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Nah, Southpier has a place around this campfire...Could someone pass me another beer...

# 24 (above) The top excess was first cut with a skill saw using the ply as the edge, then with established straight lines, the final cuts are on the tablesaw... (above) No measuring = better accuracy... (above) This is the front cabin...The plastic next to the shifter is useless...

# 24 (above) New week, new list... (above) The first behind the seat table top will be an art project for later, so another piece of 1/2" Baltic ply is the foundation...T'nuts will be the bolt throughs for the brackets... (above) 2x4 Fir sliced and planed... (above) Culled and...

Screws and fender washers into the roof ribs where I can, and straight down screws with fender washers into the horizontal body channel where needed...Those racks don't hold a lot of weight, and the overhang is short enough not be concerned about bending the shelving...It's a good system...

Might just be becuz (sic) it is great...???... In every other build thread I've done, (two Sprinters, a fancy Jeep and a tasteful Lexus) that is clearly the majority opinion...Majority, as in everyone...You have a problem with that, so be it, but dude, ease up and quit coming across as being so...

Those are 4" Polk Audio speakers...Any 4" speakers should work...

# 23 (above) PolySeam sealant/adhesive is the speaker bedding compound... (above) The lone screw hole gets filled... (above) With the speakers in, the radio is installed next...I got so focused on the work, I took no pictures of the process...Sprinters are tough vehicles to install a...

# 23 (above) With the back end electrical work looking good, it's time to get the front end updated...The driver seat pedestal needs a new top...The cardboard one from the factory is split down the center... (above) A piece of scrap FRP is given new life... (above) A little filament tape...

# 22 (above) ...Big magnets in these...Headliner speakers...Another pair will replace the factory's, up front... (above) Found at Lowes...Works off of close to 12 volt...Blindingly bright...Under $15... (above) Headliner with new speakers and light.... (above) Wires taped on the back...

...and magnets...

Some folks like a deadbolt on a door with a regular door lock...It's something like that...

The idea I got from the Hiscox Jeep...I put one on mine and most people consider it, along with the water supply, the best features of the van, at first glance...The magnets do work fine through the SS...Bigger is better, and a bungee strap is the fail safe...

Why...???... I did mine that way years ago, and it's been fine, so has all the other epoxy set PVC connections I've done...But really, I don't like the blue glue line... Scuff sanding and a clean, clean, clean surface are good prep...And leaving the assembly untouched as the epoxy cures... I'm...

# 21 (above) The tabletop got a fast rough sanding to even things up... (above) Hmmm, what to do next...???...

# 21 (above) Before opening the shop door, another row of blocks went on the tabletop... (above) Yellow glue and 22 gauge pins... Time to put the water tank together...Everything was washed with soap, the slip connections were dry sanded with 60 grit for a good epoxy bond and the outside...

#20 Snip, snip, snip...The final install is all that's left for these... The behind the diver seat table needs a few days to get done...This is the starting point...I bent some wood for a screen door I built for Pam's brother, that's the walnut in the middle of the fir 1/2" blocks on both...

# 20 (above) Bike mount wall needs a finish surface... (above) I've been scoring some amazing B side 1/8" plywood...I used this for my current paddleboard rails...I like the wood transition from Outdoors to White FRP, to this, to the fir / pine interior...A space breaker...I like it for what...

# 20 (above) Loosely strapped...Far from considered installed, but good enough to precisely mark all the angles for an accurate glue up...More on that later... (above) It felt like the right time to put the rear tarp together...A cheapo 5 x 7 from Harbor freight with 1/2" elect. conduit on...

# 20 Hey JA: Something like that... (above) A still dark run to Lowe's and Home Depot had me set for the day...First up, figure out the water tank... (above) It'll go there... (above) To not get confused early, locations are noted... (above) The vertical fittings waste space, so they...

# 19 (above) I've been going back and forth with how to finish the rear driver side wall...Cork was my first thought, but too much cork looks like sausage to me...And it's kind of boring to look at...White FRP makes sense, but it's a bit too institutional...So I went to the wood pile and...