Afghan Dans welcome home present

Our faithful gimp  Dan has been sorely missed since he buggered off to Afghanistan, but he is pulling all the stops out to make it for the first race of the season as he makes a fleeting visit before going off to Canada!! He will also be around for the meeting at Donington the end of June which also hopefully means he will about for one more race towards the end of the season. With that in mind we thought we had better make him a decent kitchen   for him to knock up the food and wash all the plates up, lol!!!

The sink, hob and water heater all came from the old caravan, we also had cupboard doors and draws but they just looked a bit too scruffy, so a trip down B&Q found these along with the thin 28mm work surface for a very reasonable price. One thing we're concerned about is that the body of the bus obviously flex's, if you look at the rear doors as you drive along you can see them sliding up and down each other as the body rocks from side to side. If the body was to do that with the kitchen unit fixed to the sides and floor it would undoubtedly lead to the kitchen being ripped apart, so the idea was to hand everything from the side of the bus, with the end panels only resting on the floor. Ok it can still be compressed as the bus flex's in one direction, but the chipboard is a lot stronger in compression than in tensile loads through the screws.

Anyway this is how it has progressed over the past couple of weeks. There are a few finishing off bits to do, then get everything connected.