LFGSS Camper Van owners?

Converted

Sorry, should have been clearer, i want bare van. Going to use Mandale for the conversion

Shame, and nice!

One long drive north and a bunch of faff later, we’ve got the Berlingo camper sorted! This is it in making a cuppa in the rain mode - the fancy alcohol stove is an amazing bit of kit. Some easy modifications to be done to increase the sitting headroom, but the bed setup is shockingly comfortable (will share photos soon).

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Do you have a pic of the bed down?

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any recommendations of dealers in/around London (preferably south). would like to go and sit in a few vans to help us work out what we want.

My mum has decided to part with her camper, a Mazda Bongo and has asked me to help find places to sell it. Can anyone recommend anywhere? Is there the LFGSS equivalent for campers?

Not sure if it’s cool to post it in here too? I will if that’s not frowned upon.

pls post!

There's probably an enthusiasts Facebook group

Would anyone in London or down South be interested in renting their camper out for a week?

Mazda Bongo pop top van for sale

Perfect day or overnight van, turbo, automatic, imported in 2005. Full service history, MOT until February 2025. Great little runner with new electrics and hook-up fitted in 2022. Electric pop top roof and blinds. Bench rear seat recently fitted as I decided to sell, not fit out as a campervan. The pop top space can sleep two adults.

Mileage: 173,000
Fuel: Diesel
Price: £3,000 Open to reasonable offers

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Busy as chuff over here in Somerset! Precision Plank adds a third unit, we have some interesting stuff coming in the next few months!

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^this looks amazing! Hard work but a fun job.

Does anyone have a packing list for campervan-ing?

Google!

Did this sell in the end?

No, it’s still available

thats a great van at £3,000, mazda engines are pretty solid ... right ?

nice vw van with subaru engine on pistonheads front page today

hi! can you look at these pics and say if your pop top has a padded bed like the one there please? i’m not sure what a pop top actually means

I can’t see your pictures, but basically the pop top is electric and raises the roof where a bed can be, but this van doesn’t have a bed fitted currently. If interested I can try to get some pictures of the pop top raised

Is anyone looking for a camper?
I need to sell my Ducato and it will be very cheap.

Big day for our T6 Ocean on Monday. The engine is being replaced after 200 000km. It's currently drinking over 1l oil per 1000km so we've taken the decision to do something about it before the whole thing clogs up and smokes itself out. VW are giving us 40% off the parts despite it being a few years out of warranty, but it's still an eye watering sum. Hopefully will keep the van going at least another 200 000km though.

How cheap…. I pencilled a transit custom purchase and I clearly need another ..

@TTM i looked into this and it seems making the pop top sleepable is quite easy and cheap. i have just spent a bunch of money on my car but i might sell it soon, now that it’s solid, so maybe will get back to you my partner absolutely loved the look of the bongo

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I bought a petrol Nissan Elgrand at a Japanese auction and imported it, with a view to living in it in Europe, criss-crossing the continent so as to avoid excessive heat or cold. Then I got sick and depressed and did nothing with it.

Now I'm ready to resume the project. I had assumed that I'd convert it to LPG and buy bioLPG when possible. But recently LPG seems to have become less attractive in the UK because of filling station pumps being removed in favour of chargers, and sharply rising LPG prices. Motoring journos seem to think the 2035 ban on new petrol/diesel cars will also kill off LPG. I don't understand why. But I'm having a look at CNG conversion, which allows you to use biomethane.

Biomethane, though barely available here, seems set to become a popular standard for HGVs in the very near future, in the UK and Europe. The road haulage industry is relying on it to meet net zero targets. (They can't use EVs except for trucks which do short, urban routes.) It's cheaper and cleaner than LPG. Governments are backing it and taxes are fixed at low rates. The UK is the slowest at building the hundreds of promised filling stations. In other countries there's already a decent network.

Nobody's talking about it as a fuel for vans. It needs 3x bigger tanks than LPG... probably 150 litres to get the same range as the donut LPG tanks which fit in the well of your spare wheel. The tanks are also very, very heavy. The conversion kits are similar to LPG kits, but more expensive to buy and fit.

Finding space for the tanks is tricky. If you fit them inside the van you need sealing and venting hardware, to meet safety requirements. It's best to put them under the floor, but there won't be room there if you retrofit a van, unless you start cutting it up. VW used to have a range of LHD CNG-powered cars . They were designed with underfloor tanks from the get-go. Here's the Audi A3 Sportback 30 g-tron.

And here's a review of a CNG powered Caddy from 2017. https://www.parkers.co.uk/vans-pickups/news/2017/volkswagen-caddy-tgi-review/ https://imgur.com/a/uxf9vUY