Brief: The couple are both professionals who both work hard & often one of them is away on work for long periods of time so there dream is to use there camper for long exploration's particularly on the continent when they are both together on leave. With this in mind they chose the Dreamaker for its storage advantage & Royal Cassette toilet hidden away. We added quite a few extras to facilitate these expeditions which I will describe below.

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It didn't take long for George & Liz to pick the Finishes. They went with Vohringer's American cherry for the upstands & Vohringers Puntinella for the work surfaces complimented with Gun metal edging. Altro's Walkway Tundra was chosen for the floor finish, very much of a shade of the body colour Natural Grey.

Although this conversion will have Reimo's Superflat elevating roof www.reimo.com roof for vw t5 swb/ this conversion is only required to sleep two. They can of course add a roof bed later if they find the need to turn it into a 4 berth...

The Dealmaker's Kitchen includes Waeco's CR-50 Coolmatic premium 12V compressor fridge which uses up to half the energy of 3 way fridges www.waeco.com In fact Waeco make 3 similar looking fridges including this one but one has only 40 litres & has a separate compressor taking up space & the other has poor internal features.
This conversion also has Smev's 8005 series extra deep sink with electric tap & Smev's 8022 2 burner piezo electric ignition hob. As usual the gas hob installation with one turn safety valve will be signed off by our Gas Safe registered engineer. Underneath the hob will be our large cutlery draw which is very useful & can still be opened when the table is up on its sliding rail. In this conversion as it is a LWB the couple have elected to have 2 rails end to end to increase the front to rear coverage of the table with an enhanced leg.

What makes this conversion a bit different is that the couple have gone for 48 Litre of under floor fresh water tanks with hidden fill up. this means no holes in the side. The Tanks were fitted with CAK's 3/4's empty float switch & an LED to display when at that state .Grey waste is sent to the outside of the vehicle & accessed by a pipe that pulls out when required. When on site they can add on the extension hose & collect in a waste canister.

The Zig CF8 control panel is responsible for 240V hook up battery charging & splitting. As with any 240V installation there is a compliant consumer unit in the rear cupboard. The couple as most do chose to uprate the 110 Amp Lead Acid battery to an Absorbed Glass Matt Battery (AGM) which charges higher, quicker & lasts much longer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRLA_battery
As this is a "stealth camper" 240V hook up is done via the rear of the vehicle underneath.
Lighting is all warm white LED as standard. George & Liz loved the LED Day shelf above the worktop & reinforced the standard lighting with a Silver LED Gooseneck above the passenger front seat. Useful for both illumination upstairs & down.
At the rear of the Dreamaker cabinet a Recreational shower has been fitted which draws off the under floor tanks. This can also be requested even if the under floor tanks have not been chosen. This shower point is useful for washing off sand, mud etc...

www.scotseats.co.uk/bedseats.htm will be making our usual M1 crash tested Seatbed tuned by us for maximum width & headroom. These Seat beds are designed, tested & manufactured with 3 point seat belts.
The seat bed will be clothed in Classic grey/Place cloth to match the new T5 GP pattern.

Extra storage is available in the dead area above the work top next to the rear wardrobe. In a LWB we can fit two Tambour door top lockers, in this instance one was requested with a shelf.
In the rear wardrobe George & Liz couldn't decide if they wanted shelves or a hanging rail so decided we should fit both & make the shelves removable.

Externally the couple wanted to take advantage of the benefits of a drive away awning so we fitted Reimo's LWB T5 Multi rail on the Left-hand side so the awning could be attached www.reimo.com

Brief: Dave's just into retirement now but still very active. He's a serious cyclist, kayaker & all round explorer that makes regular trips to France. He's also a family that's keen to borrow his Transporter if he lets them!

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Dave's also very tall so he was tempted by the Lifestyler due to its bed extension for the upper half of the body. As in all compact campers its always a compromise somewhere & in this case its storage at the benefit of the upper body extension. Although there is storage underneath the extension we've blended the difference between the Dreamaker & Lifestyler conversions a little bit with the addition of a locker that's in the dead area above the bed extension. To compliment this is our LED Day Shelf, Perfect for seeing to cook & wash & saves you from being on your knees routing through cupboards when you arrive on site. simply remove your cooking essentials from their storage & place them on the shelf in front of you whilst you remain on site. Suddenly camper life becomes less complicated for you & those inside as well.

Internally Dave chose the following finishes, Vohringer's LightOak for the upstands & Vohringer's Puntinella for the work surfaces. These were finished off with Dark grey edging. Altro's Walkway blue was chosen as the desired floor finish as an upgrade.

Although this conversion will have Reimo's Superflat elevating roof www.reimo.com Dave chose not to have the roof bed at this point.

The Lifestyler kitchen contains exactly the same components as the Dreamaker, but some are located in different places. So we will be installing Waeco's CR-50 Coolmatic fridge www.waeco.com Smev's 8005 Series sink with electric tap, Two 12Ltr fresh water bottles with waste to the outside & Smevs 8022 2 Burner Piezo electric ignition hob.

The Zig CF8 Control panel which is responsible for 240V hook up battery charging & battery splitting is located on the seat bed front. 240v Hook up will be from the side as standard & the consumer unit will be located in the deep storage well underneath the bed extension. Dave like most clients chose to uprate from a 110 Amp Lead acid to a 110 Amp Absorbed Glass Matt Battery (AGM) which charges higher, quicker & lasts a damn sight longer http://en.wikipedia.org

www.scotseats.co.uk/bedseats.htm will be making our usual M1 crash tested Seatbed tuned by us for maximum width & headroom. This will be one of the first enhanced Seatbeds with extra base padding without compromising on headroom. They will also be making the upper body extension mattress with vinyl on the sides & base so it can be wiped clean when used as a picnic mattress outside. Both the Seatbed & extension mattress will be finished off in Inca II to match the front seats.

Lighting internally will be enhanced with a single gooseneck LED lamp above the front passenger for both map reading & illumination upstairs if required. Dave also decided to go with our blue LED downlighters which look amazing at dusk & reflect off the Blue metallic in the floor & kitchen front. As standard there will be 3 other warm white directional LED lamps, 2 at the rear over head when in bed, & another in the middle for when the Seatbed is in the seat position.

On the outside Dave has gone to town on the vehicle to support his active life style. He added the extra Heat Insulated black green windows we use from VW's California on the rear doors.

On the roof we have fitted Reimo's active rails which work in conjunction with www.karitek.co.uk cross bars which can be used as they are, or combined with their easy load roof system for bikes, canoes, kayak's etc.

On the left hand side of the vehicle we have fitted a Brandrup rail www.brandrup.de to give Dave the option of a drive away awning or a Fiamma F35/F45 wind out awning if he requires so in the future.

At the back of the vehicle we have installed reversing sensors & a VW Flange tow bar rather than a Swan neck tow bar. This was because Dave had a flange mounted bike rack already.

Happy trails to France Dave!