self builders corner

isup

sklight for sale
http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=81599

richiemack

MEANT TO LET YALL KNOW I GOT INSURANCE ON MY BUS WITH TRAVELLERS

pandos

A few weeks ago I posted a question about suppliers of conversion parts.

Just to let people know, After finding prices from Irish based suppliers and or stocks being non existant I phoned O'Leary in Hull.

On Thursday Morning I ordered 2 roof lights with fans/ one big one small and a set of fridge vents.

Large box arrived this morning containing exactly what I ordered. Total £275 incl carriage to my own door. Best price in this country €400 and that would involve a wait and then collection.

isup

any info on that supplier? quote=pandos;62607579]A few weeks ago I posted a question about suppliers of conversion parts.

Just to let people know, After finding prices from Irish based suppliers and or stocks being non existant I phoned O'Leary in Hull.

On Thursday Morning I ordered 2 roof lights with fans/ one big one small and a set of fridge vents.

Large box arrived this morning containing exactly what I ordered. Total £275 incl carriage to my own door. Best price in this country €400 and that would involve a wait and then collection.[/quote]

pandos

http://www.olearymotorhomes.co.uk/

isup

pandos wrote: »

http://www.olearymotorhomes.co.uk/

looks good, thanks

CharloG

Hi Guys,

New to boards so please forgive me if in the wrong area. I have a '99 VW Caravelle Minibus and I am looking for the interior or "How to build" options to convert said bus into a camper. Jus one thing, I must maintain 3 seats in the rear for the rugrats so if anybody has any ideas it would be much apopreciated.

joncollier

2 solutions keep your existing seats and change the mounting brackets to removable type so you can take them out. Or swap them for a 3 seater RIB seat bed expensive but safe, you can see them here http://greendogcampers.com

Buford T Justice

Will be starting my build shortly on my own van.

I've located myself a 96 Transit Hi Cube LWB and will be converting it. I intend to document and post here as I go on this so will start a new thread and keep adding to it (provided thats ok Pesant)

Will be posting links on where I'm gettin stuff and asking others for advice and so on. Looking forward to gettin my hands dirty now....

peasant

Fingers McGee wrote: »

(provided thats ok Pesant)

'course it is ...

Buford T Justice

peasant wrote: »

'course it is ...

Thanks Pesant


PS, is your wagon a van conversion or a coachbuilt?

maringo

Recently converted vwlt35 to camper but seems to be impossible to find out where to have it re-classified. Revenue say its the NCT who do it and the NCT say its not their baby. Its not an imported van we just want to get it inspected and classified as a camper. Can anybody save me from spending my life being passed from pillar to post please?

merc camper

Bring it to your local motor tax office. They will inspect it to see if it meets campervan criteria. They should just change the log book for you. I have heard of people being charged VRT on the conversion. I was not charged tyhis and i know several others who were not.

paddyp

merc camper wrote: »

Bring it to your local motor tax office. They will inspect it to see if it meets campervan criteria. They should just change the log book for you. I have heard of people being charged VRT on the conversion. I was not charged tyhis and i know several others who were not.

I am *very* interested in this. Which office did you go to? Do you know which office the others went to? Was yours already a private vehicle as vrt already paid is offset against the evaluated vrt.

merc camper

The van was an irish panel van, I took it to clondalkin tax ofice the others went to naas. There was no mention of VRT they just changed the log book and taxed it as a camper. It was all very simple

maringo

After being given the runaround finally discovered revenue are who reclassify irish vehicle conversions.

Ours is an Irish van converted. (no vrt involved) Revenue have now inspected it. They are near Dublin airport on the old road. They checked chassis no on the vehicle and looked inside, checked weight etc. and gave a letter for the motor tax office. The letter states the vehicle makes Category C motor caravan requirements and that they have inspected the vehicle. So hopefully we can now tax it as a camper once we produce the letter to the motor reg office.

It appears that the NCT now do the test for an imported vehicle from 1st Sept this year as far as I know.

Buford T Justice

Will be finally kicking off my conversion in the next few weeks.

Question, what thickness of ply do people use for building the units, 6mm? or thicker / thinner?

Any advise?

Torinfleming

maringo wrote: »

Recently converted vwlt35 to camper but seems to be impossible to find out where to have it re-classified. Revenue say its the NCT who do it and the NCT say its not their baby. Its not an imported van we just want to get it inspected and classified as a camper. Can anybody save me from spending my life being passed from pillar to post please?

HI Maringo, I am trying to get hold of a VW lt 35 also to convert at the mo. where did you get yours at? What was the build process like? Heard you can download a form from the revenue site that you fill in and bring to revenue just changing the use of the vehicle! Cheers

Rapidmike

Hi fingers
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I built the kitchen out of a combo of 6 mill for the back
and 12 ml for the rest .. Only problem was most camper parts
are sized for 15ml but anything can be made fit
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had a previous kitchen unit framed like caravan furniture out of 3ml
to make it light for removing ... Lasted well but never felt as good
mike
oops can't post pics??

Buford T Justice

Rapidmike wrote: »

Hi fingers
IMG_0626.JPG
I built the kitchen out of a combo of 6 mill for the back
and 12 ml for the rest .. Only problem was most camper parts
are sized for 15ml but anything can be made fit
IMG_0633.JPG
IMG_0661.JPG
had a previous kitchen unit framed like caravan furniture out of 3ml
to make it light for removing ... Lasted well but never felt as good
mike
oops can't post pics??

You can upload them to wthax.org or you can attach them to the post (Scroll down)