Bed Frame

I probably left it too long to sort out the bed. Really the bed should be the first thing to decide on, because everything else has to fit around it.
The problem I had was that the standard width for a 3/4 size rock and roll frame seems to be 120cm. For me this was too wide, if I ever wanted to fit a compressor fridge. But I eventually found a bed on eBay that was 104cm - perfect.  I chose the model, where there was some space at the back when the bed was folded, which would allow us to store the bedding.

The only problem was that I had decided that I wanted to put the kitchen and units behind the passenger seat -m which is not the norm. So this meant that the clearance over the wheelarch needed to be on the other side. A quick message to the seller at http://www.rjscampervans.com and since they would make the frame to order it was no problem to modify.
Less than a week later, for £200, I had my frame all the way from cornwall.
This is a very simple design, which needed a couple of small modifcations.
Firstly pulling the bed out and pushing it back in, was difficult - partly due to the weight, but mainly because the front runners have to slide along the floor. To ease this I fitted castor wheels to the back of the runners, so when the front it tipped up slightly the wheels hit the ground. Without this mod, the bed would be barely usable.

When closed the front of the bed is retained with some welded stops. These tended make the open/close operation more difficult, and so I removed the stops. In practice the front runners by themselves are enough to keep the bed in place when driving.

The bed was secured with 4 bolts through the floor on one side and 4 screws into the floor on the other.