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Building a camper in a Ford Transit Custom L2H1

Load length
2,921 mm
Load width
1,775 mm
Load height
1,406 mm
Between the wheel arches
1,392 mm
Kerb weight
1,920 kg
Gross vehicle weight
3,200 kg

This van is 1.775 mm wide, which is 125 mm short of sleeping across it if you are 1.80 m. That is the single most important thing to know about this model: a transverse bed physically fits, but you will not lie stretched out. For a fixed bed here you want the slide-out or the lengthwise bed — those sleep along the van and reach 2.050 mm whatever the width.

Of the ten layouts we have costed, 6 fit this model with room to spare. The fullest is the Transverse bed with seating: it leaves 675 mm of aisle and weighs 173 kg, leaving you 727 kg of payload for water, batteries, bikes and yourself.

At 1.406 mm of load height you cannot stand up in here. That need not be a problem — all our furniture stays below 900 mm and you cook seated or from the sliding door — but if you want to stand inside you need a pop-top, and we do not supply those.

Between the wheel arches it is 1.392 mm. That number matters more than the load width, because everything that runs along the floor — a bed, a bench, a run of cupboards — has to pass it or clear it. That is why our frames stand on adjustable feet and not on a continuous plinth.

What to watch out for

  • Too narrow to sleep across: 125 mm short
  • No standing height: 1.406 mm
  • Dimensions from the manufacturer, not measured by us

These dimensions come from the manufacturer and have not been measured by us yet. Manufacturers measure differently; expect a deviation of 30 to 50 mm and measure your own van before ordering.

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Layouts that fit in this van (6)

Seating group

Bench bed only

Just the bed. The only layout that fits an L1.

Sleeping surface
1266 × 1775
Aisle
1,775 mm
Garage
0 m³
Payload left
802 kg
€1,315+1555 mm space left
Adjust this layout
cabfree space1655 mm leftBench bed 1266along the wall, seat height 480Bench bed 1266along the wallrear doorsload length 2.921 mm1.775 mm

Transverse bed

Transverse bed

The most frugal fixed bed: it costs only 1.40 m of length.

Sleeping surface
1400 × 1775
Aisle
775 mm
Garage
1.64 m³
Payload left
769 kg
€1,505+555 mm space left
Adjust this layout
cabfree space655 mm leftGarageunder the transverse bedTransverse bed 1400garage underneathKitchen 866worktop at 890Cupboard 443h 1306rear doorsload length 2.921 mm1.775 mm

Seating group

Seating group

Two benches along the walls that become one bed at night.

Sleeping surface
1266 × 1775
Aisle
1,275 mm
Garage
0 m³
Payload left
766 kg
€1,645+912 mm space left
Adjust this layout
cabfree space1012 mm leftBench bed 1266along the wall, seat height 480Bench bed 1266along the wallKitchen 643worktop at 890rear doorsload length 2.921 mm1.775 mm

Slide-out bed

Slide-out bed

A fixed bed with a garage that slides out to 2.05 m at night.

Sleeping surface
1775 × 2050
Aisle
775 mm
Garage
1.87 m³
Payload left
755 kg
€1,810+355 mm space left
Adjust this layout
cabfree space455 mm leftGaragethe full widthSlide-out bed 1600day position — pushed inKitchen 866worktop at 890Cupboard 443h 1306rear doorsload length 2.921 mm1.775 mm

Transverse bed

Transverse bed with a seat

A fixed bed, a full galley and still somewhere to sit.

Sleeping surface
1400 × 1775
Aisle
775 mm
Garage
1.73 m³
Payload left
748 kg
€1,975+335 mm space left
Adjust this layout
cabfree space435 mm leftGarageunder the transverse bedTransverse bed 1400garage underneathKitchen 866worktop at 890Seat 643along the wallCupboard 443h 1306rear doorsload length 2.921 mm1.775 mm

Transverse bed

Transverse bed with seating

Transverse bed, a big galley and a bench to sit on.

Sleeping surface
1400 × 1775
Aisle
675 mm
Garage
1.64 m³
Payload left
727 kg
€2,045+112 mm space left
Adjust this layout
cabGarageunder the transverse bedTransverse bed 1400garage underneathKitchen 1066worktop at 890Bench 866along the wallCupboard 443h 1306rear doorsload length 2.921 mm1.775 mm

What does not fit, and why

Ford Transit Custom L2H1 compared with another van