Where to start

Well here is my first blog!

Myself (Dave) and lovely girlfriend (Donna) have just been given an LDV minibus for the sole purpose of conversion into our first motorhome. The van is actually an ex council minibus and was owned by a nice chap who had part converted it, it contained 5 of the original minibus seats, a small kitchen unit, a bench and a cupboard unit.

With regards to the running of the bus it requires a new starter motor, exhaust and a good clean. Hopefully in the next few weeks we shall be putting it through the MOT and giving her a good clean inside and out ready for fitting.

Donna has named her Lucy so thats what i shall use going forward!

As for the layout we have decided that we shall build a double bed in the back section which will be raised above a storage area which we shall access from the back doors, also part of a seating area will be positioned under this bed which will also drop down into another double bed, we will build a kitchen area midway with sink, cooker and units/storage space, we will then leave in 4 of the original seats facing each other with a drop down table that can also be used as a bed. plenty of storage space at head height down both sides of Lucy will help store away all the bits and bobs. The seating area made from the original seats will more than likely be changed at a later date dependent on how we find it after using Lucy a few times.

Well we are still working out how to achieve all this so cant really say much more at the minute apart from keep checking for updates and watch this space.

Any tips/ideas or things to avoid would be very nice..

Dave