Trevor FlowersMay 14
OK, this may be the photo I'm most embarrassed to post but in the interest of sharing the process, here we go.
A combination of unexpected life events and a bit of builder advice has led me to take my incompletely converted camper van on the road.
What you see in the photo is scrap wood furniture and an incomplete electrical system tacked in place, all so I can learn what works for me when moving, parked, and at camp.
It barely functions and is not safe.
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#vanLife #vanBuild
Show threadTrevor FlowersMay 14
This is my first project involving a vehicle and I've never car camped, much less lived full time in a van. I know that I don't know what I'm doing and have habits from building workshop furniture that are bad for this new situation. Workshops rarely get into high speed collisions. Workshops rarely jiggle for so many hours that solid core cables snap. Workshops rarely completely and rapidly change temperature and humidity.
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Camper vans are more like sailboats than workshops.
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So, prototypes!
Show threadR.I.PienaarMay 14
@trevorflowers We're renting a camper this summer - terrifying :P never camped etc as an adult.
Show threadTrevor FlowersMay 14
@ripienaar I think that's a smart way to go. Test the water a bit before diving in.
Show threadR.I.PienaarMay 14

@trevorflowers Long term we want to summer in Latvia and winter in Malta. Camper between for a month each way.

Quite a big set of decisions to get there, knowing if we even like the idea is a good start lol.

So we're heading to Finland in a bigish (for europe) camper this year another year maybe to Denmark with a smaller one to try and figure out what size (and if!)

Meanwhile I also have a prob of more sleeping place at my summer cottage so once we know we could put a camper there for that

Show threadTrevor Flowers
@ripienaar Yes, the original energy for this van build came when I decided to become a snowbird and take Winters in the US Southwest. I'm even considering converting a trailer into a small workshop that doubles as a guest room! 😹
May 14 at 1:26pmWeb
Show threadR.I.PienaarMay 14
@trevorflowers Yeah been eagerly following but wish you posted more details :)
Show threadTrevor FlowersMay 14
@ripienaar YouTubers make it look so easy to post videos and photos showing builds and life afterwards. It turns out that it's an entire additional full time job!