XTR Camper Build

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

Some photos of my tiny, teardrop style camper built by Vintage Trailer Works (now Venture Overland Campers) with various modifications done 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.