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captmatthew1
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 Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 5:15 am Post subject: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build --Karmann Vandiego-- |
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Hello everyone!
Some may recognize me and my van from VOG on Facebook. I wanted to take this opportunity to showcase some of my projects, and maybe give 1 or 2 people the inspiration they need to finish up a project of their own!
http://pnwadventuring.com/wordpress/index.php/the-van/
I am updating and adding to the list of modifications as I have time to upload pictures and content. I am finishing up the custom rear bumper, so be sure to check back soon!
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Robw_z
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 5:57 am Post subject: Re: My custom mod list |
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Props for tin-top love. Looks nice.
-Rob |
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:04 am Post subject: Re: My custom mod list |
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| Robw_z wrote: |
Props for tin-top love. Looks nice.
-Rob |
Thanks! I got this van from my father, who drove it all of my childhood. So it has been a mission of mine to revive and update that same van that hauled my siblings and I around since he bought it when it was a year old. |
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:05 am Post subject: Re: My custom mod list |
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I also forgot to mention that I will also be chronicling my custom camper interior build, so be sure to stay tuned for that too.
I look forward to getting to know plenty more Vanagon people here! |
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jimf909 
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: My custom mod list |
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Cool!
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:05 am Post subject: Re: My custom mod list |
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Thanks! I really hope people enjoy the read. |
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vanagonjr
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:15 am Post subject: Re: My Vanagon Mod List! |
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I had to laugh when I saw the 2004 Honda Civic seats, since I own an 04 Civic. They are amazingly durable, I have 272,000 on my Civic and the seats are still fine.
It will be good to see your camper interior build; I just suggest not filling it too much with things like permanent mounted stoves and sinks, but it's your van, so build it the way you want.
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:29 am Post subject: Re: My Vanagon Mod List! |
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| vanagonjr wrote: |
I had to laugh when I saw the 2004 Honda Civic seats, since I own an 04 Civic. They are amazingly durable, I have 272,000 on my Civic and the seats are still fine.
It will be good to see your camper interior build; I just suggest not filling it too much with things like permanent mounted stoves and sinks, but it's your van, so build it the way you want. |
They re durable arent they! They also seem to fit the van pretty well.
My plan for the camp interior is for it to all be modular. I have my family that rides in the van, which means the more seats the better! I am currently building a set of jump seats out of the original front seats that will be removable and replaced with a removable kitchen setup.
Thanks for the comments everyone! |
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:57 am Post subject: Re: My Vanagon Mod List! |
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I just added a new page for my custom awning build.
Check it out! |
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: My Vanagon Mod List! |
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| Got done with my rear bed write up. (the upholstery is not permanent, so dont worry!). Check it out! |
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:43 am Post subject: Re: My Vanagon Mod List! |
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Some progress pics of the bumper maybe?! Its not anywhere near done, but it shows the shape anyways 
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:51 am Post subject: Re: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build |
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I changed the title of the post to be more descriptive of what I'm doing here  |
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 7:33 am Post subject: Re: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build |
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Another picture, and some more reading material...enjoy! Click Here!
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tates1882
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 7:53 am Post subject: Re: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build |
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Nice work. I like the honda seats.
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:00 am Post subject: Re: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build |
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| tates1882 wrote: |
| Nice work. I like the honda seats. |
Thanks! They were a great upgrade. I may have gone for something more conventional if these hadnt been free! My old horsehair/vinyl seats were really starting to be uncomfortable after 300k miles! |
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build |
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So, as I'm designing the camper interior, I'm contemplating the rear seat. Since I always have rear passengers, I like the idea of having the full width bench seat.
To those who have 2 seats in the rear like a Westy, is the cabinet worth not having that 3rd seat? I am building jump seats, so my seating configuration will still allow atleast 3 rear passengers. I'm just not sure which way to go with this. This is not a full-time camper van, it is mainly used for day camping/outings with occasional overnights.
This is still very much my daily driver/kid mover. Input? |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build |
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led lamps in the stock dome lights are a nice bright addition for camping, get the larger ones with two rows of leds verses the single row. nice fabrication on the bumper, you doing front one also? I also like the ladder, the roof rack is always hard to get too otherwise.
I do alot of camp trips in my tin top, lots of fun.
also maybe you could down load less resolution photographs. took about a minute for my computer to load this page, almost gave up. lower resolution photographs still will look good, and that will save alot of time for everyone.
good luck
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build |
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led lamps in the stock dome lights are a nice bright addition for camping, get the larger ones with two rows of leds verses the single row. nice fabrication on the bumper, you doing front one also? I also like the ladder, the roof rack is always hard to get too otherwise.
I do alot of camp trips in my tin top, lots of fun.
also maybe you could down load less resolution photographs. took about a minute for my computer to load this page, almost gave up. lower resolution photographs still will look good, and that will save alot of time for everyone.
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I will take that into consideration. I didnt think about it, simply because all of the pictures are hosted on my web server.
Thanks for the compliment! Being able to get up into the roof rack is a must! The front bumper is definitely next! Just have to finish the rear up first. Plenty of projects to do! |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build |
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| captmatthew1 wrote: |
| bluebus86 wrote: |
led lamps in the stock dome lights are a nice bright addition for camping, get the larger ones with two rows of leds verses the single row. nice fabrication on the bumper, you doing front one also? I also like the ladder, the roof rack is always hard to get too otherwise.
I do alot of camp trips in my tin top, lots of fun.
also maybe you could down load less resolution photographs. took about a minute for my computer to load this page, almost gave up. lower resolution photographs still will look good, and that will save alot of time for everyone.
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I will take that into consideration. I didnt think about it, simply because all of the pictures are hosted on my web server.
Thanks for the compliment! Being able to get up into the roof rack is a must! The front bumper is definitely next! Just have to finish the rear up first. Plenty of projects to do! |
loaded a lot faster now, and the photographs still look great, thanks!
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captmatthew1
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| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:17 am Post subject: Re: 1980 Tin-Top Camping/Exploring Build |
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loaded a lot faster now, and the photographs still look great, thanks! |
Good! I went through all of the pictures on the server and resized them. It took a while, but everything should load alot faster. |
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