British made motorhomes.

[Byronic]

the 60,s devons were top quality . as they moved to exeter the quality dropped but the original ones were fantastic .
proper wood well thought out .
the westies etc never had decent cookers etc .
plus not very well thought out conversions .
shame jack white passed away he made good conversions .

So they were top quality for a short period? Possibly so, but
the real test is for the long term.
The Westfalias were designed to be campervans, holidays, short
term, eat out and explore type of vehicle. A proper cooker is what
many people hoped they had left at home for 3 weeks.
Proper wood isn't necessarily the best finish in a camper van,
wipe clean melamine laminates on poplar and knock in edging can be
superior.
As for layout, well one mans meat and all that, but there were a limited
number of options in such a small space and most convertors ended up
doing variations of about 3.

 

[vwalan]

So they were top quality for a short period? Possibly so, but
the real test is for the long term.
The Westfalias were designed to be campervans, holidays, short
term, eat out and explore type of vehicle. A proper cooker is what
many people hoped they had left at home for 3 weeks.
Proper wood isn't necessarily the best finish in a camper van,
wipe clean melamine laminates on poplar and knock in edging can be
superior.
As for layout, well one mans meat and all that, but there were a limited
number of options in such a small space and most convertors ended up
doing variations of about 3.

split screen and the early t2 full screens were ideal . it really was 70,s when they went down hill.
mind the german vw conversions were never very nice .
canterbury conversions were ok and a few others .
mind i started doing my own conversions at a very early age .
but did as a child visit jp whites with my uncle ,he ran his own vw garage . think thats where my interest for vw started really.
fitted loads of hightops etc on vw,s . my son still uses one we did in 98 just before i closed down .
truck conversions are better though . lots of space to play with.

 

[phillybarbour]

My Dakota is double-floored ...

Chris by Double Floored I meant the winterised definition. All tanks and pipe work inside the floor, all valves inside the floor and accessible from within the floor, storage in the floor and most important (for serious winter users) a full heating system in the double floor.

 

[Byronic]

Don't forget double floor equals more height, which can mean
taking the van over 3 metres in height, which in turn means
Class 3 on tolls.

 

[Canalsman]

Chris by Double Floored I meant the winterised definition. All tanks and pipe work inside the floor, all valves inside the floor and accessible from within the floor, storage in the floor and most important (for serious winter users) a full heating system in the double floor.

Fair enough. I hadn't realised what you meant ...

 

[QFour]

Don't forget double floor equals more height, which can mean
taking the van over 3 metres in height, which in turn means
Class 3 on tolls.

Better talk to the Italians they manage a double floor with all the pipework and internal tanks and under 3m using a Fiat Chassis .. Laika 712 Ecovip ..

 

[Herman]

I like the Autotrail A class, here's A Swift A class.

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[Byronic]

Better talk to the Italians they manage a double floor with all the pipework and internal tanks and under 3m using a Fiat Chassis .. Laika 712 Ecovip ..

One of the advantages of being short arses, the Germans and Scandies
require more headroom