Car camper...caramper?

[sparerib]

Intending to reduce the nights spent sleeping on the ground, and after kipping very comfortably in the truck bed of my old Ranger on some foam sheets covered in an A frame and tarp, thoughts turned to adapting the back of the new whip to convert into a car-camper..... tail gate awning purchased.

Tailgate tent first erection

A quick flash of a blade has the mattress tailored to fit

Bed Sorted

Thoughts then turned to better organising the interior rather than having a collection of boxes/bags etc.

initial box building

Taking shape

Starting to trim

So the finished article, is light enough to pick up by one person, has two internal storage bins, a cubby hole for "things", a rear accessed bin for all the cooking gear above the twin burner stove. A cup/can holder, chopping board, 230v hook up with double pole 16A CB, Two 13amp sockets with two usb points, will add a 12v transformer eventually for some led lights.

230v Hook Up

cooker in bacon mode

All made from one sheet of 6mm pdf, 12m of 15x21mm pine, hundreds of screws some glue, 3sqm of car carpet and a bit of head scratching .....Gets its first outing this week at a winter car meet in Derbyshire, luxury I tell you pure Luxury

[ChrisParish]

Excellent! I love some creative DIY!

[Andy]

Wow ! Thats what I call being busy !

[Martin]

Great Stuff, DIY mods rule !!!
Do i see a little "Gurnard Style" inspired conversion in the making there ?

I'm hoping at some point in the next year or so to swap my Pick-Up too, I've got a thing for the transit customs at the moment
If it does happen, I'll be following suit (Hopefully )

Martin

[Shaun]

Awesome, ive been sleeping in the back of my Amarok for years. I go camping loads and purchased a tailgate tent some years back. Makes camping soooo much nicer, and i can just detach, hook the trailer and off i go boating.

Upload a pic later if i remember.

[sparerib]

Awesome, ive been sleeping in the back of my Amarok for years. I go camping loads and purchased a tailgate tent some years back. Makes camping soooo much nicer, and i can just detach, hook the trailer and off i go boating.

Upload a pic later if i remember.

Thats the plan!

[sparerib]

A quick update following two days camping in the snow....there was snow honest...

This addition to the in car camping set up is well worth it, gives 3m x 2m of space, very easy to put up, and was totally waterproof.

3 bungees to undo on each side and a zip up and you can drive away, leaving it standing awaiting your return, reverse the processing you have a great space to cook, sit, change, dry off etc. I had for the first time camping an electrical hook up, ran a 3 kw heater, set to less than half power and was toast all through the night with the boot open....