Bluebird customs R&R bed questions

[Cruz]

Musing over upgrading our flimsy looking Leisuredrive bed and have a couple of questions

1. How did you bolt the bed to the van floor? Backing plates etc

2. What designs have people used as a rear bed base for the Bluebird Customs R&R bed?

3. Also how did you fix the foam to the bed boards?

[Ian Hulley]

1. How did you bolt the bed to the van floor? Backing plates etc

The hinges are bolted to a steel angle plate bolted to each side of the ramp, I drilled and bolted the bottom section through the floor using 8mm bolts and large, thick washers under the floor.

2. What designs have people used as a rear bed base for the Bluebird Customs R&R bed?

There is a 4" deep space above the engine bay, I have 2 fixed sections containing the service jack and wheel brace and the safe (bolted through the floor of course) and a lift out section above the bay itself which contains a flat-cased tool set and numerous small spares on the spare accelerator cable bag

3. Also how did you fix the foam to the bed boards?

The original foams on ours were so manky they were ditched immediately on heath grounds. We use a 2nd row Velle GL seat section bolted to the boards when using the van as a car and replace the upright section with foam when using it as a camper.




Hope this helps.

Ian.