vrecha
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It's been a quiet year ... but we were active nevertheless.
We did some shorter Balkan trips, but we mainly concentrated on preparing our truck for the next bigger trip, which is starting in the beginning of the November.
As mechanically the truck works superbly, we concentrated on the inside and tried to optimize it to be as comfortable as possible for two persons on longer trip. Now preparations are in the final stage and here are some pictures.
We started with the rear drawers.
But we didn't stop here. The second row of seats is more or less redundant, so we decided to build something more useful there. Of course everything is build modularly, so if one decides he needs the second row of seats, its about an hour of work and the seats are back again.
Loking back from the front seats, there is a "bookshelf".
Looking to the inside from the right side of the vehicle. In the middle are water containers (ex-military 3 x 20 L, hard plastic but the same dimensions as jerry cans). They are removable but they can be filled or emptied in situ (by means of the electrical pump and hand pump). The boxes around are for storage of spare parts, tools, etc.
Looking at the inside from the left side, we see a box for additional battery, the battery controller (display of present voltage, plug-ins for 12V pump, electrical sun collectors etc). There is another 22L water container with electrical pump and the three water hose plugs (filter in, filter out and water from 22L container - mainly for shower).
The dashboard has three additional gauges (EGT, ATF temp and engine oil temp) plus fixed large display GPS plotter and also the portable GPS plotter.
This is the inside. We are now working on some additions on the outside of the truck, but the time is short (departure on the 3rd of Nov).
We did some shorter Balkan trips, but we mainly concentrated on preparing our truck for the next bigger trip, which is starting in the beginning of the November.
As mechanically the truck works superbly, we concentrated on the inside and tried to optimize it to be as comfortable as possible for two persons on longer trip. Now preparations are in the final stage and here are some pictures.
We started with the rear drawers.
But we didn't stop here. The second row of seats is more or less redundant, so we decided to build something more useful there. Of course everything is build modularly, so if one decides he needs the second row of seats, its about an hour of work and the seats are back again.
Loking back from the front seats, there is a "bookshelf".
Looking to the inside from the right side of the vehicle. In the middle are water containers (ex-military 3 x 20 L, hard plastic but the same dimensions as jerry cans). They are removable but they can be filled or emptied in situ (by means of the electrical pump and hand pump). The boxes around are for storage of spare parts, tools, etc.
Looking at the inside from the left side, we see a box for additional battery, the battery controller (display of present voltage, plug-ins for 12V pump, electrical sun collectors etc). There is another 22L water container with electrical pump and the three water hose plugs (filter in, filter out and water from 22L container - mainly for shower).
The dashboard has three additional gauges (EGT, ATF temp and engine oil temp) plus fixed large display GPS plotter and also the portable GPS plotter.
This is the inside. We are now working on some additions on the outside of the truck, but the time is short (departure on the 3rd of Nov).
It's given me some ideas about storage behind the seats. 
).
