A friend of mine was in need of a kayak rack and after numerous requests, I made it a priority and started my research. I could have made it easy on myself and built a sawhorse style rack, same as mine, but I am not really a big fan of it. With a fair amount […]
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Creation of the Van Bed
The post is long overdue as I have had a legit bed in my van for a while now as this is probably the most important feature of a van conversion. Let’s see if I can break this down as this was not an easy build for me. For whatever reason, I really struggled with […]

Van Flooring
Let’s talk flooring for my van. For a kayaker, water is a major concern that would eventually equal mold which would equal being sick all the time. Therefore, I did my best to do my research but I won’t know if what I did is correct until time passes. Let me back all the way […]

Surprise Empowerment
Even with the cold today, I would love to be in my kayak on the river. However, not having much luck find others willing, I took the opportunity to work on the vehicle that actually gets me to the river. I will be the first to admit, working on a vehicle is a pretty intimidating […]

Van Ceiling
This part of the project was fairly intense for one person. It didn’t turn out as nice as I would have liked and I will make notes of what I would change but here is what I did. I cut 1/4″ ply to the width I needed and cut them in segments because I knew […]

Van Walls
Quick post: After insulating the van, I added shiplap wood to one wall of the van. As of right, I have no clue what I am doing with the other wall. The hardest part was added the cleats to attach the wood to but aside from that, it was pretty simple. I used self-tapping metal […]