Just started my camper conversion. I’m really impressed with what everyone here has done, all looking really professional. Afraid my conversion probably won’t end up looking as good but will serve me well, be done by my own hand, and be as cheap as it can be. I also want to be able to use the van for lots of other things, so making the space changeable inside is pretty key.
I’ll be updating how the conversion is going, hopefully remembering everything I do along the way…
OK, so I started by removing the wooden bulkhead and internal shelving that the last owner had in there. The walls and the wheel arches are already ply lined which is pretty handy.
I then fitted the bed I had from my old van into the back. Had to saw it in halfish and remove some of the length so it would fit width ways (luckily I can just fit lying down flat with is this way!). I hinged the bed onto the wheel arches so I could put the bottom half down on its own and create a bench for when I want more space in the van to move around.
The bed had legs permanently attached, which meant legs sticking out into the space in the van when the bed was hinged up, so I decided to remove them and make detachable legs, which attach with toggle latches (it took me a while to figure out what these were called!) Prety impressed with how they turned out, easy to attach and remove and pretty neat, a pic of them below…
Part 2 coming up next…
