2006 Sprinter Conversion - For Work or Play

PaulJensen

Custom Builder
I'm thinking of renovating the rear cabin of my Sprinter... So far I've made a scaled drawing of the floorplan, with paper cutouts representing the various built-ins and utilities... I'll make a cardboard scale model soon... Pictures to follow...
 

PaulJensen

Custom Builder
Link >>> http://pauljensencustom.blogspot.com/2019/06/road-trip-june-2019_27.html

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Dances with Wolves

aka jk240sx
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I can't decide which is my favorite pic! so all of them! thanks for taking us along. I drove some of those routes 20 yrs ago. good times.
 
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PaulJensen

Custom Builder
Since our Earthroamer XV-JP has an ARB 2500 x 2500 awning with a slide on screen room, it just made sense for the Sprinter have the screen room option... Mounting was simple straight though bolting... The vertical positioning of the awning had to have the slide in screen room slot just below the roof gutter line, but not low enough to interfere with the sliding side door...

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I'll post photos of the awning extended and with the slide in screen room attached later...
 

PaulJensen

Custom Builder
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(above) I made a new wall panel for the rear, driver side wall over the couch/bed...

The panel is made from 1/4" wood strips, masking taped together in a couple of simple patterns, then cut crosswise into narrower strips that were then reassembled and taped into the pattern you see... The panel was then flipped over to have the taped side down, and a layer of fiberglass cloth was epoxied onto the face... Once the epoxy had set, the panel was flipped over, the masking tape removed and the back side was fiberglassed... Flipped over again, it got two more coats of epoxy on the face, and it was ready to install with construction adhesive and a few concealed screws...
 

biotect

Designer
Hi Paul,

Wow! Truly breathtaking. Marquetry updated for the 21st century.....

Fabulous technique, especially given that it could be used to lay up a concave curved surface. Wonder how one might lay up a concave surface with the same?

Not enough motorhome builders seem willing to explore pattern and texture in such a simple, effective, and very beautiful way. Not even when custom-designed and built, as per Newells, the various Prevost convertors, i.e. Millennium, Marathon, etc. It’s such a shame that for the most part, only DIY builders like yourself are willing to explore wood to such great effect.

But check out this Italian company: https://www.cmccaravan.com/?lang=en , https://www.cmccaravan.com/gallery/?lang=en . It builds only one or two trailers a year, mainly for well-heeled Formula 1 drivers. A few interior detail shots that you might like:


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No, these are not apartments. They are the interiors of trailers that have double-nested slide-outs, to achieve interior widths of circa 6 m.....

Wood is so intrinsically beautiful, it’s amazing what just a bit of patterning and geometry can do. You should go into business, creating custom van conversions. You wouldn’t have much competition, because only a small handful of custom motorhome-creators are doing work at your level of craftsmanship and design excellence.

All best wishes,


Biotect
 
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