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Oooh okay interesting, I'll have a look at that tomorrow as I took the floor out today New seats went in the other day, although I realised after putting the first one in that they had the wrong bases on so had to come out again haha

Needs a good rinse down and then insulation can begin finally

It's happened! Actual progress has been made

First swivel is in, just the lower bulkhead thingy to remove and I can swivel to my hearts content!

A couple of updates:

1) I had the van MOT'd with the sole intention of finding any further faults before my mechanic gets down to doing the cam belt & waterpump. It failed only on an insecure battery (which was a known fault, it was literally held by it's own weight) and front brake pads! Never been so happy for a fail, I was expecting loads to come up!

He also diagnosed that it's probably the starter motor that is at fault, not the alternator like the AA led me to believe. Rather than source a cheap used one I'm just going to pay for a new one and have the van running tip top! Time to show an old workhorse some love.

2) I bought some swivel seats from a Citroen C8. Bases look to be an exact match, although I haven't fitted them as the pesky floor bolts gave me days of grief - have had to resort to my mechanic. Annoyingly I left the seats on the drive whilst doing something with the van and my cat decided to have a little rest on the passenger seat, not before clawing them to death of course!

Here's a couple pics with the new wing mirrors on, just because. Hopefully I can push that rear dent out but would rather it bubble inwards than out so perhaps I'll leave it! I'm also tempted to colour code the wheels eventually (and the rear door hinges while I'm at it) but obviously it's not the most essential of jobs.

Thanks guys, thats good to know, hopefully I can convince my girlfriends parents to put the doors in their big car as I'll only be in my fiesta - we're going up to the area due to a funeral though so perhaps not the best time but saves me making the 4 hour journey again.

I did think about taking the front end although I do like the retro-ness of mine, plus then I'd have a Dispatch front end on a Scudo

Aah cool thanks! So longer to charge but not going to leave me stranded or anything?

Take the door card off and have a look inside! A few of my doors wouldn't open, lock etc and it was a case of pushing things into place. Theres hooks and what not, so if one disconnects then the door handle won't do anything and so on.

Just to check, does it require you to unscrew the steering column cover? That's the only bit stopping me atm as my tool is too thick.

A plus note, I fitted new locks all round today, so van is now more secure    Learnt a lot about how the different locks work around the van so I can fix them more easily in future. Looks like the previous owner went mad with sealant too as one of the locks isn't screwed in but sealed. And has sealed other bits to the van too    Looks horrible.

For the alternator not the odometer, I've done a fair few jobs on my other car but would rather get this done properly and quickly so I can get to work on the conversion. Not sure my jack would be up to the job either tbh.

Thanks, yeah only one I've seen for sale at the moment. Found out the alternator doesn't work today so thats another couple hundred down the drain. The seller really ripped me off but hey ho, live and learn. The AA chap said I've been royally ripped out and bought a lemon but at least now I've thought of a nickname for it - The Blue Lemon

No idea what alternator to go for a camper, or if it even makes a difference. Cheapest I can see is £64 via carpartsforless, the same one costs £73ish from eurocarparts with a major discount.

Now to figure out how to unscrew under the steering column so I can fix the odometer - my screwdriver bit adapter is too thick!

Thanks for the pointers, would you say the stock headliner is better than just nailing some planks to the roof? I suppose might be cosier - does it sit fairly close to the roof, as in it doesn't kill too much of the headroom?