Renovation of a Bedford Autosleeper.

[Al-Di]

Hi, not sure if this should be self-build,

My son bought this earlier in the year for very little money which is no surprise considering what we are having to do to it.

this is how it came to us on back of RAC wagon after gearbox failed on M5

 

[Vipar]

Well in my opinion that was £50 well spent?

 

[HandyAndy]

Welp that's definitely a project vehicle...
Your Son will love it, even if it is an old knacker, he will learn trade skills in fixing it up that's for sure and some great father Son building times in there too I suspect..

Crack on!!

 

[Vipar]

Much better than travelling by train ( avatar )

 

[Al-Di]

so we have gutted it, and repaired the kitchen area after resealing the back window,

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[HandyAndy]

Good effort
I'd have ripped it bare and started again

 

[rangi]

Saw one of those beige body AS in a wreckers yard in Carharrack. The inside was a bit of a disaster area but it was fairly dry, no water stains, not sure if it was a Bedford though as I was more interested in finding a VW T4.

 

[Al-Di]

we have, the only thing in is kitchen/bathroom which will be done next.
also having to put extra batons in so we can add insulation as most of it was just carpet stuck down,

 

[chrisgreen]

Well done your son, these old motorhomes need rescuing, I would rather look around an old motorhome than a new one.

 

[Lenny HB]

If it was the right price he will end up with a nice van for little outlay.
I take it most of the water ingress was though leaking window seals and rooflights. The GRP monocoque is normally fairly sound.

Good work so far keep us updated

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[HandyAndy]

I'll second what Lenny HB says, I hope you found all the leaks that caused this first .
Great job though. One day I'll get into my project ha

 

[Vipar]

When it’s finished I hope that you have many years of fabulous holidays.
May I suggest that you name it “Phoenix”. As it has risen from the ashes?

 

[Al-Di]

yes a lot of leaks were the skylights, wrong type? also where numptys drilled through skin,
will update later with more pic's Vipar for some reason its called Baldrick ?????

 

[Al-Di]

A little background info
it was bogged up by someone not to far from here 2017/18 sold to an Aussie couple doing a European tour, well they must of made it as we have insurance doc's from Montenegro and Albania, they then returned to Glastonbury for the festival 2018, then stayed in the area till going home,somehow a guy from Wells got hold of it and got it MOT(dont know how) stuck it on the bay for silly money,he had no takers, but we kept the info, paul got in touch earlier this year and offered a very low amount(below 500) after a few days he got back to him and accepted, so we went to collect it expecting to drive it back(ha ha) it got as far as the M5, where the g/box let go going down the slip road, 1st thought it was clutch but no it had lost 3rd/4th gears and was out of balance so came home on RAC truck. pulled the box and it was a no go source another and that was as bad, so a change of plan has come about, more on that later when we start the mechanic's,

so going forward it sat for a while so a plan could develop,

we now have a plan sort of, so some more pic's some blurry but where there's a finger there's a hole, also working on front skylight the other 2 have been done,

this is 1st fix to plug all the holes,they will be redone with waterproof filler and blended in for new skylight to be fitted, which strangely are for RV's as they are the right size ie 14 .5 not the horrible things that were on it,

 

[Minxy]

Have you been to see a doctor about that finger of yours?

It looks like you're turning into a Zombie!

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[Al-Di]

Well all glassing done, extra battens in and 1st line of insulation started. next is to dry run the panels in the pod as with fitting insulation things will need trimming, we have used sticky back foam but painted the walls with contact adhesive as we went along to try an avoid the heat making it come unstuck TheBig1 then we have a layer of polystyrene to go over it some area's will be 20mm and some 30+mm,

 

[MANGOFORTH]

Have you been to see a doctor about that finger of yours?

It looks like you're turning into a Zombie!

Hahaha I thought it looked like an uncooked pig in blanket

 

[tonyidle]

A little background info
it was bogged up by someone not to far from here 2017/18 sold to an Aussie couple doing a European tour, well they must of made it as we have insurance doc's from Montenegro and Albania, they then returned to Glastonbury for the festival 2018, then stayed in the area till going home,somehow a guy from Wells got hold of it and got it MOT(dont know how) stuck it on the bay for silly money,he had no takers, but we kept the info, paul got in touch earlier this year and offered a very low amount(below 500) after a few days he got back to him and accepted, so we went to collect it expecting to drive it back(ha ha) it got as far as the M5, where the g/box let go going down the slip road, 1st thought it was clutch but no it had lost 3rd/4th gears and was out of balance so came home on RAC truck. pulled the box and it was a no go source another and that was as bad, so a change of plan has come about, more on that later when we start the mechanic's,

so going forward it sat for a while so a plan could develop,

we now have a plan sort of, so some more pic's some blurry but where there's a finger there's a hole, also working on front skylight the other 2 have been done,View attachment 346760View attachment 346761View attachment 346762View attachment 346763View attachment 346768View attachment 346773View attachment 346774View attachment 346775

this is 1st fix to plug all the holes,they will be redone with waterproof filler and blended in for new skylight to be fitted, which strangely are for RV's as they are the right size ie 14 .5 not the horrible things that were on it,
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Buy decent rooflights & no screws are needed - worth doing now you've repaired the screw holes.

 

[Al-Di]

A little bit of trial and error getting the boards to sit right, and to see if more insulation can be squeezed in, Boys done good on the carpentry

 

[Al-Di]

Now he is covering everything,

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[Al-Di]

adding more insulation

 

[Al-Di]

we have decided to let this go as its to much corrosion for me, and panels are stupid prices plus most of the mechanical s are not good , A fellow bedford owner has took it to move the body onto a cf350 pickup he has restored,


we now have an old merc autotrail,

 

[Winger]

Awe man, I thought you had it cracked as the interior was coming on in leaps and bounds

 

[Terry]

Hi Alan only just seen this first thing before ANY internal work is make sure Mechanical work done ?and usually a MOT only then start inside