Transporter, Multivan, Caravelle Photography Thread - Pics only!

[Tornado T5]

One year on and I finally got round to...

...posting some pictures of my pride & joy...

[phaeton]

Very cool

[dubon20s]

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just thought id throw up my project still more work to come let me know wat u think.





air bagged in tha back and in front but the front wasn't done in the pics all body line shaved n handles

[Gripper2111]

Here's a couple of shots of my new Beach....

[Deeceer]

Easy Removal Bed Base in a T4

Thought some might be interested in seeing a removable bed base I built. The need was for something that could be set up and taken down quickly by one person so the van can be a van when it's not a camper. Pics were taken when some pieces were still to be attached. The 3 frames are treated pine, screwed and glued; the platform is two sheets of structural plywood.

Below:The mattress was a new old stock caravan mattress.



Below:Lower angle view. The piece of ply on the far left was screwed and glued to the outside of the frame by which it lies, similar to the other frames. These act as bracing.



Below:Mattress off.



Below:One part of the platform off. The platform pieces attach with mushroom headed bolts and wingnuts.



Below:Both platform pieces off.



Below:View from the rear. The cross piece of plywood acts as a lateral brace and is attached by mushroom headed bolts and wingnuts. The piece of ply on the floor was screwed and glued to the outside of the frame by which it lies.



Below:On its first camping trip.



Below: My better half discovers it's a comfy place to lie across and read during the day. The height of the platform was determined to suit stowing crates, plastic boxes and other camping gear under. The gap along the left side is useful for storing things overnight such as a drink bottle.



The whole thing comes apart into 6 pieces that store in the shed and the mattress that goes in the spare room. Cost was about $200 (mattress $50 from a local caravan place; wood, bolts, screws and glue from Bunnings) and it took an afternoon to make. It takes about 20 minutes to get out and assemble; the same to take down and put away.

I've already got some modifications in mind!

[Ivo]

I made something similar many years ago for a L300 van I had. Mine was made in two single beds so if it was just me I would have more room for my gear. Simple cheap and easy, hard to beat!

[kerbside]

Past & present T4/T5's

Newbie on here just found the forum when surfing the net.
Here are a few past T4's that i have owned with my T5 that i have now. The silver Caravelle was featured in VWMA last year.
Link:-www.http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q...view=slideshow
Red T4=1st van converted
Black T4=2nd
Silver T4 Caravelle=3rd
Black T5=4th
Regards
Jeff

[Baytown]

Amazing

Fantastic looking vans Jeff.
Well done.

Ken

[David Morris]

My sometimes bed

Here you go this works I had it in my first T4 & cut 100mm of the side to fit this T4 Xambo so I can put 2 motorcycles in & I still have storage space on top of the cot when its in the up position .
Just pop the handel in the windlass & lower it down slide the legs in pin them at the height we need at the time I tie it to one side so the wife can get in & out no worries stand up dressing room for her to play in .
Works for me . made from recycled alloy square & other off cuts pop riveted togeather & a sheet of thin ply with 6" foam on top ripper .
Got tinting done on the screen NSW aproved shade just to keep my paws from geting burned the rest of the van is in ambo tint as I bought it .
Got rubber backed curtains to keep the dark in & save the AC & diesel on them hot days when i dont run the rear AC with the cot up it just wastes energy .
I have a full anex for the left side & a lean to pit bay for the rightside making use of 2 sliding doors.
Soon as I work out how to get my images on here better then I will post more stuff but for now you will just have to click them open sorry . TC
Any administrators want to open these picks up feel free then teach me how to

[Deeceer]

I Found My Missing Maglite!

Hopefully someone will be amused by the tale of my much-loved old Maglite torch that I thought I'd lost during a post-Christmas road trip. It's only a little 2 x AA battery thing but it's a top little torch and, more importantly, my better half bought it for me over 15 years ago. I heard a clatter of something rolling into the side door step well while pulling up in a Qld country town and realised immediately what it was. Thought I: 'I must grab that as I open the door so it doesn't roll out onto the road and get lost'. Well, I forgot and it rolled out and was lost - I thought. Fast forward to a one night away camping trip earlier this month and I happened to look down and see this:



It hadn't occurred to me that the door wasn't opening all the way. The Maglite had rolled into the lower track area then been banged back by the door roller thingie til it was stuck fast. I drove around with it jammed there for another week til I could get around to spraying it with a heap of silicon spray and prising it out with a screwdriver.

Incidentally, here's our camp site earlier this month - a Qld state forest park and only us and two other pairs of campers. Great!

[DVR68U]

thought i would put up a pic of a 2wd van in a 4wd camping spot lol , very steep hill to get down there and out lol. wheel placement

[Deeceer]

thought i would put up a pic of a 2wd van in a 4wd camping spot lol , very steep hill to get down there and out lol. wheel placement

Wow! Where is that? You'd want to get out quick if it started raining heavy!

[Deeceer]

Christmas Camping Trip

Took off from the Gold Coast on Boxing Day and headed north, then inland and back down. No advance bookings or real plans, just stop when we stop. Typically hot Queensland weather, 40 degrees plus in some places. The aircon was struggling!

Night one was Hervey Bay; Night 2 Agnes Water; Night 3 Cania Gorge; Night 4 Bjelke-Petersen Dam near Murgon; Night 5 Allora near Warwick then home the next day.



Above: Nice bush style camping and caravan ground just outside Agnes Water after finding there and 1770 packed to overflowing. A basic sort of place but just what we wanted - and it had a pool which was great because it had been the first of the really hot days. The sign outside said 'No Vacancies' but we asked anyway and they did have space.



Cania Gorge has a state forest picnic area and 2 private camping-caravan parks. The one we stayed in was a real family park and good value.



The next day we drove up the road and checked out the Cania Gorge Dam lookout.



On the road somewhere near Monto (I think) the same day.



Same as previous, different view.



There was a thunder storm that night at Bjelke-Petersen Dam near Murgon. Tent campers were washed out and had to shelter in a hall. The rain caught in a tarp over the top of a milk crate - and this was on the leeside of the driving rain.



On the side which copped the rain and wind, the next morning the van was plastered with leaf litter.



Our final night was at a little caravan park at Allora on the Darling Downs. It was a bit run down but a nice little place to sit outside and drink a glass of wine as the sun went down.

Drove into Warwick for a look around the next day then home.

[David Morris]

How the hell do you get your pictures all over a page when I try to attach a picky it tells me to large so I have to compress them then attach them like an Email ??? TC

[Deeceer]

How the hell do you get your pictures all over a page when I try to attach a picky it tells me to large so I have to compress them then attach them like an Email ??? TC

Actually David, I happened by chance the other day to look at the Rules of the Forum and realised some of these pics break the rule about 800px x 600px physical size so when I have a chance I'm going to resize them.

How they got to be so big though is that's the size they are (after downsizing in Photoshop and compressing) and I'm uploading the pics to my account at www.photobucket.com and linking to them using the IMG link option. Are you using Photobucket? And how are you resizing and compressing pics? Send me a private message if you like so we can avoid breaking the rule about not chatting unless posting a pic on this thread LOL!