starting to get somewhere on my XS650.  Getting it assembled/running then will take it apart and polish and paint.

 

 needed something to cover up the replaced doors so a little surfer action helps. spoiler is off an 80's trans am.

Hsve gotten a lot of work done on the interior,  still working on the corners and crevices.  Need to find a futon mattress instead of these crash pads.

I'm back!

Well been without home Internet for awhile so gonna update with the phone for awhile, brakes are good, walls and ceiling up, bed framed up. Hopefully will lay down some of the wood floor tomorrow. Glad to have some weather that I can get things done in. Blizzard on Monday and 76 by Friday. Things are moving along now :)

replacing the wheel cylinders in the rear as one of them blew out. Of course one of the bolts is stripped. after that finally found a spacer for my carb to try to reduce the heat being transferred to it so will install that. Should help it run when its warmed up.
Got some seagrass squares to cover the fronts of the benches in the back and maybe parts of the ceiling.

Gonna finally have to make myself an official MN resident so will have to hang the custom plates from South Dakota inside.

got the driver side up now too. bench on the driver side should be good however the pass. side has an uneven gap due to the plywood being fastened directly to the ribs of the van. The driv. side I put some wood strips so it wouldn't have to bend so far in to get to the ribs. Will have to take the pass side off and do the same on that side. Otherwise coming together nicely. Not sure yet what i'm gonna cover the fronts of the benches with yet but the tops will have lids and then some upholstered foam padding. Built a box for the spare tire to go in which will double as a shelf and possible table if I can get the design down. "Borrowed some of my interior layout from Van boogie Overdrive. Really like his van but don't want to copy it by any means.

got the first panel mounted. and picked up some insulation to mount the other side. Now trying to figure out how to mount the ceiling and mount the side benches.