Locking yourself out of your own car is stupid – especially if it’s your temporary apartment at the same time. But help came relatively quickly…
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Caddy goes Camper
In this story you find the whole progress on how I transformed my VW Caddy into a mini-camper. The story is divided into all relevant topics and is not explicitly ordered chronologically. If you are looking for all trips I have done with the car, then follow this way.
On an airheater testdrive with the Caddy minicamper – Part 1: Hiking at the Laacher SeePublished on: 3. March 2021
Once my minicamper got an airheater, it was time to try it out in the cold November days in the Eifel area…
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Caddy goes Camper – Bonus: Building a campervan from the passenger seat perspectivePublished on: 31. January 2021
As I have described my campervan conversion in detail within the last 13 blog entries, it is now time to have a look back at all these steps from the passenger seat perspective…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 13: Summary and costs of campervan conversion without any prior knowledgePublished on: 16. January 2021
It took me over four months to build my own mini campervan. Time to sum up, look back and also have a detailed look at all costs…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 12: Retrofitting a multifunction steering wheelPublished on: 8. January 2021
I missed a comfortable way to handle the cruising control in the Caddy, which is why I decided to replace the steering wheel with one which had some extra keys included…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 11: The heatingPublished on: 29. December 2020
Starting with my plans to build the campervan I knew that I would like to use it also during the winter months. So I had to look to a way on how to maintain some liveable temperature inside the car…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 10: Back door opening and the roof extensionPublished on: 22. December 2020
Two things were missing to finish the Campervan building: First there was no way to open the back door from the inside, second I added some additional space to the roof compartment…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 9: The curtainsPublished on: 12. December 2020
After creating the covers for my mattresses I had to use the sewing machine a second time: To create eight curtains fitting into the windows for some privacy…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 8: Mattresses and coversPublished on: 25. November 2020
For a bit of comfort the camper of course also should have cushions. That’s why I tried myself to use a sewing machine for the first time…
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Caddy goes Camper – Part 7: The kitchen in functionPublished on: 19. November 2020
After finishing the electrics I could finally complete the building of the kitchen, which now allows me to cook, wash and cool…
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