My Self Build Camper Van 1 Year Later

Mitsubishi Delica 4X4 self build camper van tour. A 1 year review.

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[geoffschofield]

Watching the build of this camper was, without doubt, the best build story I’ve seen.

[xs]

There's a fairly serious community of Delica lovers - we love these videos! Great fitout, great ideas, great videos. Thank you so much, Thomas!

[itsmetheeprd]

Thomas, as for the heater outlet, just fix a 90 degree elbow to it that you can angle towards the back of the van or ceiling so the air isn’t pumping straight out the door.

[cheeseblog]

The interior upholstery looks new! And 20 years old. WOW!

[tucompaivan]

And created one of the best landscape photography YouTube channel.

[traveleats]

Hahah who is watching.. I have watched all of the build videos. I have a 2017 ProMaster 2500 159 HR. I am married and a food photographer to make money but love Landscape and wildlife. My lady and I live on Vancouver Island, BC. We have travelled coast-to-coast-to-coast!

I came across you by searching for extruded aluminum build - van. I met a fellow vanlifer at a meetup over the weekend and he built his entire build frame from aluminum and wanted to learn more.

[DDD-qtbw]

Thomas, thanks for an outstanding van build series. I’m in the planning stage for a part time camper van build, not a van lifer sort of guy. I’ve watched more videos than I can count and can say I’ll be using/stealing many of your ideas!!

[dingfeldersmurfalot]

I remember being knocked out by your build videos. I had no idea building on custom aluminum frames at home was even a thing, and you did it so well. Great to see you're still going in what is still a fantastic build!

[szabi_nagy]

Love the JDM van build. Dream setup right here for photography adventures.

[scottathomson]

The tyre marks and footprints in the snow give the game away as to how much effort you're putting into filming your videos, great work.

[PhilThach]

You did a great job. I'd still like to see you add a roof vent. This might solve the door open when the heater is on problem. See ya next week. It's interesting to me that your channel is a great photography channel but your most popular video is the van build. You never know I guess.

[TomJoeSHOW]

This van was a big inspiration to my own camper car conversion.

[iAligator]

Thanks for this! A lot of my Delica build was inspired by yours and this video reminded me that I'm also almost at a year of ownership.

[davidalexander-watts]

It reminds me of the space I had in my old 24ft yacht - good sitting room, easy to manouevre single handed, cosy when cold out, camping stove taken out from a locker, using a bucket for the loo etc. Last year I upgraded to a 28ft yacht and it's made a world of difference having standing headroom, an inbuilt engine, bigger cabin, its own heads. The small increase in length gave a lot more interior volume and the boat isn't too big to handle. It'd be good to see you get out on the water and take some seascapes, or views of the land from the water rather than vice versa.

[tooyoungtobeold]

A top of the range California is now about £85.000 new. I have a 10 year old California, excellent condition, but I still like to watch van builds etc. Thank you for posting.

[maobfh]

Excellent! Someone might have already said this and you DID NOT ask for advice so take this with a grain of salt. Until you relocate your heater, I have seen several van dwellers place their diesel heater in a less accessible space and can’t the heat to where they want it with dryer vent hose. Those wide aluminium hoses that vent your dryer out of the house? They place the hose at the heater outlet and run the hose to the place(s) they want the hot air to blow out. The hose is often tucked behind a cabinet or down a wall but you don’t necessarily need to hide it. Just grab a leftover piece of vent hose, point it past the door and you will then benefit from more heat blowing into different parts of the van and the door will also stay in place more reliably. Just a suggestion as the season has turned but we still have at least one more cold snap before Easter. There is a YouTube channel for a couple, now retired, who travel in a little red camper and I think that is the name of the channel. You might watch a few of their videos for ideas that allow two people to stay in such a small place relatively comfortably.

[kennethwilson]

If you have to open a door to run your diesel heater you have it installed wrong and need to move the exhaust or something. Use the pillow covers for your sleeping bag and some clothes to get extra space. Great build and don’t sweat the power supply you can get something close when it needs replaced. Have fun traveling and stay safe.

[richmilligan]

Being able to be comfortable, warm and dry is a huge thing when out and about in the wilds- that’s a huge huge plus! You did a fantastic job with the build.

[peteboardman]

You asked who was watching - me as a beginner to car camping who is interested in bird photography. I have a £4k Nissan X-trail and am about to kit it out for very little money just to enable me to get away for a few days at a time. Really enjoyed the video. Cheers!

[martinsommerville]

My son says "I wish you could drive when you're 8 years old!" (we have a Mitsubishi Delica too, and we're loving your videos!)