Camper Van Man Blog

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layouts / vans

The MAN TGE as a Self-Build Platform

There’s a new contender in town. And it’s from a good heritage and comes with an honest (read cheap) price tag. For the last 10 years or so (I have been writing about fixed...

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conversions / vans

Electric Camper, or Cramper?

With standard or off-road chassis availability this 12 feet long, 5.4 feet wide, and between 6.2 to 6.7 feet tall electric vehicle is most certainly small, but there’s no doubt that the market is...

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movies / overland / trips / vanlife

Camping & Overlanding videos of 2020

My Favourite Overlanding & Camping Videos of 2020 There are three main themes that I have enjoyed throughout my 2020 viewing: scene-setting, cinematography, and storytelling. Rather than the sheer “buckle-up and gun it” mentality...

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conversions

Best Custom Sprinter 4×4 Camper

Bruce Banner is one of a kind. Starting life as a standard 2WD LWB Sprinter owners @werollwithit swapped out the entire running gear for Dana axles and an Atlas transfer case and fitted a...

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overland / vans

4×4 Ford Transit/F350 Off-Road Camper

In the States there’s plenty of companies looking to the 2019 Ford Transit platform as a base for campervan conversions. It’s nice to see a change from the stock choice slimline Mercedes Sprinter vans...

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conversions / layouts / vans

New Hymer BASF Monocoque Camper

There’s a new kid on the block. And he’s quite a looker. But not only that he’s actually quite capable and is thoroughly modern. At the 2019 ‘Caravan Salon’ Dusseldorf show Hymer have just...

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trips

Best UK Campsites

There are more than 30,000 members of the Motorhome Adventures Facebook group. In a recent poll the following websites came top of the charts. If you’re looking for great UK campsites why not check...

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overland / trips

2019 Trip Planning: northern Greece

So there’s two big anniversaries this year: 1) The Florida is 30 years old! and 2) it’s 25 years since I took 5 months out to drive an MWB Mercedes 508d round Europe and...

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conversions

Walt Project Update – Orange to Grey

So looking back at my previous post it’s been a while since my last project update. I’ve managed to get over to the barn at least once or twice a fortnight and have been...

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conversions / guides

Best Practice Camper Van Conversion Build Tips

Despite having converted 2 camper vans in my time[1,2] this time round I’ve been endlessly researching the best methods and examples of self build best practice and thanks to the wonders of social media...

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trips

Northern France 2018 Camper Van Trip

Archie and I had a great week enjoying a micro-expedition of the north coast of France. Inspired by the “i love northern france – hauts de france region” Facebook page there’s actually masses to...

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conversions

VW LT 4×4 Restoration

So those of you already subscribed to my Youtube know that I rescued a 4×4 VW LT from Lithuania! I now have it stored in a shared workshop space 20 minutes down the road...

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journals / reviews / trips

Brittany 2018 Camper Van Trip

At the last minute thanks to impending snow in April we decided to drive south instead of north to the Lake District & the Isle of Skye as planned. Being based in Brighton for...

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events / trips

2018 Season Intro

Some new drone footage by way of a welcome to 2018! I’ve been planning as I’m sure you have. Hasn’t it been extra frustrating with the bad weather! So keen to get out there...

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music

Meet Me On The Sunny Road

[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxEdSDBcrYY[/fve] It seems like a long time ago, and a long way off right now in the middle of this ghastly extended winter, but this beautiful song reminds me of those sun-drenched, slow-moving, lazy...