TheSamba.com :: View topic

Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:54 am

I just got one the other day and im putting it in my 78 transporter. does anyone know what i should use to connect it to the floor?

Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:00 am

Bolts.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:46 am

calebmelvin wrote: Bolts. :wink: and wood blocks to stabilize it.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:56 am

I'd love to see a picture of this, as I am still having problems figuring mine out. :shock:

Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:44 am

I'm not 100% sure on the originality of mine, I've only had it for about 1 month. However, I have it pulled apart right now while I'm putting new foam and upholstery and I could snap some pics of the brackets.

Now mine is full width, no closet on the side.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:00 pm

that'd B GR8! Does it look like mine?

Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:38 pm

mackmix wrote: I'd love to see a picture of this, as I am still having problems figuring mine out. :shock:

Are there hinges in the back of yours that hook to the wheelwells? I believe if you pull it toward you and the bottom up at an angle it unfolds. Mine doesn't look like that. It has a wooden frame with the only metal being the hinges. I have the full width Rivi bed and the smaller Westy bed. I've never opened either so I have no idea how they actually work for sure. Just giving some ideas.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:20 pm

I'll get some pics when I get home 8)

Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:38 pm

As promised...

So, how stock does my interior look? I can tell that the counter/table tops have been recovered. They must have removed the faucet because there is a hole under the laminate where it used to be.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:31 pm

I don't know How they'd hook on the back of the wheel wells gmag69, but mine looks very similar to dogman's and I know that it came out of a Riviera. Thanks for the pix!

Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:36 pm

those pics are great guys, I have the same setup but have 4 hinges bc mine is a half/half. I can have one side a bed and the other a seat.

hey Emily's Owner when you said wood blocks, did you mean under the hinges bolted to the floor or like Dogman's on the back fire panel

Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:35 am

tripp0090 wrote: those pics are great guys, I have the same setup but have 4 hinges bc mine is a half/half. I can have one side a bed and the other a seat.

hey Emily's Owner when you said wood blocks, did you mean under the hinges bolted to the floor or like Dogman's on the back fire panel
Yup, I'll take pic's as soon as I recharge the batteries on the camera (I walked out this morning to take pic's and it died).

Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:32 am

Ok great and what size wood is it on the bottom and also on the back? on the back it looks like 2 diff sizes

Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:09 pm

My riviera bed was attached to the floor with some pretty small screws. Also, being mounted directly to the corrugated floor made the bottom pieces of the brackets tweak out a bit. I drilled the holes out to accommodate 8mm (roughly 3/8ths inch equivalent) bolts and cut 3 1/ inch pieces of 2" x1/8th inch aluminum for underneath the bottom brackets to hold them straight with the plane of the floor.