I was thinking of using one of these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221470609431? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Not quite flush but easier to fit.

No, I really appreciate the helpful comments and it has got me thinking. We will most likely use an awning for anything more than overnight stops and cooking outside is bound to be easier, so perhaps we could keep the internal facilities for overnight halts only. I think I'll get the mechanicals che...

Thanks guys. SC Conversions looks an option for the roof. I'll talk to Allan about that, I'm sure he'll be familiar with them. I can't imagine us doing without it, and we had factored the likely cost into our decision to buy the camper, but a very good point about getting a full condition assessment...

Ah, thanks Bob.

I was hoping to find someone to do it all at the same time, but if I have to split it then so be it.

If I were younger and had more time on my hands I'd do the roof myself.

Well for better or worse we've bought the side conversion one and provided the mechanicals are sound we should have some funds left to modify as we go along. The rock and roll bed leaves some room for a small 'facility' at the end behind the passenger seat, so Mrs P's number one requirement (literal...

I've just today become a Bongo owner \:D/ Based on a bit of lurking on here, I was able to impress the seller with my apparent expertise at rattling the anti-roll bars, prodding the sills, probing the cross-member, inspecting the fluids, exercising the electrics, and making a case for a few quid off...

Thanks for the replies. Sleeping upstairs is an option, although Mrs P. is not so good with arrangement requiring manual dexterity. She has an uncanny knack of getting entangled in something or other and ending up in some compromising position :P Good to have confirmation that it works okay Bob. Thi...

Another couple of South Wales based bongo newbies here, currently on the lookout for our first van. I was going to start a separate thread but it makes sense to chip in here. We're trying to get our head around the different balance of sleeping/living/storage space offered by the various layout opti...