• I've been running the van like this, with half the bed and all of the kitchen removed:

    Which has worked really well. However, I've entered some races this year that are over a weekend, so will be camping - therefore the full double bed and the kitchen would be handy.

    I removed the second row of seats and put the bike in to see if it would work:

    Which looked promising. Off to Blok Pod, who threw the following together:

    They invented these, which fit into the rails in the floor:

    Both bikes fit:

    When you need to pull the bed out the driver and passenger chair can be pushed forward/folded over and the bikes moved along the rails to the front of the vehicle.

  • Beautiful set-up. The Blok Pod stuff looks super slick, but at a price. Mind you none of this set-up is cheap! :) I have no idea how you fit both the bed & bikes in that... We have a Marco Polo camper which is essentially the same vehicle base and despite it's longer wheelbase vs. a VW these things are never big enough! :)

  • Beautiful set-up. The Blok Pod stuff looks super slick, but at a price. Mind you none of this set-up is cheap! :) I have no idea how you fit both the bed & bikes in that... We have a Marco Polo camper which is essentially the same vehicle base and despite it's longer wheelbase vs. a VW these things are never big enough! :)

    I might have bought a Marco Polo - but they're simply impossible to buy new at the moment unless you are happy to wait until '23 for the vehicle.

    The Blok Pod stuff is lovely, hits the "just works" level, which is key for me.

    I'm also a big fan of the flexibility, and that whatever I end up with can be transferred into another V-Class chassis in a few years.

    Hear you on the size thing - although the packaging constraints do make for an enjoyable challenge. If I was going to use this as a "month on the road" type camper (rather than race weekends) I'd want a Sprinter size vehicle for sure.

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