Conversions and bought all the main kit to start the conversion, Windows, Fridge, Roof lights, Water Heater, Heater, Wall carpet sink, hob and oven. I decided to buy the wall board from Magnum motorhomes as they do radius, angled and flat trims to match as that was the finish I wanted. Also bought second hand single passengers seat of eBay and seat swivels to fit to both. the first job was to cut the holes to fit the windows in, I wasn't looking forward to cutting big holes in the side of my shiny van! I started with the sliding door as if I messed it up it would be replaceable at worst. Cutting out turned out to be really easy by drilling the four corners and jig sawing between them (make sure you put masking tape on where your cutting as it easily scratches,and if your jig saw has a plastic attachment clipped on the bottom remove that as well, as the hot cuttings melt into it and cause scratches). Constructed a wooden frame from 19mm x 25mm pine and stuck that to the inner of the hole, waited a couple of hours for the pu adhesive to cure then stuck in the window, looks really good and I'm Happy with the result. Much easier than I thought it would be.
I decided to blog about building our motor home (bit late I know) so anyone thinking of doing the same can see whats involved. In 2009 I took the hard decision to sell my beloved Harley Davidson Fatboy and buy a 2008 Fiat Ducato xlwb to convert into a motor home for me, my wife Sandra, our son Billy and our dog Alfie. I straight away ordered and fitted an awning, also ordered a bike rack and rear door ladder both of which still haven't been fitted to date. I started the first part of the main conversion in July 2010 in order to go away in August 2010, I didn't think this would be much of a job to get it somewhere near to camp in.........I was wrong!
Took a trip up to Rainbow Conversions and bought all the main kit to start the conversion, Windows, Fridge, Roof lights, Water Heater, Heater, Wall carpet sink, hob and oven. I decided to buy the wall board from Magnum motorhomes as they do radius, angled and flat trims to match as that was the finish I wanted. Also bought second hand single passengers seat of eBay and seat swivels to fit to both. the first job was to cut the holes to fit the windows in, I wasn't looking forward to cutting big holes in the side of my shiny van! I started with the sliding door as if I messed it up it would be replaceable at worst. Cutting out turned out to be really easy by drilling the four corners and jig sawing between them (make sure you put masking tape on where your cutting as it easily scratches,and if your jig saw has a plastic attachment clipped on the bottom remove that as well, as the hot cuttings melt into it and cause scratches). Constructed a wooden frame from 19mm x 25mm pine and stuck that to the inner of the hole, waited a couple of hours for the pu adhesive to cure then stuck in the window, looks really good and I'm Happy with the result. Much easier than I thought it would be.
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