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Hello Folks, I've been building out my 2015 van into a micro camper for the past few months. I've been sharing the story on reddit, but I figured I should post here as well especially since I used resources I found on this site to influence my build. I have a ton of photos I've posted and taken. I'll start adding them here. So far, I've posted 4 different "phases of the project. So I'll make one post per phase to share what I've done so far. Phase 1: Here is the start of the conversion of our Transit Connect into a weekend getaway camper. It's a 2015 model with the long wheel base, which adds around 1 foot of extra cargo length. The boxes are built with baltic birch. Using this wood helps keep the weight down by not having to add much extra support beyond the plywood itself. I "designed" the layout in Google Sketchup (it was the first time I had ever used a 3d modeling software) and then built templates out of cardboard. After that, I started building the boxes. Link to the album. 2015 Transit Connect - Long Wheel Base Cargo Area - Roughly 7'x4' Making Sure We'll Have Enough Head Room on the "Couch" Sketch-Up Drawing of the layout The Blue Box is the Water Container and The Red is Our Stove The "Kitchen" will be a drawer that slides 36" out from the side door. Cardboard Models Starting to Build the Boxes Interior of Box 1 Box 1 in the Van - 60in Long Box 2 The open end is where the drawer will slide out from. I'm going to add more supports on that side once the drawer is installed. Boxes in the Van The bed folds across from the couch. I still need to design the rear supports Front View of the Bed Bed panel folded onto the couch.

The same thing happened to us. When we purchased our wagon, the first thing we tried to do when we got home was to remove the cheesy dealership temporary plate cover. We were able to remove the front, no problem, but when we tried to remove the rear screws, we couldn't get them off the vehicle. We ended up having to cute the license plate cover to get it off because the screws were stuck. We had to take the vehicle to service for a different issue and while there, questioned the service advisor about the rear screws that wouldn't come off. He inspected them and said that whoever put the dealership advertisement license plate cover on the vehicle used the wrong screws. He said that when the vehicle is delivered to the dealership, the correct screws are not on the vehicle, they are in a plastic bag inside of the vehicle. Lazy sales people will just use whatever screws they can find to attach their advertisement.