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Are your floor panels tested and certified for the seat install?

A family weekender van. Can be used as a daily driver and for weekend adventures. Seats four and sleeps four inside the van, not in a rooftop tent. Cooking outside the van. Modular so dad can also use it to do hardware store runs for renovations. Not a hardcore wheeling van but able to handle...

Has anyone been able to dig up more info on the AWD system? Wondering if it would something that could be retrofit into a pre 2020 van.

Looks like you're using full square tube for most of your frame? With panels bonded in to the structure I think an L profile would be sufficient and much lighter. Have a look at how Cartech in France does it. https://www.facebook.com/cellulecartech/

Great work. Looking forward to the rest of the build.

The use of the 80/20 for the top portion is a good idea. How long do you figure you can cantilever it out over the cab? Personally on any of these designs I'd personally like to see the portion over the cab as long as possible. With two kids and two adults we'll be squeezing four of us something...

Anyone have more info on these Kia K2700's? I stumbled upon them while looking at Hiace style dual cab forward controls. It seems you can pick these Kia's up pretty inexpensive from Korea. The 2005 is the start of the latest generation and just about eligible for import into Canada.

Defender 130.

Factory front swivel seat mentioned but no mention of changes to the rear. It would be amazing if they put the rear seats on a track system so you could slide them forward or back to adjust space and made them so the seat backs could be folded flat forward.

I am just over in North Vancouver. Mostly looking for what the unique stuff like the Silka cost. Ideally I would love to build a stripped down Alaskan clone. We ski a lot (or rather did ski alot before our 4yr old and 2yr old came along) so the winter warmth of the Alaskan style would be nice.

Looks great, you must be itching to peel off that protective ply on the outer skin. Looking forward to seeing what the final weight is. Do you have a final estimate on what it cost in materials? I am in the long range planning stages for a build.

Great work. Look forward to seeing the final build.

http://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/172682-Composite-pop-up-project Here is the build thread on that.

Awesome. I am surprised there have not been more builds of this style.

No car seats for the kids? I've spend a bunch of time travelling around in a friends Vanagon Westy and it was great fun, for ages I've wanted one or a Eurovan Westy. Now I've got two kids, a 2yr old and a newborn. Car seats then booster seats are my life for years ahead. The thought of needing...

Did you ever sort out legs for the table?

Dammit you're building what has been floating around in my head for months now. For the chuck box check out the designs that Drifta has for his kitchens. I find most designs are pretty skimp on actual work space when you fold it out, Drifta seems to have prioritized designs that fold out into...

I'd say build it around a chest cooler and a removable kitchen. I think in many of the smaller units people would end up cooking outside more often then inside. A chuck box instead of a built in kitchen, that could be used inside sometimes, but usually used outside.

My ideal? OBS F150 extended cab with 6ft box. Inline 6 with the 5spd. The camper would be a copy of the Ortec Minicamp on a 6ft box. Interior of the camper would just be the upper bed in the pop top and a front table for 4 (2 adults 2 kids) that folds down into bed for 2 kids. The kitchen...

I said nice, not nicer. Personally I do prefer the look of the flightcase or aluminium tubing construction vs plywood, or attempts to make it look like the kitchen in a home. Really depends what you are building. My goals are a simple pop-up mid-sized truck camper, nice spot to sleep and get...