A Tour of “Van Diesel” - SWB Renault Trafic Campervan

An impromptu Van Tour we did in lockdown 3 while out of a walk at Ostlers Plantation near Woodhall Spa of our Short Wheel Based Renault Traffic Self-build Campervan called “Van Diesel”
By Simon Kelshaw
/ adventuresinvandiesel

[@CamperVan-K]

Real vanlife. With a chuckle and British humour. That's what we need. Thanks for sharing. Best, Kaye

[@abikerstale806]

Well done both. Love it when everyone shares different conversion ideas 😁 Enjoy!

[@Krafty]

Ok, I LOVE the name Van Diesel!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@aaronag7876]

Great build and nice layout. You don't need a big fancy Sprinter van to enjoy days away. You have given me some ideas, as at the installation stage and just put up the solar panel. I will have a Diesel heater because having spent the last 3 years in the van with bare metal and pull out bed, I want to wake up to warm jeans. Lok forward to more videos. Thanks

[@1fryatuck]

Well done the van looks great.

[@NomaddUK]

Looks great. I have the lwb version. I think this is the first I have seen with a full time bed setup.

[@benjaminbarnett4831]

I'm the exact same. Just brought a lwb version and have been looking everywhere to examples with the full time bed setup but can't any anywhere. When I came across this I was so happy as it's kind of similar to what I want to do ahah.

[@arroyobaby38]

What a LOVELY build. Very comfy cozy … ( that fridge tho 😂) but seriously tho , your “home” looks really nice!

[@bobflyman]

Nice work guys! Some good ideas there. Thanks. 😎

[@kenkeneth]

Good job 👏 I haven't seen the bed that way before. Food for though but I'm 6'2 😥🤣 leaves so much space though

[@pascalbeaumont7092]

hello and congratulations for this manifigue VAN? I would like to know your traffic and a longer L1H1 or a long L2H1 Thank you for this beautiful presentation Pascal

[@shazzam532]

Looks lovely what you have done there, it puts my poor old van to shame. I love the little fridge, do you know the name/brand of it please? Thank you. Now subscribed ..

[@grahamsfarmportugal2022]

If there was only 1 of you you could make the bed smaller and fit more storage or a better/bigger fridge.

[@justm720]

May i please know the size of the bed, please? ^_^

[@matt.5497]

Lovely but having to crouch down all the time would really be an inconvenience surely? I've just purchased my first van and went for a high top due to not wanting to walk about on knees all the time, why do a lot of people opt for a low roof 🙃 I don't why personally.

[@jaynecollins8657]

Convenience of getting into all parking spots with height restrictions I think

[@johnanderson6630]

Did you have to make your mattress

[@computername]

Would love to know what the maximum possible interior width is across in these? I'm short (173cm) so I was wondering if could get away with a transverse bed...

[@AdventuresinVanDiesel]

Hey, this is our Van :) its 5”7 across at this height, I’m 6ft that’s why we created the little seat so I could lay a bit on the diagonal. Hope that helps

[@computername]

@@AdventuresinVanDiesel Ah cool thank you so much for the info, these numbers are hard to find on the internet so I very much appreciate your feedback. Is that 5"7 measurement with the insulation in place? So potentially, going all the way into the "window pocket" (It has no windows but where they would be..) there is some extra width on top of that measurement?

[@AdventuresinVanDiesel]

@@computername Potentially an inch, but not much, our insulation and lining are very thin to maximise width as we wanted a fixed bed so we didn’t have to store bedding in the daytime.

[@computername]

@@AdventuresinVanDiesel Ok, thanks again. I'll probably have to look for a wider option then (Ducato). Have a good day and hopefully nice journeys ahead!

[@julianedmonds]

@@AdventuresinVanDiesel hi I’m looking at converting my swb trafic,what size mattress are you using? Looks fab in there 👍