Illustrative concept
Transit with a fixed rear bed
Explore a Ford Transit fixed-bed conversion concept with a dimensioned floor plan. Review the 1,300 × 1,900 mm bed, kitchen, storage and checks still needed.
From an idea to a layout
Van conversion project ideas with the assumptions visible
Explore a fixed-bed Transit, a flexible Sprinter and a Ducato with twin benches. Each is an illustrative planning concept, not a completed or road-tested conversion, with dimensions and questions to check before developing your own version.
Three concepts to compare
Illustrative concept
Sprinter with a flexible rear bench
Explore a Sprinter conversion concept with a narrow daytime bench and wider bed at night. See the dimensioned floor plan and the changeover checks to make.
Illustrative concept
Ducato with twin rear benches
Explore a Fiat Ducato conversion concept with twin rear benches and a wider bed outline. Compare the dimensioned layout, centre gap, kitchen and storage.
Three briefs, three different uses of space
The Transit concept prioritises a permanent bed and an equipment or storage area beneath it. The Sprinter concept uses a narrow daytime bench with a wider bed outline at night. The Ducato concept sets two rear benches opposite one another, leaving a central gap that becomes part of the sleeping footprint.
These are alternatives to think through rather than a ranking of vans or a recommendation to copy a build. Their different cargo envelopes and furniture dimensions mean the diagrams are not a controlled comparison of vehicle capacity. Start with the arrangement that addresses your own brief, then check it against the exact van you have.
Read the diagrams as planning envelopes
The floor plans use the sourced nominal cargo length and maximum width for each stated reference variant. An illustrative 40 mm band on each side represents occupied wall space. It is not an insulation specification, a surveyed wall profile or a guarantee that the maximum width continues at furniture height.
Solid furniture footprints describe the daytime arrangement. Where shown, a dashed outline describes the night-time bed area separately. Wheel arches, ribs, moving door parts and the build-up of the finished floor all need checking in the real vehicle. The drawings do not resolve construction, fixings or a bed conversion mechanism.
Develop the parts that matter to your build
Use the dimensions to block out a similar arrangement with editable furniture in the 3D planner. Then change the bed, kitchen, storage and equipment envelopes to your selected products and measured interior. The illustrated plans are reading examples; opening the planner does not automatically load a completed version of them.
For each revision, keep the trade-off clear: what space it creates, what it occupies and what still needs verification. That is more useful than copying a polished floor plan without knowing which measurements or daily routines made it plausible.
Looking for photographed, completed conversions?
The external portfolios linked below are separate from our unbuilt concepts. Grizzly Custom Vans publishes completed-build projects, while M2M Conversions shares project photographs and details of its work. They can help you look beyond a diagram at how another converter has used a space. They are independent businesses, not Van Design customer projects or endorsements, and their photographs are not reproduced here.