Camper bangernomics – anyone tried it? – Page 2 – Chat Forum

thenorthwind · 2016-07-15T14:49:03Z

Been idly musing since I saw a low budget van conversion ([urlHas anyone tried using the bangernomics principle with a camper? I'd like a camper, but there's no way I can justify buying a T5 or similar (not that that's necessarily what I'd go for), and older vans hold their value well. I'd enjoy converting a van myself, but wouldn't want to devalue something that was worth a lot of money, and on the other hand, wouldn't want to put a lot of money and effort into something cheaper and mechanically/structurally questionable. But if you could find a reasonably functional, if old and a bit knackered, dirt cheap van (as in the link), convert it in a really quick and dirty fashion (slap in a cheap wooden frame bed, etc.) and get a couple of years use out of it without too many trips to the garage, it would probably work out much cheaper than buying a flash new van. Depends on your type/amount usage, of course, and some risk. It appeals more to me as I'm reasonably mechanically-minded - would be prepared to take on most mechanical tasks that might arise by myself, and confident inspecting before buying. Go on, shoot me down :wink:

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What about having a set of seats for children? All the conversions I've seen thus far are for 2 adults.

Guess asides thing to do would be fold seats Dow and put frame over the top of them?

Much harder at the banganomics scale of things.
4 belted seats that convert into 4 beds requires a pop-top or an xlwb van. I've been searching for Ducato/Relay/Boxer for under £4k for a few months now and haven't found anything I'd trust.

Posted : 16/07/2016 5:17 pm

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This is my basic camper set up, VW T4 factory kombi, 3 seats up front and 3 quick release in the rear. Van isn't bangeronomics, (cost me 4k last year) I plan to keep it a while but the bed platforms were cheap and easy to build and are removable.

Single bed platform with room for bike down the side

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Double bed platform

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Posted : 16/07/2016 6:37 pm

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No biggie, if I ever wen down his route, looks like it's a bike bloke van 😆

Posted : 16/07/2016 8:49 pm

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Pro 'tog Duncan Philpott has got a pretty great bangernomics van set-up:

View this post on Instagram

If memory serves it's a Berlingo or similar and the front seat lies flat to extend into a bed, using the flat section behind. He did do a photo montage of it, but can't find it now.

Posted : 19/07/2016 12:30 pm

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