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29 June 2007, 19:38
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White Van turned Camper Van
You come home from work tired after a long week...
Only to find Himself Indoors immersed in Camper Van Weekly or somesuch publication.
He has his eye on a Renault Trafic and wants to convert it himself.
(To be fair he's hankered after one since the windsurfing days).
Any advice on conversions out there?
K (long suffering )
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29 June 2007, 19:45
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Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
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Go to a caravan breakers for as many internal fittings/fixtures as you can. All those crunched caravans you see on the motorways have fridges, cookers etc...
Avoid diesel Renault Trafics though-they aren't very nice to drive and very expensive for parts. The engines aren't great either.
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29 June 2007, 19:46
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There are some really well turned out Mercedes Sprinter camper vans, generally built for the motocross market.
I was considering one myself for dinghy sailing events or when I'm working further afield than usual - do a search for sprinter camper on eBay and you'll find some! Although huge, they looked well put together and eminently practical.
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29 June 2007, 20:03
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Reading, Hants
Boat name: Juicy
Make: Sealine F43
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2 x 370hp
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Originally Posted by The Jackeens
You come home from work tired after a long week...
Only to find Himself Indoors immersed in Camper Van Weekly or somesuch publication.
He has his eye on a Renault Trafic and wants to convert it himself.
(To be fair he's hankered after one since the windsurfing days).
Any advice on conversions out there?
K (long suffering )
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would you not prefer to purchase a ready made coachbuilt or a class?
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29 June 2007, 20:07
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Country: UK - England
Town: Essex/Vendee
Boat name: shockwave,Voluntry 2
Make: Pac 22/ searider5.4
Length: 6m +
Engine: 180hp turbo,yam 90
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i can say i have had more experiance than most and can say their isnt much i dont know about the renault traffic 1984-96.I have had two american La Sharos one of which almost got featured in motor caravan magazine as i changed it from LHD to RHD and refitted it out to uk spec and have owned and broken about 30.They are a good chassis for a camper so depending on your bugget of your base van will depend on wether its worth spending your money or time on it.Just ask if you want to know anything specific
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29 June 2007, 20:14
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Oakley
Boat name: Zerstörer
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki DF 140
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One of these should clog Pompey up.
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29 June 2007, 21:05
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: sunny south coast
Boat name: Pride of Bilboa
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One of these should go down a treat in Port Solent..
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29 June 2007, 21:33
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Member
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Town: Dorset
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29 June 2007, 21:42
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Reference; www.rainbowconversions.co.uk
VW TRANSPORTER T4/T5 is one of the cheapest & easy'est to do the conversion to & these boys do the lot at a resonable cost & the re-sale value is great to
Mike.
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29 June 2007, 23:23
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Reading, Hants
Boat name: Juicy
Make: Sealine F43
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Originally Posted by The Jackeens
You come home from work tired after a long week...
Only to find Himself Indoors immersed in Camper Van Weekly or somesuch publication.
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Thats a bit sad......i cant believe anyone reads motorhome and camper van mags......must be a right saddo!
cough....
my friend has quite a collection if any needed for research.....
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30 June 2007, 10:10
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
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I have a guy renting a workshop to convert an '01 Merc Unimog into a mega hardcore camper. He's going to tour China and Mongolia with it. He's a switched on guy, so it''ll be interesting to see what goes into it.
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30 June 2007, 10:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mollers
I have a guy renting a workshop
He's a switched on guy,
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30 June 2007, 10:36
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
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Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
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jackeenmobile
Biggles and tcwozere excellent !! LOL
Nos, Jimbo,Chris, Spike. The Trafic option relates to a 2.5 L diesel Vivaro 2004 van which he owns. Bit of a recycling effort instead of getting rid. So a low-budget no-choice on make/model option I'm afraid. It's for occasional use also so can't justify an all-singing all-dancing model. Or even anything cool. The VW will remain a old surfer dream (Also, sadly, he's raring to go with the angle grinder... )
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Go to a caravan breakers for as many internal fittings/fixtures as you can. All those crunched caravans you see on the motorways have fridges, cookers etc....
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Nos: good idea. Do you know of any breakers in the So'ton/Pompey area?
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Originally Posted by PeterR
They are a good chassis for a camper so depending on your bugget of your base van will depend on wether its worth spending your money or time on it.Just ask if you want to know anything specific
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Peter,
1) Could you recommend a rising roof option as it's a standard van?
2) Can the front seats be adapted to swivel?
3) Window suppliers? Want something quite neat. Thanks.
Spike. Thanks for that. Good site for accessories.
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Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon
Thats a bit sad......i cant believe anyone reads motorhome and camper van mags......must be a right saddo!
cough....
my friend has quite a collection if any needed for research.....
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Chris he actually would like to borrow a copy of the following from 'your friend' ahem Bit of a longshot 'Which Motor Caravan Feb 2004'? Cheers.
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Originally Posted by Mollers
I have a guy renting a workshop to convert an '01 Merc Unimog into a mega hardcore camper. He's going to tour China and Mongolia with it. He's a switched on guy, so it''ll be interesting to see what goes into it.
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A totally different class of go-anywhere vehicle, Mollers.
Be interesting to see the finished product tho'!
Cheers for all advice. Will post updates on the project here.
Needless to say it has a towbar
Paul and his unpaid PA/typist
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30 June 2007, 11:05
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Country: UK - England
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Nos: good idea. Do you know of any breakers in the So'ton/Pompey area?
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They tend to be quite hard to find-the only one I know of round here is near Tewkesbury on the M5 and thta's only by word of mouth.
The best way to find one is to buy the local ad-rag and look for someone who's advertising for "caravans wanted-any condition". Either that or go to a secondhand motorhome/caravan dealer and ask them.
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30 June 2007, 11:34
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Renault Traffic Conversion
Same chassis though as the Vivaro.
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30 June 2007, 11:48
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30 June 2007, 11:53
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It would be well worth your while going to one of the caravan shows at say Shepton Mallet ,Bath or Malven has one you caravan monthly mag should have it in or i,m sure some one here could find the dates.You will see lots of stands for items.I think a man called Mike Oleery is still trading.on the other maters I,ll look them up
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30 June 2007, 12:08
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Town: Leicester
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Love the unimog, wonder if its any more reliable than the Land Rover...might have just answered that!
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30 June 2007, 18:18
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I was always under the impression that the vivaro/trafic/primastar were really nice vans to drive. A friend of mine has driven one lots and loves them. I nearly bought one about 3 months ago because of their apparent car-like driving "experience". Still considering one.....
Nos, why didn't you like them?
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30 June 2007, 18:35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim M
I was always under the impression that the vivaro/trafic/primastar were really nice vans to drive. A friend of mine has driven one lots and loves them. I nearly bought one about 3 months ago because of their apparent car-like driving "experience". Still considering one.....
Nos, why didn't you like them?
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Tim ,I change the company vans every two years,always gone for vw transporters great vans ,had a visit from the Renault rep and he convinced me to give the Trafic a go ,140 bhp electric pack ,reverse bleepers, air con,and mettalic paint 16k the vw in the same spec 21k,and I have stayed with Renault since ,they are a superb drive ,just like a car and go very well too,40mpg+ when driven sensibly.The first one I had has just done 100k and not cost me a penny,and servicing every 18k can,t go wrong.
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