Campervan Build

Here is my last post of this blog. My goal is to give you an overview, or summary, of the entire build. I think the statistics on the build will be interesting to you, and may help anyone who is considering doing their own van build in the future. The timeline for the project was […]

I might have gotten a little carried away, but the first shakedown trip for the van was a two week trip from North Carolina to the national parks in Southern Utah. I went with my two brothers and my dad who is 86 years old. We had been planning this trip for about a year,

I’m calling this the final day of the van build!! I spent about two hours hanging curtains, and plugging the hole in the electrical cabinet. From here on, I’m mostly just loading stuff into the van for my trip to Utah at the end of the week. I did test out the upper bunk this

So, when should I call the van build complete? Today I finished the last seven shelves, which pretty much finishes the construction of the van. I then switched gears to installing some of the items that I had purchased for the van. I installed the Lagun table and the curtains behind the driver and passenger

I slept in the van last night for the first time. I slept on the lower bunk, and it was comfortable, but firm. I learned a few things that I want to do with the setup of the van, but for another day. I was focused today on building and installing the cabinet doors for

I took a couple of days off of the van build to do some volunteer work with my church. Back at it today and continuing the work on the drawers that I made with Lena on Tuesday. I started by figuring out the catch mechanism that I wanted to use to secure the drawers when

I went to my daughter-in-law, Lena’s, house today to build six drawers for the van. Lena has a woodworking workshop in her garage, and lots of woodworking experience. I’ve never built a drawer before, but Lena has built several, so I leveraged her expertise today. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to finish the

The weather was beautiful today and I put in a big day working on the van. I spent the entire day working on the storage space behind the galley on the passenger side of the van. I started out by securing the frame to the van. I drilled four 1/4″ holes in the aluminum extrusion

I continued working on the storage for behind the galley on the passenger side of the van. I cut and machined the last few pieces of aluminum extrusion and assembled the structure. Actually, I had to assemble it three times. The first time, I made the mistake of not including washers on the hinges, so

After being away from the van build for ten days, I’m back at it and have received lots of material to work with. One item I received was the custom cargo net for the storage area above the electrical cabinet. So, I hung that up to check it out. I plan to store larger items