Author Archives: Lindley Chambers

So I now have the van, It arrived on January 27th, delivered by the Dealer in Telford. This meant it arrived with 211 delivery miles. One nice shiny Ford Transit T350 AWD 130PS in Magnetic Grey. For the full spec of what I ordered and why take a look at van blog #3 here. SoContinue reading “Van Blog #9 – Arrival and First Impressions”

How much does it cost to build a van conversion like this from scratch? Going into this I had a guesstimate of £3-£4k to go from start to finish and have a fully completed van. Capable of staying in for longer periods away and being pretty much off grid apart from the odd campsite everyContinue reading “Van Blog #8 – Build Costs”

Only 2 weeks to the expected delivery date of the new Van! Not Excited much at all! So over the last few weeks I have been using Vanspace3D to try to plan and visualise my van layout and build. I have a pretty good layout planned now that I am happy with. The great thingContinue reading “Van Blog #7 – Layout”

As an Amazon Associate any qualifying products I link to may earn me commission if you purchase them through my link. This costs you nothing more but may earn me a few pennies. I am not responsible or liable for those products or services. ***Delivery schedule update*** I spoke to the lease company a coupleContinue reading “Van Blog #6 – Transit walls, floor, roof and insulation”

As an Amazon Associate any qualifying products I link to may earn me commission if you purchase them through my link. This costs you nothing more but may earn me a few pennies. I am not responsible or liable for those products or services. The next few blogs will be adding more detailed plans toContinue reading “Van Blog #5 – Transit Electrical System”

So now I have decided which van I wanted for the reasons covered in the last post, I need to decide on all the details and exact specification. Things like colour, trim and optional extras. There are over 450 different options in the full size Transit range from seating configurations to windows and roof heights.Continue reading “Van Blog #3 – Transit Ordered”

So which did I chose and why did I make that choice? (hint it’s in the photo!) So in the last van blog post I decided I wanted a van, but which van do I want? Before I decided that I wrote a simple needs and considerations list to help me filter my choices downContinue reading “Van Blog #2 – Which Van and Why”

Why a Van? So I have just ordered a brand new van, but why? Why do I need or even want one, what is wrong with my current vehicle and why have I chosen the one I have? All in good time… …I have decided to do a series of blogs about my new vanContinue reading “Van Blog #1 – Why a Van?”