Camper Van Books - History, Types and Construction (2/2)

Build your own Motorcaravan (2nd Edition) - A practical manual for van conversions, coachbuilts and major renovation projects

Designing and building your own motorcaravan gives you the freedom to create a distinctive holiday home tailored to your needs - and also enables you to control the cost. Whether you want to fit out a van, renovate a camper, revive an old model or build one from scratch, this manual will take you every step of the way.
This new edition includes up-to-date information on electrical systems and water supplies, as well as sought-after storage options and weight-saving tips when working with wood. Armed with all the facts - and many step-by-step instructions - building your own motorcaravan quickly becomes achievable.

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The Van Conversion Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Converting a Campervan

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An all-encompassing manual for the strategic planning, creative design, and effective transformation of a standard van into a fully-equipped campervan.
Written by Charlie Low and Dale Comley, renowned as 'climbingvan,' this comprehensive resource provides answers to both anticipated and unforeseen questions, ensuring your campervan project realizes its full potential.

The book encompasses intricate diagrams for gas, water, and electrical systems, along with a comprehensive, step-by-step construction guide, facilitating the initiation of your journey towards mobile living.
Regardless of your proficiency level or financial constraints, the book imparts the knowledge and skills required to construct a customized campervan that aligns precisely with your unique requirements. Your very own mobile abode, ready for adventure, beckons within these pages.

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Fitting a Camper Van Interior

A definitive guide to modifying or upgrading a camper van interior at home.

This book offers guidance and advice on how to maximise the interior space, style and functionality of any camper van model. It breaks down each task down into step-by-step photography and instructions, from the initial design stages, right through to expanding the camper van with awnings and elevating roofs.

With safety tips throughout, the book covers:
- Considerations when purchasing your camper van - classic or new model? How to assess an existing interior and determine what you need from your camper van
- Designing and planning a camper van interior - ideas and suggestions to help decide what you need to include inside a camper van
- Preparation - how to strip the inside of a camper van and prepare it for a new interior, including fitting insulation, sound proofing, rust protection, flooring and panelling
- Seats and sleeping - how to make your own seats and fit them, restore a rock and roll bed and fit a hammock
- Kitchen equipment - step-by-step instructions on making your own kitchen units and fitting equipment such as a fridge and stove
- Camper van electrics - hooking up at a campsite, running a leisure battery and other ideas for operating electrical equipment
- Expanding a camper van - how to make a canopy and fit an elevating roof.

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Living off the Road - Wie du dein Reisemobil ausbaust und optimierst

If you want to equip and optimize your motorhome according to your own wishes at a reasonable price, this guide will provide you with the necessary know-how. The vehicle should be smart, practical and robust - and comfortable. The wish list is long, the number of possibilities even longer.

This book - a conversion guide for motorhomes, caravans and off-road vehicles - provides the necessary overview and uses checklists and DIY routes to show how the conversion can be successful.
From the right insulation, window types, heating systems, air conditioning, electricity and water supplies to the manufacture of furniture, it helps you make the right decisions and successfully implement the self-conversion.

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Der Weg zum eigenen Camper: Schritt für Schritt Anleitung zum Ausbau vom Kastenwagen zum Traumwohnmobil

You don't need much to build your dream motorhome: the urge for freedom and a good plan. This guide combines both, because it is a guide and a freedom enabler.
Ready for adventure? Then immerse yourself in the multifaceted world of the do-it-yourself camper.

Here you will learn step by step how the dream of your own camper can become a reality. The author himself converted an empty van into his own motorhome. He shares his tips, tricks and experiences with you in a profound and targeted way. In the form of instructions, the exciting chapters bring you closer to a motorhome that is as individual as you are.
You can look forward to the informative topics of interior design, furnishings and electrics, among others. Theory and practice are wonderfully complemented by the author's personal recommendations. And you can save time and money too.

- Step by step to your own dream motorhome
- Keep an overview: from planning to registration
- Various conversion options explained with advantages and disadvantages
- From practice for practice - Save money and time with valuable tips
- With lots of bonus material, clear pictures and sketches.

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Das Busbastler Handbuch - Schritt für Schritt zum eigenen Campervan

Bed, kitchen, sanitary facilities. Gas, electricity, water. What sounds simple at first is often hidden in the details. Converting a camper requires careful planning and research, which often takes weeks until a suitable floor plan is developed.

The technical aspects can be particularly complex, but this guide from two experienced hobbyists offers practical tips and tricks for customizing your own campervan. This guide supports self-help and makes every camper conversion feasible.

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Made to Camp - So gelingt der Aus- und Umbau von Campingbus, Wohnwagen und Co.

Do you also dream of setting off for new shores in a camper van or caravan? Discovering other places, sleeping here today and there tomorrow, and simply staying the next day or driving on, as the mood takes you? All you need is the right van for it?

Then this book is just right for you: transform your van into a custom-designed home to take with you, easily, cost-effectively and with lots of fun!
The numerous tips and tricks for the various types of conversion and options for expansion make your project very easy: from the ideal floor covering to the cleverest way to lay the electricity to the kitchen equipment, all areas are taken into account. So that nothing stands in the way of your next adventure!

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