We are starting a series of videos that focus on helping people to get the best possible mobile home vehicle for their travels or persuading life goals. In some cases its complete rebuild of the van, in others just quick refit that will change onboard experience.

We received an email from a family of tennis players from Zagreb (Croatia) who just bought an old Mercedes Sprinter 211 (L2H1). The main purpose of the purchase was being able to participate in the tennis tournaments around Europe without breaking the bank. Denis and Olexandra Oliynykova already made some basic modifications like bed, insulation and kitchen, and tested the van life on the road for several months so they knew exactly what they wanted from the van: "And in this state, without water and electricity, I went on a trip until March 2020. What, by the way, I don’t regret, because only having lived in the camper for at least some time, you can clearly understand what you REALLY need and what is actually not so important", Denis said during our first encounter. We just couldn’t do less but help this determined family in Zagreb to finish their van transformation.

It was definitely a low budget project. The van was bought for 2,400 Euro and then was added another 3,500 Euro for materials. Basically with 6000 Euro they managed to get a fully functional camper van.
All the conversion took us 35 days. It was hard and intense work as we needed to finish everything before their planned departure for tennis tournaments. The idea was to create a functional space for travelling for 3 people with separate toilet/shower with hot water, kitchen, roof storage and washing machine; all powered with solar panels, alternatore and potentially with a portable generator. You are right, sounds like a fun project so let's get started with camper rescue!

If you have any questions, need help in the transformation of your camper van or have some great ideas or suggestions, don't hesitate to contact us!


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