Build Your Own Camper Plans

I have a cousin who is great with machines and tools.

He had no formal training in automotive technology, but he picked up these skills on his own.

As young boys, we used to play with our toy building kits.

He probably got his inspiration from those early days to become a DIY kind of guy.

Whenever I designed anything, I always called him over to bring my designs to life. He was only more than ready to oblige.

He got a thrill out of building some of the outlandish designs that came out of my drawing board.

I was not a bad designer myself. I am a good artist, but I also have a flair for taking other people’s designs and tweaking them to come up with my own creations from time to time. So when I wanted to create my own camper for our adventure trips, I first went on the look out for good designs to base my plans on. I picked up two books after searching through numerous bookstores both offline and online.

The first book was called “How to Convert/Restore Old Cars, Station Wagons, Vans, Trucks and Buses into Rv's”. It contained a huge number of photographs of the various designs for campers and recreational that people came up with over the last century. The second book was called “How to Build Low Cost Motorhomes 2004 Edition” by Louis C McClure. It had a number of blue prints, drawings and schematics or low cost motor homes.

Using these two books as my base, I started conceiving my own design for a camper, which I handed over to my cousin once I was satisfied with my creation. Then he set out to work and fleshed-out the design over a period of two months, working on weekends. Together, we were able to come up with a really great camper which we proudly take around for our camping trips.

Silas Paul, CO

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