DIY Camper Van Build: The Ultimate Road Trip Machine
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Fiat Ducato fully loaded camper. Ideal for the weekend or a full time van life.
Below is a list of as many companies as I can remember that I used to built my camper.
Materials:
Light weight fibre board:
clearcutconver...
shop.morlanduk...
rubber knock on trims: clearcutconver...
Bamboo: www.mosobamboo...
fabrics: www.iwantfabri...
cabinet doors: www.kitchendoo...
led lights: www.wholesalel...
Fridge, sink and oven: www.jacksonsle...
www.jacksonsle...
leisurelines.n...
toilet: www.jacksonsle...
window blinds, rear door panels, and other bits: magnummotorhom...
Flightcase laminated plywood and trims: www.flightcase...
electrics: www.12voltplan...
bespoke mattress: customsizebeds...
alloy wheels: supermetal.co.uk/
solar panels: www.sunstore.c...
aircon unit: www.jacksonsle...
Hot water boiler and heater: www.jacksonsle...
wifi 4G unit: www.motorhomew...
door latches: camperinterior...
Body wrap by: gogirlsigns.co...
Great van,looks a quality build. A lot of time and effort and love put into it. Good that you said the parts you change 👍
With 25yr Roadie background, this garage put a smile on my face.... just converting a Sprinter LWB atm, but wont have that kinda budget or skill... nice job dude...
Thanks for the comment. I did a sprinter camper a few years back all in that flight case material. If you go to coastlinecampers.com it’s there in one of the gallery pages
Spot on 👍🏻 the garage area is mint.
What a beauty :) the jig of excitement as the electric step came out was funny :)
You really need to have a youtube channel ( i know i know this is one - but a dedicated 1 ..know what i mean ) .
There is something enticing n lovely about your ability to talk to an invisible audience yet be very genuine about it , with cheekiness thrown in.
Loved the van and your colour palette . If i needed to build one , reckon everything you chose would do it perfectly for me .
Kudos to the wrap lady. She did a brilliant job . Sophisticated n funky ..just my style too.
Thankyou, very kind words, I’m still finding my feet with style and direction hopefully it will all fall into place at some point.
Stunning conversion….
You've got some skills there buddy, beautiful job.
As someone who has done a couple of builds myself I can appreciate the effort to produce a result like that.
I love your van design. It's different and very well build. Thx for your video from Germany.
Lovely van! I love the wrap and color scheme...very Italian.
Professional!!!!!!!.....Love your job.....
I like this guy, his work is top class, the van is finished beautifully, I could watch this over again for the tips, I hope he’s done a full build step by step tutorial for this van, I need the guidance for when I do mine and his layout is pretty much how I’d want mine. Going to search the other vids now,👍
My respect Errol excellent job !
Love it pal excellent job bamboo fantastic
This van/camper would be perfect for going “walk about” on weekends. Solar. Is best for energy under the Big Sky. Really cool.
Nice job pal. Well done 👍
What a fantastic conversion and great video. You’re obviously very talented 👏🏽
Man the way you speak is amazing i can listen to you for hours
Thanks Ali, not sure my girlfriend would agree😀
What a fantastic van! Absolutely love it! Clearly you’ve built a very high quality high spec van. Amazing 🤩
this thing is awesome, I will save up money to hopefully make my own one day thanks for an great video
Very Talented build! Beautiful.
very beautiful very elegent just looking like wow 🤩
fantastic van thanks for sharing
What a talent this camper is quality
That's fantastic. Doing a self build is an aim I have, and what you've done is totally inspiring 👍
The body looks far better than the orginal you got inspiration from. Well done.
amazing build, looks to be on par with even commercial companies.
Great conversion
Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻
Would love to follow a video series of your next one!
Love the wrap. nice combination of colors! I'm jealous
I love your Van bill and I love what you said about what you would change pretty much not that much, I wish I knew you to help me with my van bill.
Fantastic build.
Cracking build, next level skills on display !
Bro she a beauty awesome build you did a great job
Great work Errol , you have done an excellent job by my standards , I'm impressed thanks for sharing and greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
Sublime!
Probably the best and the most beautiful camper-van setup...
Priceless...
RESPECT!
Beautiful build, and an entertaining tour!
What a fantastic conversion, really impressive work 👍
@@PaulSmith-yk3lc thanks 👍
Superb that mate. Clearly a very skilled man.
What a cracking van build, love it. Exterior as you say looks top notch, the length of the van with the additional power is a big plus and the interior is finished superb, Bamboo is stunning. Garage is immaculate and with lithium added would be a great self sufficient off-piste home. Great job, well done and enjoy. Thanks for sharing, its to good not to.
Just wow, excellent job!
Well done and a friendly chap too!
I've just finished my 2nd van build using the 3.0 litre 180hp Ducato. Love having the extra power there, compared to my current van which is a 2.3 litre Iveco. Makes the world of difference.
Fantastic build, totally admire your ability and attention to detail. I’ve an Adria Twin 640 on a Ducato base which I think is a great looking vehicle but yours is defo up there 👏
This is a very nice, tasteful and very stylish build. Moreover, it is practical.
Don't change anything, mate, everything look where they should be. A day bed to take a nap is not necessary. A van is small enough as it is. It's just perfect the way it is, mate. We'll done!
wow wow wow great job!
This would be my dream van, absolutely fantastic job 👏
This dude has a talent for storytelling. He acts like a Mat Watson from carwow.
Yep mat came straight to my mind aswell
@DecoD71 all salesmen sound the same, dont you think?
very professional looking build, your garage is impecable!
Love the wrap design - might go for that on my home built lwb sprinter
Beautiful build 👍
Top job mate 👍
Good morning from Mexico mate. Love it, great conversion and great video, even down to the “trauma heater”😂. Can’t wait to see it in the flesh, perhaps at the next AO!
This is absolutely gorgeous!!
Beautiful van Great video thanks for sharing 👍.
Impressive
Great build, well thought out…even though you’ve already thought of changes…
Forgot to say great energy as well…
Really lovely. Looks perfect for our next van if you sell, certainly some inspiration. Thank you.
Hi Ashley, well I maybe selling in late August, got a holiday arranged beginning August and really want to build another so I'll keep you posted.
I love your videos! Especially your travel ones
Thankyou, I’m trying to get better at it.
Love Your Enthusiasm you have a new subscriber keep up the good work
Lovely unique van You are very talented. The finish is superb. 👌
Nice conversion
Great video, Thank you. Educational
Wow great job!!
Wow ! Well done!
Very nice 👍👍
Awesome build im very tempted I must Say
Agree that this is a really great layout for the important things. Normal kitchen, normal bed, normal bathroom. And from the outside it's not that obvious what's on the inside. I would perhaps shift the sink around a little bit (and perhaps the popup table in the kitchen area could fall flat into the side of the cupboard).
I’ll ping you a pic of the pop up table when it’s closed, it does go flush, one of my favourite bits with all the bamboo grain flowing . Thanks for the comment.
@@wright-adventure regarding the popup - actually, at 7:08 it is visible. i think the hinges fooled me on some other shot
Cool 👍
Thanks for posting the video, your van looks a great piece of kit for some fab adventures…well done and best of luck👍👍
Thank you although I think I’ve just sold it! Need to build another
Much love from kenya africa
A very nice build!
Stunning van. Your ideas for future build are spot on. Didn't know about the Ducato being a nicer van than Boxer etc. Three front seats would be better for family then you could move sink, cooker and fridge to behind front seats and get more room next to shower ? Or sliding unit that slides out under another to go in front of side door ?
Great job ! amazing camper :)
Hello Errol, great video and lovely van matey
Beautiful. Get lithium and a mobile induction hob and you have the perfect van.
I CAN LIVE IN THERE GORGEOUS
Nice build. Would love to know how the T5 rear seat is fixed to pass an mot. It looks like its on a wooden platform & I thought it had to be bolted directly to the floor. How is it fixed please? Any video of that part of the build?
What a great built!!! I would like to know the lengths and distances of the sections like hoe long is the kitchen block, how long is the shower/toilet section. How wide is the bed etc.... a very great and useful van!!! Awesome thanks for inspiration!!
Hi thanks for watching unfortunately I've now sold it and can't remember the dimensions, at a guest the kitchen top was 120cm long bed was 128cm wide think the shower block was just over a metre long maybe. hope that helps a bit.
Have you managed to weigh your van , as I'm wondering what excess weight capacity it's got left ??? Assuming it's maximum is 3.5 ton
Haven’t weighed it yet even fully loaded including water it pulls well and feels stable around bends.
Liked and subscribed!
It would have been quite interesting to have weighed the Fiat, pre and after build, I always cant help but wonder how much extra weight people add
That’s what Insta doesn’t tell you…..😂
I have the US version (Ram Promaster 3500 Ext) and live aboard with my wife and dog. 4400 kilos total road weight weighed. (9300 pounds in old money).
Up to 7 tons.
In Ireland you’re limited to the manufacturer RWL, you can’t register it as a motor home , until after the inspection, weighing on completion of works, and submitting all the relevant paperwork to revenue, they calculate the vrt , you pay that then to get your logbook changed to motor home.
Like the bed area should go induction then know gas bill and underfloor heating electric pads of the solar and rain capture filter of roof for water tanks 😊
Second person now to mention the underfloor heating I’ll look into it for the next build.
@@wright-adventure recirculating shower u guy does it with transit n you tub with disaal heater
surely not one of the best i've seen so far
Brilliant 👏 👍
Just wondering is that a AC unit and if so does it work well.
Yes its Ac best works with hook up but can work of agm batteries for a short while before the low voltage protector kicks in, another good reason to switch to lithium batteries. Travelling around Europe earlier this year it was a must have with 35c temps.
Great looking van and a great self build, would love to know what the price tag on something like that would be !
Hi, thanks for the comment and thanks for watching, i spend a little over 20k in parts then there’s the labour which I can’t even begin to calculate and finally the van which was 16k two years old at the time but second hand vans have become more expensive in the last couple of years. All in all I’ve ended up with a good camper for the money in my opinion.
Beauty
有改善空間,尾部雙門打開後,安上支架接撑地上,加支架帳逢固定尾門,使車尾空間更大,可作浴室及活動觀景室.
Great build. And i love the graphics. Could she design them for a L2H2 ?
I would say yes, she’s great, I forgot to put a link to the wrap company, it’s gogirlsigns.co.uk. I’ll add it to the description this weekend.
@@wright-adventure is it your design ?
Could it be legally copy of my van with a little twist on my L2 van ?
Lovely build. Garage looks very neat. Where did you get the metal garage boxes?
The garage boxes with the metal trims are made with flightcase material it’s 9mm laminated birch wood. I think there’s a link the the description from swamflight.co.uk
Swanflight I meant to say
What a beautiful build.Inside and out,your van looks the bees knees.I’ve been considering doing one myself.But with next to no diy skills,i feel it’s a bit out of my reach.
Plenty of people have built campers with no experience. Lots of ‘how to’ on UA-cam. Go for it!
The way to look at it is,
-Plan it on paper
-Research
-Price materials
-Do one small bit at a time
-And it will be done.
Commitment is key.
My dad always brought us up saying "there's no such a word as can't".
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Yep, my uncle would always say that it just a process, one step at a time and you get to the end.
Hi Errol, could I ask who designed and fitted the vinyl wrap to your stunning Ducato? I would like something similar on my L4H2 Boxer when I get to that stage.
Hello Michael it’s gogirlsigns.co.uk think that’s correct, there’s a link in the video description at the bottom. Based in Kent not far from Canterbury.
You need a lift kit and air suspension maybe even a 4x4 system
I just bought a used campervan; a ducato but with the 3 liter 180 hp engine. Drives perfect. The problem with self build ones is that I never would buy one, because I have no idea what standards were used. It is like buying a used self built sail boat. All of a sudden you are in the middle of the ocean and t starts delamintaing. So great for you and if you plan on using it forever not so much if u want to sell it, but suckers are born everyday; people who are stupid and dont know
Really like the van, personally galley area not to my like but that's a personal preference and only criticism is ability to "make" the bed could be better. BUT all in all am in awe of what you've been able to create :D
I agree about the bed making, decided for the next build to not have the fridge up high which will give more access to bed area.
liking that paint job
What an awesome build 💪 Top Notch skills … can you please share the link to the basin in the shower area … and are you using a Thetford shower/toilet base ?
Hi Craig, unfortunately it was a good couple of yers ago when I bought the sink so I haven't been able to locate it but there are similar small sinks out there on the market 'closet sinks' they call them.
@@wright-adventure thanks Mate
Super build Errol ... my question for you is how easy do you find manoeuvring and parking of the LWB ??
Hi generally driving is easy, however, it doesn’t fit so well in a parking bay so always need to be mindful when parking up.
Every conversion is based upon the owners requirements and these are yours. For me, it appears a large van with little space and not suitable at all for my needs. However you have taken a lot of time and effort in the build. Have you ever seen "Deep Red" a self built camper by a retired couple. Sadly Ian has passed away, but the website provides all the info on the build and how it was done.
Yes I’ve seen deep red and I agree every self build should indeed be tailored to the owner, I learnt that on and the Landrovers I converted, no two were the same. I’m looking forward to building another later next year and I agree more space next time.
Hi Errol, love the build! So very nice touches in the van👌🏻 I’m currently in the middle of a self build myself and have very similar electrical setup to you but just trying to get my head around it currently. Do you have any schematics on the wiring at all you wouldn’t mind sharing? Would be much appreciated 😊
Hi, I’m afraid I don’t but do take a look at the VictronConnect website as they have a section on data sheets and wiring diagrams that will help, otherwise good old google images is a great resource.
@@wright-adventure ah that’s a shame. Thanks for replying I’ll get back to the trusty old internet 👍🏻