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15 May 20214 min read10 images

This article is about the growing trend of transforming old vans into small motorhomes, as a way to express a desire for freedom and a closer connection to nature.

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Never before like in the past few months have we appreciated just how important our freedom is. Freedom to move, to do the things we love, to come into contact with nature, whether your place of choice is the lakes, the sea or the woods, or simply the possibility to discover places of art and history with the joy of independence. What better way to express your state of mind and convey a joyful and positive message, than an old van transformed into a small motorhome?

If once it was the Beat Generation and then the Hippie movement that sought to free themselves from the constraints of outdated conventions, today that same feeling of finding pleasure in simple, more natural things and getting closer to a world we have recently discovered is in urgent need of care and attention, is growing in strength.

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The Bedford CA was one of the most popular British vehicles to be converted into a campervan. This example was the first made by Dormobile and it sold at RM Sotheby’s from the Elkhart Collection auction for $36,400. The engine is a 1,500cc Vauxhall 4-cylinder

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