Camping Interior self build beds
Cushions and foam
Bed plans/designs (esp. R&R beds)
www.keithandsylvia.co.uk Rock and Roll bed plans
Bed bases
jed the spread Caravelle bed base. The front portion of the bed is made up by folding the standard rear Caravelle seats forward.
Hammocks/Bunks
Hacksawbob Cab Hammock: Argos campbed £19.99
I have adapted the above camp bed to fit in the van. Basically I have removed the two legs from either end and shortened both poles at one end to fit in the vans width. Chop the ends which will be on the passenger side as otherwise the center leg will collide with the handbrake. When you shorten the long poles measure it in situ as one pole will be slightly longer than the other as the door is tapered towards the front of the van. Also make sure you allow for the plastic lugs that fasten the stretchers in place on either end as these will need to be replaced once the legs are shortened, if it is too tight a fit you will have it pressing against the glass.
I left the middle leg in place and used one of the legs that I cut off in the end to act as a stretcher. I fabricated one end with a U braket to lock it in place. The other end already has a braket from where it was attatched originally. This rests on the spare gas bottle (now we use the yellow steering lock you can see in one of the pictures) to force the centre to be stretched tight when weight is on the bed. The only down side I would say is that it has caused some light scratching on the shoulder of the door but I suppose i could have wrapped the ends in gaffer tape or similar to prevent this. Apart from that this is a very sturdy bed that has had 4 children playing in it at the same time without a problem I'm sure it would take the weight of anyone whos was short enough to to fit the van widthwise (probably about 5' 3") its light (aluminium) and will fold up neatly (in half) into the bag it was supplied with to stow.
