I like the simplicity & function of your storage wall. No doors is my preferance too. A van gets messy when you use all the stuff we travel with so spacious & accessible storage is golden.
I like the simplicity & function of your storage wall. No doors is my preferance too. A van gets messy when you use all the stuff we travel with so spacious & accessible storage is golden.
The light wood units & plastic bins are from Ikea ( trofast is the name under storage bins ). I have several thousand miles on the Van now with those bins & they don’t slide out around corners.
Some More Photos; Our Parameters were; 2 People Travel Machine / Keep it Simple / Queen Bed “Permanent & Comfortable” / Stealth Exterior Look / Electric 12v & 120v / Few Holes Penetrating the Van / Self Contained Toilet / Sink / Storage “easy to grab & take outside / Fridge “electric only & efficient” / Cooking Outside “primarily” / Serviceability / Efficiency
Things we think we learned DIY; How Batteries Work 12DC & 120AC (limitations) / What we would do differently if starting again (or the next one) / Less is More
Now take no offense as I am going to be humorous here.
My bed supports are 2 one half inch X 54”X26” pieces of plywood on edge and attached to the wheel wells with bolts/rivnuts. Thats it! They also form two cabinets fore of the wheel wells and storage behind. Your steel framing bed support is as different from mine as any two minds could devise. Either I’m nutz or you are, probably me. But in my defense it has worked super well to both support the bed, allow it to collapse into a single bed/couch and has withstood every possible road condition/panic stop and has provided countless nights of bed comfort as a double bed and many nights as a single.
You certainly build a skookum van conversion! I like the idea it comes out easily too. Have fun!
Now take no offense as I am going to be humorous here.
My bed supports are 2 one half inch X 54”X26” pieces of plywood on edge and attached to the wheel wells with bolts/rivnuts. Thats it! They also form two cabinets fore of the wheel wells and storage behind. Your steel framing bed support is as different from mine as any two minds could devise. Either I’m nutz or you are, probably me. But in my defense it has worked super well to both support the bed, allow it to collapse into a single bed/couch and has withstood every possible road condition/panic stop and has provided countless nights of bed comfort as a double bed and many nights as a single.
You certainly build a skookum van conversion! I like the idea it comes out easily too. Have fun!
Im guessing the truth is we are probably both nuts as we are DIY van camper converters :nerd:
Im a recent member as I joined this forum in fall of 2018, but “did not read the manual” thus my posts did not get posted (my bad >). Anyway I have seen your posts & I think you know what you are doing with regards to van conversions. I appreciate your interest & comments/feedback (thanks for taking the time to look at my thread). I think this forum is a fantastic site for us DIYers to share ideas & help each other out.
The older I get, the more “Design” seems to be important to me. I believe your & my design approach is so different due to very different design parameters. My bed system is focused & designed to be down & permanent - no convertible into a couch & no need to use my van to transport materials or bikes etc inside. Like you wrote, it is built to be skookum, & not to be taken apart. The reason it can be dismantled in 20mins is for “serviceability” of underbed systems (I don’t like to work on things in tight spaces on my back)
Im very novice @ internet forums & may screw things up here on my ability to post etc, but I will endeavor to get better at it
The sink & tap are both Blanco & both were purchased @ Lowes. They were approximately $400 each. Really a central point aesthetically so I decided to spend a bit more here than I normally would
Looking forward to seeing your build & sharing ideas. The “skookum” building technique is probably coming from life experiences where I haven't “over built” & it bit me
We bought a memory foam mattress 60” wide by 80” long
We then trimmer off about 7” off the 80” length to 73” so the mattress would fit between the walls of the van. We have had a total of 20 nights on it over the past months & find it to be very comfortable. I am 70” tall & do not feel cramped at all sleeping with 73” of bed length
No flares; my build has about 73.5” to 74” wall to wall
So I just cleaned out 18 months of photos from my phone and put all my van build photos into on folder so I can actually show some of the build on this tread.
I will add to this thread as time allows in blocks of TASKS
Hi! I built a 2018 Ram Promaster Campervan during the last 18 months. I'm 99% done but will eventually fix a few nagging items that I don't like. Starting this thread with a few pictures I took today of my campervan. I will add some build pictures next. During the last 18 months I learned a lot...
Has anyone successfully gone through the process of titling their conversion in PA?
I know what the process is (I am actually licensed to do them), but I am getting some info directly from the DMV person in charge, that they do not allow conversions from a truck title to a motorhome title...
Hello All,
Below are some images of our 159" conversion that we completed in November 2018. The build took us 12 months to execute though, 2 months of that were too Canadian to do anything. We moved into the van in November 2018 and since then, have enjoyed traveling around (Alberta, Montana...
We are a two person (Maitreya and Abby), one dog (Natchee) crew out of Bend that wants an adventure van that will support rock climbing, biking, skiing, paragliding, etc. trips while keeping us comfortable and connected enough to work our remote gigs. We specifically will NOT be living in the...
We wanted to start a build thread to document the build out on our new van. In the past, I did a fairly detailed build post for my "old" Jeep, which was a fun way to document progress and interact with the community that taught me so much. I'd like to do the same here.
Background:
My wife and...
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