There is just enough space left between the fondation and back doors to leave our cooler and water container. The boxes act as drawers, accessible from side doors and the back door.
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We purchased boxes from four different stores (Ikea, Muji, Amazon, and another professional office furniture site – about $70 total) in order to fit each compartment with the exact dimensions and height we wanted. What we had in mind is that this foundation would be our storage space, through plastic boxes matching each compartment and accessible from each side of the vehicle (clothing: left door, toiletries: right door, food storage: back door). The foundation stays in place when the car is moving thanks to some metal brackets screwed to the plywood. I think we got lucky on that one as the foundation was simply to re-arrange by just moving its different parts.
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We unscrewed and rearranged the metallic parts in order to fit the size of the area (about the size of a full size bed), which was surprisingly easy -no welding or drilling was even needed. Plywood is very easy to customize and purchase at Home Depot (about $30).įor the bed, instead of throwing out our house bed spring box from Overstock, we leveraged it to build a foundation and storage facility for the van. Then, we put some plywood to use as a base. We started by removing the three back seats, which required purchasing special tools at Home Depot -you need a TORX screwdriver (about $20). How we converted our Ford Transit Connect into a camper in just two weeks for $500 Building a foundation We brought it back to NYC and converted it.
The owner was a blues musician who took it on a U.S. We found this beauty for sale in Poughkeepsie, NY:Ģ012, 75K miles. Henri is 6 feet tall and would fit inside. Finally, it’s gas-efficient: 22 to 27 mpg. There is a lot of headroom and the back is quite large for a 4-cylinder car. Besides taxis, this car is typically convenient for people who need accessible transportation (= wheelchairs) or small businesses. But we thought it was super cute.Īfter more research, we concluded that it was the perfect car for our need.
I think the designer was probably 75 years old already. Believe it or not, this car was designed in 2002. We both fell in love with this European looking car which looks very much like a Renault Kangoo. One day, we saw this yellow NYC cab parked in front of our building in Queens: We started looking for classic “Soccer Mom” cars ( Grand Caravan, Nissan Pathfinder, etc.). It was going to give us much more freedom to move around, and after all you just need a bed if you’re following nice weather -the rest of the time being spent outside. So we went back to a more frugal car-to-camper conversion project. The Ford Transit Connect 2010-2013 minivan These also consume a lot of gas and are just too big for our driving skills. Again, we realized they would be over budget when it comes to the conversion. We then researched large vans commonly used for conversions, such as the Ford Econoline or GMC Safari. We realized that “Eurovans” (such as Volkswagen Westfalia & Vanagons) and small RVs were not an easy option in the United States, as we would have to consider spending over US$ 20,000. We wanted a fully-equipped van like people have in Europe when they hit the road. When we started researching van conversions, we found out about Nomads with a Van‘s project. Their Kia Sedona minivan conversion was inspiring but very minimalistic and we initially thought it was too “frugal” for us.
We converted our van in two weeks and with only 500$. I’m hoping that this article will reflect the work and love we’ve put into our Ford Transit Connect camper conversion project.
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