Gave me an opportunity to have a good look at his shelf setup. Tom is an architect by trade, but his salesmanship abilities are top notch. I bought one at his discounted 'on the spot' price and he installed it right away.
The basic construction is a piece of 3/4 inch plywood. It is roughly the same width as the inside distance between the upright supports short an inch or so for clearance, it uses a couple 'U' clamps to attach and can be outfitted with racks or hooks as one could desire.
The basic version that Tom sold me had a couple of Ikea rails for hanging towels, or mugs on the end. They are purposely set a perfect distance apart to hang wine glasses when drying.
Some use the top shelf for camp storage; pots and pans, kitchen items, or the like. I envision using it for placing my sons water, books or iPad to use in the AM while he waits for us to stir! Allows for a few more minutes of rest since my little energizer bunny of a son is WIDE awake at 6 regardless of bed time. Especially in the clean air of the woods.
The first photo is the shelf installed and in the stowed position when pop top is lowered. The cut out allows for the shelf to fit around the skylight.
With the top raised, but still in "stowed" position. It is essentially vertical.
Now with shelf lowered. Assuming a nice level placement of you van, the shelf too will be level.
Bumped my head last night, and then this morning. Will take some getting used to, but should not take long.
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