The rear cargo area is converted into a full double bed area usually with a fabricated aluminium framework. The car camper is an estate car(UK) or a station wagon (USA) converted into a travel home. Modern mid-sized Japanese vans such as the Toyota Hiace are sometimes converted to have the appearance of a classic Volkswagen. It does not usually need a pop-top to accommodate its users. Ex-factory, it had several height and length configurations, and in all versions it had a low floor and high ceiling, a legacy of one of its original uses as a mobile shop. In Europe, the Citroën H-Van has also been used a base for many campervan conversions, and is popular amongst Dutch and Belgian users in particular. Of a similar size and vintage is the British Commer Spacevan conversion. There are several types of campervan manufactured by Volkswagen depending on their age, they are colloquially referred to as either a splitty (split windscreen), a bay (bay framed windscreen), or a bricky ("brick" shaped van).Īlthough less popular, Mercedes also manufactured a similar-sized light van and conversions were reasonably common in the 1960s and 1970s. The popularity of this type expanded in the 1950s after Volkswagen commissioned the Westfalia company to use the Kombi version of their Type 2 transporter as the basis for a campervan. The term " Dormobile" is sometimes used generically in the United Kingdom due to a once highly popular conversion brand, and "Kombi" is used in Australia and other countries.
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Smaller models often carry a portable toilet, and sometimes an external shower that operates within the privacy of an awning. Larger models may include a water heater, space heating and air conditioning, a portable toilet and an internal shower. They generally have dual-voltage lighting which can work from either a dedicated battery (other than the van battery) known as a deep-cycle or leisure battery, or from AC power, supplied at a campsite via a hook-up cable. Volkswagen Autosleeper Clubman GL, a typical European campervanĬampervans may be equipped either with a "pop-up" roof which is raised during camping, or a fixed roof, either shared with the commercial van that forms the basis of the vehicle (commonly a "high-top" model), or as part of a custom coach-built body.Ĭampervans usually have a small kitchen with a refrigerator (which is often powered by a choice of gas, battery, or mains electricity) and a two-burner gas hob and grill.