Ideas for Camping with a Westfalia Weekender

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Here some pictures I took from our camping setup that houses our family of 5. (Well 4.5 considering the youngest being 1 year)
The tent we used is a Kelty Carport and the net to hold stuff in the back is a motorcycle accessory. This heavy duty net normally holds the passenger Motorcycle Helmet to the bike when not in use. Cycle Gear etc sells these.
The forward hooks are made of a coat hanger and mounted to the existing paneling screws.
We had one from GoWesty for our Vanagon – the net is to weak for our real life use.

It would interesting to see other improvement Ideas for camping with a Eurovan Westfalia Weekender or similar models:

I wonder if someone has build a drawer type storage in the back or a Kitchen cabinet instead of the passenger side jump seat. Last pictures shows these nice storage boxes. I'm not sure who makes them??

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?...ts=summary

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82 orange Diesel Westy
AHU conversion (mechanical with stock JX pump)
5 Speed ASS
CLK Wheels 215/70/16

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....I made a removable kitchen for a weekender.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=479466&highlight=full+camper++minute

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For a family of 4 1/2, I'd avoid a inside kitchen / ice box. You get more room in the van, by getting stuff outside of the van - cooler outside, cooking outside, etc.

I had a full Westfalia, and now like the weekender. Now if I was a family of 2 or 3 and on the move every night, then I would prefer an inside kitchen.
Of course no one way suits all, so choose what you like best.

On the rear bins, Im sure a carpenter friend could make those. Check plastic storage boxes, you mike get lucky and find some that fit well. Home Depot had some heavy duty ones which could function as outdoor benches under the awning and make it easy to access gear.

I have the Kelty car port (XL) as well. Got it in the discount bin for $40.00!
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John - 86 Wolfsburg Westfalia "Weekender"
Flint reversed 1.8T W/Passat 5-Speed
LiMBO (late model bus club) www.limbobus.org
LiMBO is on Facebook too! https://www.facebook.com/groups/
FAQ thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525798

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One Idea was to use the jump seat mounts and create a pivot that allows to rotate the Kitchen cabinet outward. When we grow from 4.5 to 5 we may have to upgrade to a sprinter...
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82 orange Diesel Westy
AHU conversion (mechanical with stock JX pump)
5 Speed ASS
CLK Wheels 215/70/16

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