microbus or camper?

[scott wilson]

what do you think? is a microbus more usable than a camper? or does everyone camp out and bin the seats?

 

[Araon]

would love to refit the middle bench just not practical for my planned use

 

[Grazy]

I got a Panel van so nuts to seats beds and windows 8)

 

[Araon]

:lol:

 

[scott wilson]

fair play brother

 

[scott wilson]

personally i`m a fan of that

 

[Tofufi]

I'm keeping mine as a microbus.

Despite being a single 19 year old, no kids, it is amazing how often having 8 seats comes in handy!

Not to mention I can remove them and carry stupidly large loads by undoing 10 bolts and pulling the seats out.

I will be fitting some Z-bed hinges to the rear seat to make it better for camping. However, when camping, I would have an awning for the cooking etc, so I don't need to have a cooker etc in the van permenantly.
This cunningly reduces weight when I am driving it daily

Also, I *think* I will be able to move the middle seat round to make the inside of the van nicer and a more sociable layout for sitting in when camping in too.

All I need is an awning, some Z bed hinges and my van to pass its next MOT for the summer

 

[ddffrost]

i'm going to keep my middle seats in for just random shows cos its in mint condition but leave the middle seat out for camping

if i ever get these z hinges back i'll have the best of both worlds ha ha ha ha ha

Dave

 

[BigG]

Im with Tofufi on this one :wink:

 

[Tofufi]

Mine don't match in colour though.

If anyone wants to swap a white middle seat for a creamy/brown middle seat, OR a creamy brown rear seat for a white rear seat then let me know

 

[vwaddict]

i was going to keep mine as a microbus as i need seven seats ( too many kids ) but then after thinking it out i decided to buy a danbury interior and bin the sink so ive got seven forward facing seats or can have the rears facing and then i can still have a bed without losing my boot space

 

[Rosko]

Got to back up VW addict- I didn't quite realise when I bought mine but the mighty Danbury allows the best of both worlds or given the layout possibilities all worlds!

 

[scamperbus]

Microbuses are way cooler than campers in my opinion but you can have both. I've fitted a full width rock n'roll bed and kept my middle seat and original fitting bolts/brackets by moving it forward about 5 inches. Still have loads of leg room. Not quite an original layout but can still carry 7 people and it looks fairly 'standard'. Main problem is the back of the rear seat sits higher than a standard rear bench. I'm keeping my original just in case I want to go back to 100% stock.

 

[MMMC]

bus wins for me...and I do enjoy correcting people when they call it a campervan!

 

[Clem]

I do love microbuses and would love an og minter, but camping is such a big part of the bus ownership that a proper camper is the way forward, for me.
Of course, ideally, Id have both ...

 

[-tipi-]

Usable
[x] Camper
[ ] Microbus

Cooler
[ ] Camper
[x] Microbus

I'll try make mine a bit of both, having walk through, seats for 7 (two seats heading backwards behing the front seats) and making Z-hinges for the rear seat.

 

[scott wilson]

ah the mysterious "z" hinges. I can`t wait to see some in action as i too love the microbus works particularly well when you have kids. Sometimes though i`d like to kip in it.