{"id":2582,"date":"2013-01-21T18:40:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T00:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cragkungfu.com\/cragginwagon\/?p=215"},"modified":"2015-03-31T17:27:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T17:27:23","slug":"and-then-the-van-got-some-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cragkungfu.com\/cragginwagon\/and-then-the-van-got-some-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"And then the van got some walls!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even as I set out to begin building the walls I wasn’t 100% sure how I was going to do it. Most of the research and blogs I read had more or less used the stock panels that came with their van. A few people had made their own but hadn’t provided much in the way of detail. So, I figured with the insulation installed I would screw some batons onto the walls and use them to attach the walls to. I chose hardboard for this because it was cheap and light. The walls don’t really need to be all that\u00a0resilient\u00a0considering most of them will be covered up by other stuff eventually.<\/p>\n

I used self tapping screws to secure the wood batons to the frame.<\/p>\n

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I then set to work with a jigsaw and a tape measure. The process moved along pretty well and despite the\u00a0non-uniformity\u00a0and odd angles of he van I was able to get most of it covered with several large pieces.<\/p>\n

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I filled in the gaps and roof in a similar fashion and screwed the panels directly into the frame in many places. Made panels to trim out the doors too. They’ll look a bit better once they have handles and the board is covered with something nicer and more finished looking.<\/p>\n

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In some places there was no frame to mount them too and no where to mount a baton. In those areas I used brackets and bent them to custom sizes myself.<\/p>\n

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I made separate, small, removable panels for the rear section where the tail lights are covered so I can access them in the future should one go out. I also made boxes to cover the insulated wheel wells.<\/p>\n

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I cut holes in he metal shelf above the front seats for speakers, mounted them, cut similar holes in the panel for the front cab, and ended up with a nice, custom speaker setup.<\/p>\n

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After that I built some brackets and cut some ply to fit and mounted speakers facing he back. I’ll eventually wire these to the stereo and the stereo to the house batteries so I we’ll be able to listen to music in the front or the back whether the car is on or not.<\/p>\n

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All in all it was pretty time consuming and challenging at times, but turned out better than I expected. We plan on covering the walls in a fabric or wall paper to hide the seams, brackets, screws, etc and give it an overall nicer look. More on that soon!<\/p>\n

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ply board<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n20.37<\/td>\n20.37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
brackets<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n1.47<\/td>\n5.88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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saw horse<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tie plates<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n0.58<\/td>\n6.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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