Anyway just a quick run down of all the jobs i’ve completed on Bertha

• Wired in new leisure battery with alternator and 240v charging with seperate fuse box
• Wired fridge to run off alternator
• Fitted new stereo headunit
• Applied Wayoyl to front doors interiors
• Sound deadened front doors inside and out.
• Fixed 240v charging unit
• Fitted MDF speaker mounting rings to front doors.
• Fitted new front door speakers
• Fitted new front door cards
• Wired stereo to run off lesiure battery
• Wired internal lights to run off leisure battery
• Treated rust in front foot well seams
• Painted front foot wells in Hammerite to help prevent further rust
• Fixed Steering columng cowel
• Painted gear lever blue
• Sound deadened front cabin floor
• Fitted new rear exhaust silencer
• Cleaned contacts and fitted new spades to cabin earths
• Fitted new cabin carpets
• Fitted new tailgate card
• Fitted new rear speakers with MDF baffles
• Fitted new aerial
• Fixed dash lights
• Refitted boot wardrobe/cupboard
• Sterilised water container
• Fitted new tap spout

Phew tired just thinking about all those jobs!!!

Day 2 and number one priority is to get a stereo in the campervan as there isn’t one in currently. After painstakingly  researching  (sometimes OCD is a benefit!) I found a suitable head unit with bluetooth streaming – Clarion FB289RBT. Once Iphone OS3.0 is released this summer we’ll be able to using our iPhones to remotely stream audio from it, so they’ll act like wireless full colour touchscreen remote controls – how cool is that!

Now it was time to install and work out the mass of wires. There seemed to be rather too many lose wires around, so i decided to have a clean out. Whilst doing this I put new spade connectors on all the earths and cleaned the contacts as some of these were rather brittle and frail to the touch.

Front speakers didn’t work definitely and had seen better days and the door cards look a bit tatty – ordered some new ones from JK. Need to think about covering the door cards as well – vinyl. cloth, padding…

Going to try and get some 6×9’s in here with mdf mountings. Rear speakers work fine, although they’ll need upgrading at a later date – but for now we’ve got some sounds!! Need to wire up the head unit to the leisure battery next but I need to work out how that’s wired in first.

Anna got her cleaning gloves out and some 1001 carpet cleaner and gave her a good once over, got rid of those dirty marks in the carpets and cleaned out all the cupboards She’s smelling like a new lady….