Ford Transit MK7 H3L4 Jumbo Full Campervan Motorhome build - Project Tybatha

From Empty shell to full tiny home on wheels (3 year story), Advanced smart controlled campervan with Lithium and solar to power it! This is how it started: Part 1 covering day 1 to day 10 April 2023 - researching and searching for a potential van to convert. April and May 2023 - registered on swapz and autotrader Late May 2023 - I decided I wanted a Ford Transit H3 so I could stand up in the back and also either an H3L3 or L4, so it had plenty of space. 27th May 2023 - With a lot of saved leads and a lot of talking to different traders I found "Tybatha" 2007 Transit H3L4 in a dealers called JL vans in Warrington, I decided to go and see the van and test drive it and ended up leaving a deposit. 01 June 2023 - I agreed to collect the van, when I turned up following a predelivery inspection all seemed fine until I drove the van away to an instant warning light on the dashboard which turned out to be the air flow sensor. I turned around and drove it back and asked them to sort it. 03 June 2023 - The van was fixed, and I collected it. All was well, and I took the kids out in the sun in the van with a picnic. 04 June 2023 - Started stripping the van out (wooden panels and floor) to discover holes in the wheel arches. I ordered some body filler and mesh the same night. https://amzn.eu/d/21CsQNO - £8.99 Drill sanding pad. https://amzn.eu/d/ghyVxe9 - £11.29 x2 Big boy metal filler. https://amzn.eu/d/cZfTlMg - £13.11 Johnsons White metal paint. https://amzn.eu/d/hRJYlh6 - £3.79 x2 Bigboy aluminium mesh. https://amzn.eu/d/iDSi1gE - £8.88 Hamerite Direct to rust metal. Total spend £61.14 05 June 2023 - Removed the bulkhead and motorbike mounts opening the van right up to the cab. Tidied up the wiring to the reverse camera and drivers door seals. 06 June 2023 - Sanded off as much rust as I could from drivers side rear wheel arch, used bigboy aluminium mesh outside the wheel arch and used big boy filler inside wheel arch to cover the hole and then painted the wheel arch with Hammerite direct to rust metal paint. 07 June 2023 - Same as the day before but on the passenger side rear wheel arch and added a second coat of Johnsons metal paint to each side. 07 June 2023 - pulled away 2nd bit of roof panelling to open up the rest of the van right up to the cab. Found solar panel wiring that wasn't connected to anything, tested it to find it, was working and pulling in 18 to 19v, and tied up the cabling. Cleaned, hovered, and mopped the back of the can flooring. Painted all of the floor with Hammerite direct to rust paint.