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This compact hatchback car has been converted into a fully-equipped micro camper with sleeping platform, shower system, and kitchen capabilities. The small vehicle requires reconfiguring for each function, but demonstrates how much utility can fit into minimal space. The hatchback opens to reveal a galley-style setup similar to teardrop trailers.
Design Details
- Vehicle Type: Compact hatchback
- Features: Sleeping platform, shower (interior and exterior options), kitchen unit
- Storage: Custom platform base with compartments
- Bed: Inflatable mattress on storage platform
- Water System: Portable tank with pump
- Shower: Privacy curtain system with drain
Storage Platform and Sleeping Base
Images via Camping-205.tk
Platform Assembly Configuration
Interior Shower Installation
Shower Curtain System
Shower Drain Setup
Interior Shower View
Exterior Shower Option at Rear Hatch
Outdoor Shower Privacy Enclosure
Sleeping Configuration with Inflatable Mattress
Water System and Bed Layout
Sleep-Ready Interior
Car Camper on Location
Lessons from Car Camper Conversions
- Modular Systems Enable Multiple Functions: Removable components allow the same space to serve as bedroom, bathroom, or cargo area
- Exterior Showers Free Interior Space: Moving wet functions outside preserves dry living area and simplifies drainage
- Platform Storage Doubles as Bed Base: Raised sleeping surfaces create accessible compartments underneath
- Small Vehicles Maintain Daily Usability: Compact camper conversions can still serve as regular transportation
- Iterative Design Improves Layouts: Testing different configurations reveals which setups work best for actual use
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This could be the answer to homelessness. I have traveled in my car and in rentals. Old cars to be scrapped with a good body and glass could make a unique”tiny” community. But campgrounds didn’t want me staying in my car. This would be great if it could be cosidered self_contained. Which seems they were.
To solve the problem of not being wanted in campgrounds I just stay in the tent camp and put up a kiddie tent as a decoy.
Oooh, good idea 🙂 — Tiny House Talk Team
I like to sleep in my minivan on road trips. I reserve tent camp sites at KOA’s and have never had a problem. I like electricity, a hot shower and a safe site so I don’t boondock very often. A lot of people are traveling in cargo & mini vans and enclosed pickups. Only the fancy RV Only campgrounds would object. No decoy tent needed.
Also, in a car you can stay in most Wal-Mart parkinglots without any trouble.
You can by a roof tent and also, stay inside the car, this way, you can stay in both 🙂