
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES THE MOBILE SHACK IS INDEED A CAMPER VAN, AND IS USE AS SUCH BY MY SELF AND FAMILY FOR OUR HOLIDAYS,
THE VAN IS A 1990 TALBOT EXPRESS FREEWAY X YORKSHIRE RYDER BUS AND X KIRKLEES COUNCIL AMBULANCE,
I FOUND THE BUS ON A CAR/VAN LOT IN GLASS HOUGHTON NR CASTLEFORD IN WEST YORKSHIRE, AFTER AN INSPECTION I DISCOVERED IT HAD AN ALUMINUM BODY AND A 2.5 DIESEL ENGINE WITH A GALVANIZED CHASSIE, JUST THE JOB I THOUGHT
I GOT THE THING HOME AND STARTED TO DISMANTLE THE INSIDE, I REMOVED ALL THE SEATS AND THE WHEEL CHAIR LIFT AT THE BACK, AND BEGAN TO FABRICATE THE NEW CAMPER INTERIOR, ARMED WITH ONLY 2 CORDLESS DRILLS AND A JIGSAW I ENDED UP WITH WHAT I THINK IS A PRETTY NICE CAMPER, I ALSO MADE THE FULL LENGTH ROOF RACK AND BIKE SHELF AT THE BACK,
THE ANTENNA ON THE VAN ARE (MIDDLE OF THE ROOF) WATSON MOBILE 40M BUT AL SO HAVE SAME ANTENNAS FOR 12 15 17 20 AND 80, AT THE BACK IS A WILSON 5000 11 METER HIGH POWER MOBILE THAT WORKS LIKE A DREAM ON 10 METERS
AND ON THE BIKE SHELF AT THE BACK IS A CLARK PNEUMATIC MAST THAT PUMPS UP TO 13 METERS AND WITH AID OF A SCAFFOLDING POLE I GET 20 METERS HIGH, FROM THIS I USE A SELECTION OF DELTA LOOPS 40/80, DIPOLES 160 AND UP ALSO A QUAD BEAM FOR 2 METERS AND A 3 ELEMENT TRI BAND YAGI (PICTURES IN THE GALLERY) AND AT THE FRONT IS A 5/8 WHIP FOR 2 METERS
THE RIGS IN THE VAN ARE…. FOR MOBILE I USE A YAESU FT 100,MAINLY ON 2METERS, AND WHEN WE ARE STATIC I USE AN ICOM 7400 FOR VHF AND AN ICOM 756 PRO 2 FOR HF.