Nicely done!

Great job, you were lucky to get it done before the DVLA brought in new rules. Needs to be a high top, 2 windows at lest on one side alone camper van detailing on outside paint awning rail etc.

Really good video Ray , it is certainly a design that could really work well for lots of van / campervan owners. Thanks for sharing. Paul

Absolutely brilliant ... thank you.

@raygibbins

5 жыл бұрын

👍

Great video! Thanks for the info :)

@raygibbins

5 жыл бұрын

I hope it helps.

Perfect setup Ray if like me on a budget ,was the leisure battery set up a requirement for motor caravan re classification ?

@raygibbins

5 жыл бұрын

Hi. No it wasn't, I added that so I could run the led lighting and the 12v power sockets I fitted.

No lining on panels or the roof, I think you will have trouble with condensation and cold also road noise You are very lucky to get registered as a camper , Not so easy now

@raygibbins

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment, this video was made in July 2018, it was a video showing that at the time these were the minimum requirements to get it reclassified. I never started out to make into a campervan it just happened that way. I have since made some changes.

Very nice. Did the tax cost change after the re-register?

@raygibbins

3 жыл бұрын

Hi. No the road tax stayed the same but the insurance was two thirds cheaper.

Hey Ray, great and simple! Is the length of the elastic tube from the gas bottle to the cooker legal? I recall some max 75cm limitation.

@raygibbins

5 жыл бұрын

Hi. I have slightly modified it since I made this video. The gas pipe is a lot shorter now.

Hi Ray would you have the kindness to send the dimensions of your installation?

@raygibbins

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I am not quite sure why you would ask such a question. There are no set dimensions for any custom builds, you make it up as you go like I did. You make it all to your requirements. Anyway, I gutted it all out and started again.

Hi Ray, what are the benefits of it being a camper and not light goods. Regards Alan

@raygibbins

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Alan. First off I got my van for private use and not for work when I retired. So when I started doing bits on the van it was just to make it how I wanted it. But to answer your question, the insurance cost dropped by 2/3 once it was registered as a motor caravan , then there is the fact that a panel van is restricted on speed limits, as a motor caravan you can legally do the national speed limit. One last thing was that as a van my insurance DID NOT cover me to drive other vehicles but as a motor caravan my insurance now does. Hope this answers your question.

@alansheldon4932

5 жыл бұрын

Ray Gibbins Thanks Ray that's good to know 👍

Can i ask if you had to fit a smart relay? I know a simple split charge system is very cheap but only works with the older Vivaros.

@raygibbins

5 жыл бұрын

I think you will find that I actually say in the video that I haven't fitted a split charger or a solar panel I just charge the battery when I need to. It's something I need to do at some time. 😁

Fantastic job but shame that you can’t carry passengers in the back. Is the tax cheaper when classed as a motor home & are the mot rules different 👍🏻

@raygibbins

4 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for the comments. Its not a problem not being able to carry people in the back, its just me and my wife. The road tax stays the same as it was. But my insurance dropped at least 60% . As far as the MOT goes I don't know yet, its going in for its first MOT next Thursday.

So you have a massive box with a camping stove?

@raygibbins

4 жыл бұрын

Basicly

does the van fit into the garages?

@raygibbins

3 жыл бұрын

Hi. No it won't fit in my garage.

@Fromatic

3 жыл бұрын

@@raygibbins thanks, is that because of the up and over door or would it still not fit even with barn doors on the garage? I ask because I want one but where I am with tricky parking it would have to fit in my garage in a block. Thanks again

@raygibbins

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fromatic . Yes the up and over door makes it to low for the van, it would probably fit width wise but you would need to be quite slim to get out which I am not. 😊

@Fromatic

3 жыл бұрын

@@raygibbins thanks for the information that sounds promising, I am already resigned to the idea that if it does fit through the opening with barn doors, that I'd have to drive it in forwards and get in/out via the back doors of the van which I could live with 👍

@raygibbins

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fromatic. Sounds like a plan. Good luck 👍