A busy sunday...

Today was spent working on the van, cleaning it and ripping out old Police stuff that wasn't needed.

I even had a helper today! Kim cleaned the doors and dash etc and we also managed to get the floor clean. So it's now ready for hole filling and rust treatment/proofing. It looks so much better though! Got all the police wiring out, the internal lights have now gone. Getting very close to actually starting the conversion..

I still had a panel left to get rid of on the back door. I'd left it on because it was held on by the door handle. So I set about removing it, managed to prize the door handle off with a screwdriver but then needed a star shaped screwdriver.. All I had was a star shaped bit, that fits into a drill and I really couldn't be arsed to go get the drill. So instead I fashioned my own out of an extension and some pliers! Job done :)

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Excuse me Mr policeman..you left these..

So as Teabag used to be a police surveillance van, he has a few quirks..
Well I found out he had a lot of quirks after I stripped everything back and looked underneath.
Here's the treasure I found:


Split Charge Relay / Fuse box / A ridiculous amount of cabling

Micro cameras hidden in the backdoor behind the VW badge!

The black bit here, has been replaced with privacy glass!

I'm going to re-use these as reversing cameras and possibly rear view cameras, which will hopefully be linked up to and LCD screen that folds down in the cab!

 ANPR Cameras x2

I want to try and sell these but no idea if there would be any demand for them..

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The window dilemma..

So currently teabag has no windows. I know where I want the windows but I don't know what sort to get.
This is what I'm thinking:

Rear barn door windows

Slide door window

I was originally going to get a plain window here. However, as the stove is going to be right behind it, I want some ventilation. So rather than constantly having to cook with the slide door open, I'm thinking of getting a slide window here. 

Like this one but for the other side:

Rear panels

This is where I'm having the biggest dilemma. I just don't know what windows to have here. I've enquired about a few but I'm still unsure. I think I want them to open, for some ventilation.

There's a few types of windows out there but I have stumbled on these that could work. They look like they fill the whole panel and have a vent window at the top.

I'd put one each side, I think it would work. Although the passenger side one wouldn't actually be the whole panel windowed as the kitchen will be behind a bit of it. So the actually window inside the van would just be at the very rear.

Still contemplating, watch this space.

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