Daily Race Van

This one is a bit of a work in progress in the sense that I am just lumping stuff in here rather that writing new blog entries every time I make a small change to the storage in the van. None of it is that exciting but it should make the van more liveable. Strong hooks Starting off strong, these folding aluminium hooks can hold two sets of racing leathers without folding the wrong way. Cheap too. I have them dotted all over the van for motorcycle leathers and soggy walking kit alike. I could well be tempted into buying more as they are pretty good and those stick on plastic ones are crap even for the lightest of things. Lots of capacity when folded out Not a complete eye sore when folded either. Shelves I don't like rattles and this van is like a maraca. I have been dampening out noises with rubber anti slip mats however and they are very effective. Grey storage boxes have also proven to be useful to make more use of the space available. These were cheap items from the factory shop...

This is a work in progress but as the blog is being written at the same time as I am working (for a change), I thought I might as well publish it to make it a live update of sorts. So do pop back in the future to see when I finally give up and set the lot on fire. "When you reverse things tend to come from behind ya'." is a quote to remember when driving a near 5 metre long van. Funnily enough I took to reversing this thing without too much trouble but I could see myself hitting some issues or walls if I was at a funny angle... A reversing camera or sensors was the answer. I liked the camera on my T5 so fancied doing something similar on the Daily. Unfortunately my single Din headunit did not provide a suitable screen to display this image so I needed to add a screen somewhere too. To the interwebs to find the answer! There are lots of different reversing cameras out there with optional lights or even IR. I would like to 1080p for better image quality (they ...