Looking for information

[Sportsman Matt]

Hello to the group, I've been reading the posts and trying to decide on my next vehicle / camper move. I'm torn between renovating my 20 year old Sunline truck camper (pretty much needs way too much plywood and panelling due to dry rot), building a new truck camper for my 1/2 ton truck (easier than the renovation but a large project), or buying a van and converting it to camper status. I think I saw a post about a link to a site which has a book on converting vans over to campers, but can't remember where that was. Biggest thing is that I am using this for mainly weekend fishing trips, maybe 4 to 5 days out at most, and only going to be myself and possibly the girlfriend depending on how much time she has for vacations. The areas I travel don't require 4wd, mainly paved and gravel roadways, nothing I couldn't take a car down. I've been kicking around the building part, but that may be too large a project, but I may be able to pick up a used Astrovan or E-150 locally for relatively cheap money due to the economy. But once again, I need to do more research, and was wondering if anyone can help me out on the site with the book or links to get more info.

Thanks

Matt

 

[ThomD]

Here's the web site with the book about Travel Vans. It's on my Christmas list.

http://www.travelvans.co.uk/

 

[Sportsman Matt]

Thanks for the link, I'm going to order the book later this week.

Thanks

Matt

 

[masterplumber]

Just a quick endorsment for the travel vans book. It's a great resource even if all your doing is rebuilding & most of the info can be applied to any type of self contained overland vehicle.

Doug

 

[Sportsman Matt]

Thanks for the input. I've been doing some more research and found several sites devoted to the camper conversion. One I saw had a neat box that came out on rails to become a kitchen, I thought that was cool. I'm kicking around converting a truck cap over for this year, simple cots, lighting, storage, something other than rubbermaid bins for the kitchen, and then maybe in 2 years I'll have my next camper done.


Any other info is definately appreciated. Thanks

Matt

 

[masterplumber]

Check out Baja Tacos web site - great build with a fiberglass topper & links to a couple other buils including a Flippak. All Toyotas but the camper parts are the same no matter what you drive.

Doug

 

[Sportsman Matt]

I looked at BajaTaco's site, I'm thinking that might be better for me in the winter when I run the truck cap, still looking at a van conversion. I found a couple sites by googling Camper Van Conversions, lots of UK sites, not that many US sites. The info is really good, gives me lots of ideas also.