February 12, 2012

New Fiat Ducato Launched With Euro 5 Engines

Fiat Ducato chassis cab - before motorhome conversion

Fiat has just launched the new version of its Ducato van. The launch was virtually necessitated by the need to move to Euro 5 engines and Fiat has taken advantage of this to launch a completely new range of engines, along with a raft of other improvements aimed at improving performance, comfort and … [Read more...]

My DIY Motorhome Conversion Reviewed – After 13 Weeks Away and 25,000 Miles

campervan side conversion

It's been 18 months now since I finished my Ford Transit-based DIY conversion and in that time my wife and I have been lucky enough to enjoy 4 long trips away, totalling 13 weeks. That's enabled us to get a really good understanding of what works in the van and what we'd do differently in our … [Read more...]

Travel Vans – The Definitive Motorhome Conversion Guide?

Travel Vans by John Speed

Reading about other people's motorhome conversions and motorhome journeys is a great way to spend time (much of which should be spent actually working...). One particularly excellent example of this is Stephen Stewart's site, which includes well-illustrated accounts of his motorhome travels in … [Read more...]

Self-Build Motorhome Conversion – Interested?

Professionally-converted motorhome can be great, but they do have a number of downsides: Very expensive Mostly aimed at a certain type of market - if you want something different it's hard to find Everybody else's motorhome is fairly similar Did I mention they are expensive? Carrying … [Read more...]