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TV & Movie Campervans

The campervans you’ve spotted on screen (and social) — model clues, conversion features, and what makes them special.

White van conversion with open side door, wooden interior panels, person sitting in doorway, forest background.

TV & Movie Campervans

Alex Honnold's Campervans: A Decade in a Van, Three Rigs, and a Foundation That Started on the Road

OliverOliver10 March 202620 min read

Alex Honnold lived in a van for over a decade, long before van life was a hashtag. From a bare bones 2002 Ford Econoline to a custom solar powered Dodge ProMaster, and now a family ready rig built by Forged Vans, his campervans tell a story about simplicity, purpose, and what happens when you use a vehicle not as a home but as a way to get closer to the thing you love.

Vintage VW campervan with "Surfer Boy Pizza" branding, open side door, neon sign on roof, pizza boxes visible in serving window at dusk.

TV & Movie Campervans

The Surfer Boy Pizza campervan in Stranger Things: the VW that stole season 4

OliverOliver2 June 202510 min read

Stranger Things season 4 gave us one of the most memorable campervan shaped vehicles on TV: the Surfer Boy Pizza van. This post covers what the van actually is in real life, why a VW T3 was the perfect choice for the show, what it might be like to drive, and how popular it became through model kits, Funko figures, a remote control version and even a Transformers crossover.

Two men and an alien figure visible through campervan windows, one driving, warm interior lighting.

TV & Movie Campervans

Paul and the rented motorhome that makes American touring look both ridiculous and irresistible

RowanRowan6 November 202410 min read

Paul is a modern classic road film for anyone who has ever daydreamed about hiring a huge American motorhome and disappearing into the desert. The motorhome is the punchline, the sanctuary, and the temptation all at once. Here is what the film’s RV actually was, why it works so well on screen, and what it gets right about the reality of touring on an American scale.