#Gmc safari conversion van interior cracked#
I did some very long days and at times felt like a child playing out late on summer evenings, dreading the time when my mum shouted out that it was time to come in… only I’m not a child any more! When I eventually called it a night I cracked open a cold beer and drank it under the stars whilst listening to the noisy Vancouver Island frogs. I very much enjoyed doing some more wood work and getting my head in to construction mode.
I found the build really fun, and at times challenging.
The interior width of the is and the exterior width is 1969mm. Now I could move on to some of the many smaller jobs needed to make the van liveable ( part two here). CENTIMETERS The interior dimensions (length) of the Chevrolet Astro 2 cargo space is 3200mm (L1). I am very please with how sturdy it ended up. With that the bed and storage frame were complete. I made the mistake of doing some last minute sanding (I couldn’t be bothered to take everything apart in order to get it out) which means even after multiple sweeps, vacuums and a week on the road you can still find wood dust in there. I then sanded everything and rounded off some corners. We won’t be leaving on any big trip until Spring next year, so we’ve got a lot of time to plan and prepare this time.Ventilation holes on the bed base. This conversion will also be more self-contained we want to be able to stay at less paid campsites next time, mainly to save money but also for the experience. Small things like having hooks, more storage around the bed and a fan are little things we didn’t think of last time or didn’t have time to implement. Our Europe trip provided us with the experience and knowledge to build something much better than the first time – we now know for example, that the storage really needs to be accessible from the side (so some sort of sliding drawers) and the back – having a ‘trapdoor’ style opening under the bed is really annoying. It’s really exciting to see how much space this bed frees up in the middle of the car there’s so much potential for a really awesome mini-camper. Though this is definitely not finished (there’s not much insulation for example) as a basic set up, it really works. This leaves us a good space for storage underneath way more than our last car! This bed frame’s width is about the same as a double bed, but the height is less. He calculated the height of the van by how much head space he needed if he sat upright on the frame (as a seat). To start, Jean Robert put in a basic bed frame to test it out. We both agreed that we definitely wanted a fixed bed for the minimum fuss – it’s so nice to arrive somewhere late and then just crawl into bed rather than fuss around with sorting the bed! Building a bed frame for our Astro van conversion At the end of the revisited review of the Pathfinder 1988 GMC Safari conversion, the writer adds a stinger asking for more info or leads on anyone who has found one of these vintage 4×4 vans out in the wild.
#Gmc safari conversion van interior free#
We figured that if we were able to have a bed all the way in the back, this would free up so much space in the middle, room for more living space. This is when we really saw the potential as a vehicle to convert to a camper… Jean Robert took out all the sidings at the back of the car (the bits by the seats with cup holders and storage and the like) and found that being 5″9, he could lay width-wise in the car. It’s much wider than our old Lucida, and a little bit longer. The best thing about this vehicle is the size. Posted on under GMC Safari / Chevrolet Astro Van. It’s perfect for carrying our canoe and the ability to go off-road every now and again. These vans were built on truck chassis’, so it’s a really sturdy vehicle. I really love this car so far, even more so than our previous road trip car, Lucy the Toyota Lucida (sorry!). Here is our 1995 AWD 8 seater Chevrolet Astro Van. Introducing our new van conversion – a Chevrolet AstroĪt the moment we have a Chevrolet Astro Van so for the time being Jean Robert is going to work on converting that and see how it goes….we don’t leave for a little while so we have lots of time if things change or don’t work out! We’d like to spend a good amount of time exploring Central America before heading north again, back to British Columbia, Canada.įirst published 2013. The general plan is to leave Vancouver Island and drive across Canada before travelling south through the United States to Mexico. Within a few months of moving to Canada, we knew we wanted to do another cross-continent road trip in a similar style to our UK to Turkey trip.ĭifferent to that trip, however, this one is going to be bigger, longer and in a better converted ‘camper car.’ Last time we used a Toyota Lucida but we want something with more space and potential this time.
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