Grumman Olson Step Van build

[66788]

A teaser pic, almost done!   I hit the road on June 30th.   More to come.

 

[Matlock]

Yes, more pic's please. Terrific platform for an RV build.

 

[66788]

First cabinet goes up, with diffused under cabinet LEDs.  View from bed, more cabinets to be installed, organizer on floor is temporary.

 

[66788]

I went with the iSeries tank monitor because it gives an exact reading of the fresh and waste tanks, not to the nearest 1/4 tank like a lot of RVs use.  

The solar controller is a Morningstar TM45 with remote meter, powered by 480 watts of Kyocera 12v panels.

I don't know why this BB software posts the picture sideways...

 

[highdesertranger]

looking good. rumor has it if you make your pictures square they don't get turned sideways. I don't know because mine don't get flipped. highdesertranger

 

[66788]

Made some cheap 1 X 2 pine and 1/8 inch plywood doors for the kitchen of the Starship Grumman Olson.   Total cost for 2 doors including the Blum soft close Euro hinges, $40.00.

 

[KarlH]

Maybe this was shown in your early pics (no longer visible), but how did you handle the door in back? Do you still have tracks above the ceiling?

 

[66788]

https://vanlivingforum.com/showthread.php?tid=37986&pid=479983#pid479983

I did a fully insulated drop ceiling and left the full function of the roll up door.
(post #10)

 

[jottoh12]

I imagine the nice 17mpg will drop down to a slither at 10 to 12 mpg once you deck it out with living supplies and electronic components. But what about the pictures?!

Not necessarily. I have a 1984 Grumman Olsen Kabmaster that had a Ford straight six originally. When I purchased it it had been sporting a white-Hercules D2300 turbo diesel for 20 years. It gets 19 mpg full or empty, uphill or down. It is so under-powered it can hardly get out of its own way. It literally has the power of a 36 hp VW van. At that kind of MPG I could cae less and I find myself in no hurry.I have a auxiliary transmission with Ober/under and hope to be able to cruise at 62 instead of 54.