Custom Campervan Build Process | Inside the Drifter Production Process

By Tessa Wilde | The Drift

From the surface, customized campervans can really feel like a thriller.

Folks see the completed builds—the quiet particulars, the thought of supplies, the best way gentle strikes via an area that in some way appears like residence. However they do not at all times see the trail that introduced it there. The conversations. The choices. The sluggish, deliberate work of turning an thought right into a one-of-one coach constructed to journey.

So let’s pull again the curtain.

Here is what our manufacturing course of truly appears like—from the primary dialog to the second you drive away.

Each Drifter journey begins with a brief dialog.

The invention name is fifteen minutes. No stress, no pitch—simply an opportunity to see if we’re an excellent match for one another. We’ll speak about how you propose to make use of your campervan, what sort of timeline you are imagining, which chassis may work greatest, and what issues most to you.

If Drifter feels proper, we schedule a one-hour video session. That is the place we go deeper—layouts, programs, finishes, expectations. All the pieces we have to create a tailor-made proposal with an actual estimate.

From there, we schedule a follow-up name to stroll via that proposal collectively. No surprises. Simply readability.

While you resolve to maneuver ahead, the $5,000 deposit marks an actual starting.

This is not a holding payment. It is the second your construct enters our manufacturing course of:

• Your house within the present Assortment Sequence is reserved

• Your commissioned coach formally enters the queue

• Design, chassis coordination, and scheduling start transferring in parallel

From this level ahead, individuals, supplies, and timelines begin aligning round your construct.

Together with your slot secured, we transfer into targeted design and coordination—and your personal Proprietor Studio turns into the central hub for every thing that follows.

Inside your portal, you will see:

• Inside design choices

• Van order standing

• Key paperwork

• Picture updates from the workshop

• A transparent guidelines displaying precisely the place you might be within the course of

Irrespective of the place you reside, Proprietor Studio retains you related—and retains each element organized in a single place.

From right here, you will refine your structure and key inside and exterior parts instantly with Paul, one of many homeowners of Drifter, together with our Manufacturing Designer and Grasp Builders.

On the similar time, you will work with a private Inside Designer who shapes each inch of the area—supplies, cabinetry faces, colours, finishes, lighting, window remedies, and the private particulars that make your coach unmistakably yours.

In parallel, we coordinate ordering your Ford Transit or Mercedes Sprinter via our trusted vendor companions. This permits chassis, design, and manufacturing planning to maneuver ahead collectively—so no single piece has to attend for one more.

As soon as every thing is organized and the construct is able to transition into manufacturing, you will work with Kim, co-owner of Drifter and your Mission Supervisor. Kim opinions your construct in full—structure, pricing, choices, upgrades, inside design choices—verifying each element earlier than supplies are ordered and your van strikes to the manufacturing flooring.

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As soon as your design is accepted and your chassis arrives, your van enters the center of our manufacturing course of.

Contained in the workshop, Grasp Builders, electricians, and programs specialists transfer via a disciplined sequence:

• Construction

• Programs

• Cabinetry

• Finishes

Nothing is rushed. Nothing is improvised. Each reduce, wire, panel, and floor is checked in opposition to your plan—with a watch for each operate and restraint.

That is the place Drifter Coachcraft reveals up. Not as an thought, however as execution.

When your customized coach is full, we convey every thing collectively in a relaxed, thorough handover.

In-person supply — Journey to the Drifter workshop in Detroit for a hands-on expertise with the staff who constructed your van.

White-glove supply — Your coach is dropped at you with a devoted technician who walks you thru each system in your individual driveway.

Both means, we take the time to exhibit how every thing works. We reply each query till you’re feeling utterly at residence.

You may step into possession with DrifterCare help—guarantee protection designed for customized coaches—and the arrogance that your van has been constructed, examined, and refined for actual journey. Not only for the showroom flooring.

Layouts evolve. Preferences shift. New concepts floor midstream. That is the character of constructing one thing that is really yours.

However change solely works when it is guided by a course of constructed to deal with it.

That is why our manufacturing course of exists—to guard the design, the craftsmanship, and the possession expertise from the primary name to the primary thousand miles.

Each Drifter coach follows this path. Each construct is intentional. Each step is designed to ensure your coach feels composed, thought of, and really yours.

Let’s Get You Transferring within the Proper Course

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When you’re prepared to begin exploring, click on beneath. There’s no stress—simply a place to begin. This isn’t a dedication. It’s a door opening.