Peugeot Boxer Coversion – Part 1

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.

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.

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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…

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Part 2 coming up next…

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  1. Part 5 almost here
    Thanks 🙂 I’ll be posting part 5 soon, got myself a ridiculously cheap sink and drainer with folding tap, so am onto the cabinet making now. Had 2 decent trips in it so far, and looking forward to getting the cooker and sink all working inside the van instead of outside..

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  2. Peugeot Boxer Conversion
    I really like this 4 part series in turning a Peugeot Boxer into a liveable space. Nice work.

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  3. Part 4
    The van was ply lined 3 quarters of the way up the walls when i got it so next I needed to ply the top of the walls and the roof, was pretty easy with the help of my carpenter friend as holding the ply above my head and srewing in on my own was a mission impossible. Used 2 sheets of exterior ply from Wickes, cost £14 each.

    I found a roll of grey felt someone had given me 2 years ago when i picked up some wooden palletts, and once I’d unrolled a couple of meters of the dirty bit, was brand new and perfect for lining the walls with! Bargain, totally forgot I had is and is over 2m wide and much more lightweight than actual carpet which I initially thought I was going to use. Measured out the walls and cut the material in the right shapes(or thereabouts – little tip, people usually use chalk to mark out what they need to cut, I didn’t have any so went for a bit of old soap and worked a treat!) Used industrial spray adhesive to attach to the walls, the stuff works great but definately need to be careful of inhaling the fumes, very noxious!

    Adding the felt to the walls and roof has made a massive difference to the overall look of the van, much more comfy looking now, and hopefully warm too! Tested the van out for the first time over easter break and was brilliant! Next mission is to make a corner unit behind the drivers seat for the stove and a sink (bought and economy double burner from go outdoors for £20 which did the trick nicely for the test camp)

    Have spent a total of £42 on the van conversion parts so far, plus £50 for the stove and gas bottle, not bad going!

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  4. Part 3
    I cut the foam matress down to size to fit the bed which was pretty easy, a bread knife worked wonders 🙂

    I then added carpet to the floor and to the space above the cab (where I intend to store my clothes) Had quite an easy time cutting the carpet into shape with a stanley knife, worked really well and only misjudged one bit on the side of the wheel arch (is going to be under the bed most of the time so not too much of a disaster!)

    Think that’s about it for now, until next weekend when hopefully I’ll have found some carpet for the walls, and even a sink/stove top to put in if I’m lucky 🙂

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  5. Peugeot Boxer Coversion – Part 2
    Next I made a curtain to separate the cab from the back. I used black material for the side facing the front so it isn’t very noticable that it is only a curtain and not a proper bulkhead. I’m going for the stealth camper option as I never know where I might park up, and being able to use loading bays is pretty handy for in town parking when you just want to pop in for something 😉 The side facing the back I used a pretty material I got from Ghana on previous travels. I used hooks and a net curtain wire to put it up, and eyeletted 2 places in the middle to stop the wire ‘sagging’. Last thing to do with it is to add some velcro to the sides to stop any light getting in or out.

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