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VW Owners Club GB, Spring 2008
UK club website
Circulation: 16000hits/month
This book is a very comprehensive step-by-step guide to starting with a T5 van and finishing up with a Camper. It contains some 272 pages that are profusely illustrated in full color together with captions relevant to the task being worked on. The book starts with a 'Safety First' chapter and there follows another 6 chapters that are all subdivided into sections with each covering, very thoroughly, certain aspects of the conversion. It covers just about everything in fine detail and should give the persons carrying out the conversion all the confidence needed to finish the task and be proud of what they have achieved. One chapter with many sections that caught my eye especially was the one-headed 'Extras and accessories', and within this a lot of very sound advice regarding wheels and tires is given. If I was thinking of doing a conversion - which I am not - I think this is the book I would relyn
UK club website
Circulation: 16000hits/month
This book is a very comprehensive step-by-step guide to starting with a T5 van and finishing up with a Camper. It contains some 272 pages that are profusely illustrated in full color together with captions relevant to the task being worked on. The book starts with a 'Safety First' chapter and there follows another 6 chapters that are all subdivided into sections with each covering, very thoroughly, certain aspects of the conversion. It covers just about everything in fine detail and should give the persons carrying out the conversion all the confidence needed to finish the task and be proud of what they have achieved. One chapter with many sections that caught my eye especially was the one-headed 'Extras and accessories', and within this a lot of very sound advice regarding wheels and tires is given. If I was thinking of doing a conversion - which I am not - I think this is the book I would relyn
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Convert your own VW Panel Van to a Camper, and you've got the best of both worlds, as Lindsay Porter's manual shows. The T5 Transporter, the world's best selling van, is great to own and you'll save a fortune compared to the cost of buying a ready-converted Camper. Follow the detailed, highly illustrated instructions in this manual and you can't go wrong. This book will show you how to chose the right Panel Van for your needs, how to fit the roof, windows and furniture, plus step-by-step guides to fitting cookers, a water supply, wash-stands, heaters and more. A detailed guide with 500 illustrations, covering every aspect of the conversion. You'll save money and learn a lot.
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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've just received my copy of the book today from Amazon. I'm very disappointed, it should be titled "How Leisure Drive convert a T5 van to camper". I'm thinking of doing a partial conversion of a T5, hence my purchase. I was expecting details of how to go about doing this myself. For example, furniture plans/templates with instructions for furniture construction etc. This book is just an advert for the Leisure Drive conversion company, it shows them converting a van, albeit with lots of photos. Don't waste your money on this book if you're planning a Self Build and need some how to do it instructions.
40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book sadly does not do what it says in the title. It is an inconsistent collection of photos that the author has collected during the conversion of her own vw T5 carried out by professionals. It gives a vague description of how certain things were done but nowhere near the level required for a DIY conversion. Even worse at times it includes the manufactures instructions for certain products. The book is neither original nor interesting, it is hard to make a positive comment. In summary I feel cheated paying for this information which could easily be found from google, or instructions from camper-van products!
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book should be renamed "How to Pay Someone Else to convert your (mainly)T5 to a camper, while you take a lot of photographs."
Nearly everything is 'off the shelf,' from & fitted by a manufacturer or agent - And done well - but it's not DIY as implied & few of us have that sort of money.
Lot's of - 'don't try this at home/get a registered Corgi/Electrician/Converter' to do this for you (though you could do a bit, though we're not going to tell you how...)
There are almost no useful diagrams or schematics for the water or electrics. No dimensions for units, directions for cable runs. Nothing about fitting your own rock&roll bed, seat belts, carpet lining...The list is sadly endless.
If you are doing a DIY - look at both the Build your own Motorcaravan & the Motorcaravan Manual from Haynes by J Wickersham - While these are not VW specific, but they treat you as an adult & have information you can use!
Nearly everything is 'off the shelf,' from & fitted by a manufacturer or agent - And done well - but it's not DIY as implied & few of us have that sort of money.
Lot's of - 'don't try this at home/get a registered Corgi/Electrician/Converter' to do this for you (though you could do a bit, though we're not going to tell you how...)
There are almost no useful diagrams or schematics for the water or electrics. No dimensions for units, directions for cable runs. Nothing about fitting your own rock&roll bed, seat belts, carpet lining...The list is sadly endless.
If you are doing a DIY - look at both the Build your own Motorcaravan & the Motorcaravan Manual from Haynes by J Wickersham - While these are not VW specific, but they treat you as an adult & have information you can use!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
More brochure than manual
Don't buy this book if you want any practical advice on how to convert a campervan. This book just documents the authors expensive professional conversion of his campervan - by... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robin Keating
Had a van converted for us.
Having had a van converted for us, we have found this book very useful. It has given us information about how things were fitted, their functions (if not known) and ideas for... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Moores
Good luck with following the pics!
Good if you're already very good at serious DIY. You're going to need a good friend as well to help and hold things for you.
Published 11 months ago by daveynick
Crap
I bought this book with the hope it would guide me trough my conversion of a van to a campervan. It did not!! Read more
Published 16 months ago by Boochly
More a review of how his was done than a manual on how
Described as a 'camper conversion manual' - but that is misleading, the author didn't convert the van himself and the book mostly shows a photographic record of what the... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2009 by A. P. Eaves
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