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The smallest camper and a roof

Postby UK-Corlett » Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:12 am

Hi

I was in France for my hols this summer and came across two things of interest.

I think this must be the smallest camper I have seen.
It's a 2 cylinder town delivery van. The bed is inside and the tent is so he could put his pants on stood up, no more.
Its a German number plate on a campsite in the North East of France near Reims, say 400 miles from Germany.

156610

And this tent. It was bolted to the Roof along the side of the van.
I understand it had sides and full enclosed the back and side of the van
The owner was a plumber and used the van as his work van so he could always work under cover.
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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby Philip » Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:31 pm

I have thought about something like that before. Those little three wheelers are not imported to the U.S. so that gets ruled out. I have also looked at the mini 4x4 trucks. Most are not road legal in my state. So to get a short wheel base camper I would have to go with the cab over 1 ton chassis style or a SWB van.
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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby jandmz » Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:13 pm

Philip, Just a little bigger than the mini 4wd trucks, the Suzuki Samurai is street legal and several people have built campers on them. Image
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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby swoody126 » Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:59 am

Cushman made a small 3-wheeled van and there are still a few of them out there

as made w/ 18-20hp engines they would only do about 45mph butt there more updated engine offerings out there that would allow them to legally travel public highways(maintaining 45mph)

Tuk-Tuks are also making it to our land from the orient

thanks for the thread

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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby Philip » Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:40 am

jandmz wrote:Philip, Just a little bigger than the mini 4wd trucks, the Suzuki Samurai is street legal and several people have built campers on them. Image


That's a nice setup someone built. With me being 6' tall that little setup rules out a regular bed. Its just to short of a package. Also I am not fond of the base vehicle used. Those are to narrow and to tall. To easy to roll one over, same applies to a Jeep. I like wider based vehicles.
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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby Philip » Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:43 am

Philip wrote:
jandmz wrote:Philip, Just a little bigger than the mini 4wd trucks, the Suzuki Samurai is street legal and several people have built campers on them. Image


That's a nice setup someone built. With me being 6' tall that little setup rules out a regular bed. Its just to short of a package. Also I am not fond of the base vehicle used. Those are to narrow and to tall. To easy to roll one over, same applies to a Jeep. I like wider based vehicles.


Swoody those Chushman's have gotten way over priced and hard to find. I would love to have one for beating around town.
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The smallest camper and a roof

Postby EZDog » Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:26 pm

Someone in my neighborhood did this

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I almost crashed the first time I drove by it!


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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby DaddyJeep » Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:31 pm

EZDog wrote:Someone in my neighborhood did this


I almost crashed the first time I drove by it!


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I love how they added the grey accent to the hood and doors to give it that "factory" look. :lol:
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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby EZDog » Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:55 pm

DaddyJeep wrote:
EZDog wrote:Someone in my neighborhood did this


I almost crashed the first time I drove by it!


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I love how they added the grey accent to the hood and doors to give it that "factory" look. :lol:


True That!

I also really like the Gas Fill Door?

I just want to know what this Fit ever did to him? :oops:
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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby MikeG2 » Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:44 pm

EZDog wrote:Someone in my neighborhood did this

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That's a crime for which no punishment is too harsh.......
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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby Pmullen503 » Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:19 pm

Hmmm...what can I do with this old pick up topper and pile of corrugated siding?

The car was probably rear ended and was too expensive to fix hence....this.
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Re: The smallest camper and a roof

Postby 2bits » Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:43 pm

I rebuild vintage campers for a living so many times I need to travel a great distance to get a piece pf junk to rebuild so I am planing a truck camper that isn't massive and top heavy like most and I was thinking about these utility camper tops with the rear doors for a while and this is giving me ideas on how to add a little more height. :twisted:
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