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From Austria to the Far East

  • HOME
  • COUNTRIES
    • Austria
    • Italy
    • Greece
    • Turkey
    • Iran
    • Pakistan
    • India
    • Nepal
    • Myanmar
    • Thailand
    • Cambodia
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
  • VAN CONVERSION
  • THE ROUTE
  • TRAVEL TIPS
    • Thailand Permit
    • Container Shipping
    • Border Turkey-Iran
    • Visa Pakistan
  • INSTAGRAM

Features of my Converted Camper Van

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  • Tires: 245/75-R16 BF Goodrich All-Terrain on Mercedes original rims
  • DOMETIC CoolFreeze CFX 35W
  • pressurized water system with 80L fresh tank
  • 2x 150Watt Solar Panels
  • Victron Energy BlueSolar MPPT 75/15
  • 240 AH LiFePo4 + Bluetooth SmartBMS
  • 230V inverter
  • LED lightning Philips HUE
  • extendable Bed – sleeps 2
  • Dometic HSG 2370 kitchen (cooker & sink)
  • self-made roof gallery
  • Fiamma F45S awning
  • 2x Dometic S4 windows 900×450
  • Dometic Mini Heki roof window
  • Pioneer AVH 280BT tuner with Bluetooth, Focal speakers

 


The Base
In the end of October 2018 I bought this used Mercedes Sprinter 906, short and high. It was freshly painted (it used to be white). I took this pictures the day I picked it up in Schwaz/Tirol, Austria.
Cutting the holes for the Seitz S4 (950×500) side windows.
Fixing the ground floor, first support of the paneling and the Armaflex insulation.
Roof window, insulation, pioneer sound system, paneling and preparation for the electrical installation in progress..
Paneling nearly done, windows and floor insulation ready. LED spots (Philips HUE System) ready.
Paneling and floor finished, roof windows finished, after the first propose with Sikaflex was leaking.. First test of the bed and kitchen construction.
Installation of the heating system, Planar 2D Ural edition
New Tires!
BF Goodrich All Terrain 245/45/16 RWS on the original Mercedes rims.
Fiamma F45 awning and LED Bar installed. Picture taken at Xmas day, 25.12.2018
Bed construction fixed at 120cm, starting with the kitchen (based on Ikea Method), cooking/sink combi (Dometic HSG 2370) and the test of the water installation. 2nd battery and relay finished, fridge (dometic coolfreeze CFX 35) installed. First overnight sleep in the van, 2.2.2019
Test trip to Istria/Croatia
Kitchen finished, water, gas, electricity working but still needs improvement 🙂
Kitchen,separation for garage, shelves finished
80 liter water tank at the original mount of the spare wheel
300W Solar Panels and rear ladder mounted

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