Finally got some time to work on the rig.
While chowing down at Five Guys a mini-me parked beside us. Thought it was a bit strange until I noticed the driver was female. Totally not ego'd out by the bigger rig.
First thing was to remove all the stretcher fitting from the floor. Left the mounting points just in case I want to use them as mounts for a motorcycle wheel chock.
Then to fit the sofa/bed. We went with the same basic unit we had in Ambo1. But this time there is a very handy outside drawer that I want to keep which will run under the bed. This will make the sofa/bed sit about 7" higher than optimal. Still need to work out how to put in some footrests but that will follow later.
I also had to chop out a section of the interior. Our philosophy is to do as few interior modifications as possible and minimize the build time. But to get a bit longer bed than last time I decided to sacrifice some of the rear upright storage. This would not of been much of an issue except it was external storage. With a bit of help from a traveler staying at our place at the moment we chopped into the aluminum cabinet and the internal plywood/laminate lining. Bit of a bugger of a job especially as I was only notching into the storage not removing it all together. Anyway the photos should tell the story.
Storage we need to notch into.
Chop job sort of finished. (yep it was getting dark).
Bed in place. Now to pull it back out.
- Replace the seat belts with non retracting lap belts long enough to fit through the back.
- Clean off the existing velcro and seal the old hatch.
- Rebuild the aluminum of the external storage.
- Reline the interior with ply.
- Line this section with something so when my ******** hits the wall it does not freeze.
