XTR Camper Build

86 photos in Iowa, Alabama, Kentucky, and Illinois added

Some photos of my tiny, teardrop style camper built by Vintage Trailer Works and lightly modified by myself.
  • Frame and Panels assembled
  • Cabin cubbies coming together
  • Headboard and ceiling electrical
  • Galley coming together
  • Galley components going in
  • Side shot
  • Front, side shot
  • Skin going on
  • Skin and components going on
  • Cabin components in
  • Headboard components in
  • Galley doors on
  • Passenger side
  • Nearly wrapped up. Waiting on wheels and tires
  • Just waiting on sheels, tires, and a bit of trim.
  • Almost ready for delivery
  • Ceiling components in
  • Cabin wrapped up
  • Tongue box
  • Ready for delivery!
  • VTW XTR in matte gray
  • Ready for delivery
  • Can't wait to get this thing home
  • Back side
  • Galley
  • Taking delivery in kentucky!
  • Got a camper now
  • Fuelin up. A lot.
  • The rig
  • Fridge: in. Testing things out at home.
  • The cabin. A queen size bed on wheels
  • Adding solar power
  • Noco genius charger installed. Wires cleaned up a bit.
  • Fancy lithium phosphate battery + solar: installed.
  • Solar wart
  • Testing out the 240w of solar
  • Added a knife/utensil magnet
  • New paper towel holder + knife magnet
  • Kari said we needed a fly swatter for the cabin, so...
  • The original galley light was too bright, too white, and half the lights were flaky, so I decided to replace it.
  • Original galley light
  • The wire hole was too tight to get the connector out.
  • Light hole expanded, wires pulled through
  • New light installed
  • New galley light installed! Dimmable and softer.
  • New galley light installed.
  • Comparing the new galley light to the old one.
  • Added some footman's loops to the camper cubby so that we could strap some stuff in when needed
  • Added some footman's loops to the galley cubby in my camper so that we could strap some water in when needed
  • Hardware to mount the camper ceiling vent / fan shade
  • Painted the top of the ceiling vent shade matte black to not reflect light as much
  • Built a ceiling vent / fan shade for the camper
  • Offset camper ceiling vent / fan shade - allows for airflow while blocking the light
  • Camper ceiling vent / fan shade in place
  • New shelf to get a little more surface area in the camper. Electronics and pocket stuff on bottom. Bigger stuff on top.
  • Cutting out a vent shroud for the winter
  • Dryer vent heat shroud
  • this should work...
  • Window heater shroud
  • this should work
  • Diesel heater test drive
  • These bedside storage nets that came with the camper were installed crooked and were fairly annoying in practice.
  • Gonna repurpose this bunk bed storage tote for the camper
  • New bedside camper storage. Much more functional.
  • There’s something therapeutic about dressing and organizing wires. Upgraded the camper’s charge controller and added an exterior 12v outlet.
  • Redoing the camper chargers
  • Anderson plug for the DC-DC charger
  • New components in the tongue box
  • Battery installed
  • Still plenty of room for storage.
  • Wired up to charge the camper while driving
  • Camper battery upgrade
  • Installing a new Li Time camper battery
  • Li Time 230Ah battery installed!
  • Goodbye battery anxiety
  • Planning to rebuild the cabinetry below the bar top
  • This pantry is nice and big, but having to pull these planos out every time we need something is kind of annoying
  • Also, this fridge slide is damn near shot. Pretty sure the OEM slide was only rated for 50 lbs...
  • Tired of managing this GFCI shore power cord and passing it through this outlet
  • The Noco shore power plug is much better than the passthrough... and is almost exactly the right size to fit inside.