Berlingo camper/day van modular slot in units – stage 1

A mate has been making me a slot in modular unit to go in my berlingo, tonight was its inaugural fitting.
Loosely based on the Amdro idea but with lots more options.

Flooring to be bonded to the base, units to be painted, cusions to be made, bed extension to be added, table to be cut and hinged (screw leg to be bought)

Updates to follow – what do you think so far?

Will fit most vans of this size (120cm wide, bed is 190mm long) – decathlon airbed fits a treat

Looks wicked. I’ve been fitting mine out recently for a three week Euro road trip, with three of us, bikes and camping kit.

Like the idea of a takeout-able unit. Storage might be an issue though.
Is there room for bikes? Mine has to take three…

Probably but i have a thule clipon rack so they will be outside if need be

Looks good , but the whole purpose of driving a pope mobile is the bikes goes in side away from the grime and prying eyes.

We have 2 of them now.

2 1.9d tractors.

We used to run a Citroen C15 in the mid ’90s – but pre-digital and almost no pictures whatsoever 🙁

That had a fixed plywood bench down the rhs to sit / cook on and a centre section with removable bits to go with the bench for a sleeping platform. Then a vertical half height divider so that 2 bikes with front wheels out would fit down the lhs. Did all sorts in that when Mrs was racing properly – MTB tour of Britain, Worlds in Germany and a Grundig World Cup in Norway.

Trail rat, remove the drivers side bench and the bike goes in easily still and sleeps one

Looks fantastic!

Especially compared to the £1100+ amdro units

some dick drove into it today 🙁

bugger 🙁

at least it should all slot into a new one if it comes to it.

lol – was a riding buddy to keen in the car par 🙁

Table leg ordered, need to decide on colour to paint, rubber flooring coming tonight 🙂

Just need to work out how to black out the windows now 🙂

Just need to work out how to black out the windows now

http://www.purlfrost.com/coloured-vinyl-film_1/black/#.U8ORZpRdVAI

Something like this might be your best bet?

think for the hassle pro tinting would be better

Get a pro to do it, or it’ll end up looking like a boyracers ford orion 😉 rear barn door windows on the T4 cost £50

need rear windscreen and 4 side windows doing – reckon £120ish or so not sure what do about front sides and windscreen

Wouldn’t those suckered silver screens be better?
Like this?

Curtains like camper vans have? Or them reflective heat sheild things. Think you can get massive ones that wrap around the outside, probably quite expensive though.

Edit – What he said ^^ 😀

You could make your own out of a couple of rolls of silvered insulation that you buy to fit behind radiators.(it’s like bubble wrap). People use it to make pot cosys for micro camping, so there are lots of links to sources.
Then you’d need some press-through suckers. There must be some DIY instructibles for that type of thing.

Edit: This stuff:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Thermal-Insulation-Foil-Roll-600mmx8m/p/210022

Edit2: Some suckers shown here:
http://www.campervanconversion.co.uk/van-window-insulation-mats

Just sorted the table out, final bits go in tomorrow. Need to work out the 12v circuit from leisure battery now 🙂 Well excited!!

looking good, I’ve been toying with doing similar to mine.

500 Quid and Ian can do to your spec

link of the near finished (albeit in Ians garage)
http://mightytext.net/zhG0h

Looks great, but do you fit in with the cushions? In the top pic your head is well into the roof…

that was only for sitting on drinking – in the pic with Ian sitting in the car there is another 5″ above his head

500 Quid and Ian can do to your spec

thats a good price compared to the amdro.

I’ll be interested in hearing how you get on with living with it.
I’ve always assumed that shifting everything around would be too much of a pain.
Tailgates help a lot in bad weather though.

What he said.

Plus I’m potentially another customer for Ian.

if you are interested then email me robjackson@hotmail.co.uk

Regarding shifting them around they are quite light tbh. Also they ALL fit in the boot with the seats up. The base is cut in half and hinged, the table folds in half also.

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Regarding shifting them around they are quite light tbh. Also they ALL fit in the boot with the seats up. The base is cut in half and hinged, the table folds in half also.
Can’t speak for others, but I was meaning shifting all your clothing/bikestuff/bedding around the van while camping.

why would i be shifting it – i would be wearing it or it would be in a box. If dirty then it would be in the space under the bed or in the front foot wells. When it is set up properly at the weekend (going actual camping) then i will take some more pictures to show it in use.

Looks good, although the model in the photos doesn’t look like he’s enjoying himself.

Much better than what I have in the back of the Vivaro

he’s a happy camper

looks great!

That’s great! Do the rear travelling seats stay in with this set up?

May well be another customer!

seats come out