My 2001 Camper Conversion Van
#61
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I found the roof rack basket for my van camper. Now I will be able to carry our recliner camp chairs with us as it is 60" long. I had to mount it low on the roof rack brackets due to the clearance with my garage door, but it works quite well. Also got a hook net set-up to hold everything in place. Will add a "packed for travel" picture later.
#63
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This modification is not one I made to my conversion van, but to the camera tripod I carry in it. I like the Chevy Express van's large door pockets where I carry my little fold up camp chairs and my tripod, because it is so easy to get at them. I modified my tripod with a slow-motion adapter that I purchased from an astronomy telescope website. It allows me to make fine adjustments as I am tracking a bird or an animal with my telephoto or zoom lens on the camera.
Orion Precision Slow-Motion Adapter | Orion Telescopes
The other modification to the tripod was wire-tying the shutter release cable to one of the ***** on the tripod. Now I do not have to dig through my camera bag looking for it and it is always ready and handy to use when I am trying to take tripod pictures.
Orion Precision Slow-Motion Adapter | Orion Telescopes
The other modification to the tripod was wire-tying the shutter release cable to one of the ***** on the tripod. Now I do not have to dig through my camera bag looking for it and it is always ready and handy to use when I am trying to take tripod pictures.
#64
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Time for another small modification to the camper van. My wife wanted more room for small things, so I used a drawer organizer and added a couple of metal brackets that I bent and shaped to fit the contour of my door window trim with my Pop-Rivet tool. After covering the inside (so things don't rattle while we drive) with sticky-back felt, I slid it over the edge of the trim by the window of one of the side doors. The second picture show how I bent the bracket over to catch the edge of the plastic trim and hold it in place.
Last edited by Black'95; April 29th, 2017 at 9:15 PM. Reason: clarification
#65
Time for another small modification to the camper van. My wife wanted more room for small things, so I used a drawer organizer and added a couple of metal brackets that I bent and shaped to fit the contour of my door window trim with my Pop-Rivet tool. After covering the inside (so things don't rattle while we drive) with sticky-back felt, I slid it over the edge of the trim by the window of one of the side doors. The second picture show how I bent the bracket over to catch the edge of the plastic trim and hold it in place.
Wow, really using every nook and cranny huh? Looks pretty slick.
#67
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My garage door opening is 8 feet and my 2001 Chevy Express van fits easily with a roof rack on it. I think my van is about 6 1/2 feet high so it would probably fit without a roof rack.
#68
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Now that camping season is here, I am finding small modifications to make again. After mounting my roof rack on the van, I did not have a good place to mount my magnetic TV antenna, so I got a piece of metal from my local home improvement store. I cut it at an angle to fit one corner of the roof rack, painted it black to match, and screwed it in place. Now I have a nice flat location for my magnetic TV antenna while camping and it doesn't interfere with loading my recliner camp chairs for travel.
Last edited by Black'95; May 17th, 2017 at 9:15 AM.
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