What a great site! Thank you all. We've had a Transit as a family van for 15 years or so as the kids were growing up. A very basic conversion with lockable plywood storage boxes that doubled as seats / cooking worktop, and could be turned into one big family bed. As the girls grew bigger, we camped "from" it, rather than in it. It was absolutely wonderful. Now the girls are grown up, but still want to come with us, with boyfriend and family dog too!
So along comes bus number two, after a long save-up - a 2006 Ford Transit Tourneo 9-seat minibus. Outline plan is to remove middle row of seats and build in box units in the space. Behind the back seats, for secure storage (cameras, binoculars, climbing kit etc) I'm thinking of fitting a steel security box - one of the following:
Height | Width (ie across vehicle) | Depth (front to back) | Construction | |
Van Vault Outback | 490 mm | 1369 mm | 596 mm | 2 mm sheet steel |
Sentri Xlock Truck Box (515) | 450 mm | 1310 mm | 492 mm | 1.6 mm and 2mm sheet steel |
(Incidentally, the old bus could go very cheaply to a good home!)
