Campervan Build

I had Artie helping me for most of the day. It was a rainy morning, so we were working inside the van again. In the morning we spent 1 1/2 hours working on attaching the Kilmat sound deadening to the rest of the van. The only places that we have left to sound deaden are […]

I have had the van a week now, but only started building it today. I have been driving it around a lot to make sure there were no issues with the van before I started working on it. I drove it to Williamsburg, VA last weekend to participate in a two-day charity bike ride I

Ford really tries my patience. No communication about the status of the van at all. The dealer knows almost nothing, but keeps telling me that it will arrive “next week”. Like, “tomorrow never comes”. So, it ended up taking two months more than I thought, but on May 6th I finally took delivery of my

When I returned from CO, I had about three weeks before my van should arrive. I was focused on the items that I needed to do to be prepared to work on the van when it arrived. While in CO, I watched several videos on how to assemble AL extrusion. I’m glad I spent that

With all this material arriving at the house, my dining room and entryway were filling up with boxes. Which was fine until the aluminum extrusion shipment was scheduled to arrive. That was sure to be too big for the dining room. The aluminum extrusion was being delivered in the afternoon on the Wednesday, January 29th.

Fortunately, as I have been researching how to build a campervan, I have been taking notes on all the various aspects.  As a result, I had a good idea as to the steps of the process.  I started by putting together a high-level project plan to help me understand each of the steps of the

Which van and how did I purchase it? There are only really three vans on the market that can be turned into camper vans.  The Mercedes Benz Sprinter van is a good choice, but I didn’t go that route because it was the most expensive and the hardest to find service on (both in my

Introduction This blog will chronical my project to buy and upfit a cargo van for use as a campervan on outdoor adventures.  I’m starting this blog with the design of the van I was looking to bring to life.  I’ll discuss the van selection and purchase.  Then, most of the blog will be dedicated to