A fully kitted out Syncro camper is fantastic, if not the ultimate in luxury 4WD camping or “glamping”. Jed started out his Syncro life with a Double Cab (Doppelkabine = DOKA), which is used for work in his business as a plasterer. They make an excellent platform for a daily workhorse and surprisingly comfortable camper.
With the addition of a multivan rock and roll bed and swivel bases, it is possible to sleep comfortably in the cabin – add a rooftent and you have a vehicle that can sleep 4 or 5!
The multivan seat was bought from a fella called Tony, known as alfieboy on some of the VW forums, watch out for good bits on his ebay account.
A reproduction westfalia front table and leg can be bought from Niko on brickyard, see more info on this brickyard thread.
Some pictures of the DOKA in use:
Cooking up on the dropside
A tea break on a sunny day.
Camped out on a beach under the stars
Putting the tent away after a sleep on the beach
Making up dinner on the dropside after a days kayaking
Yep Dokas ROCK,
Nice vid Jed will push the price of Doka’s up undoubtedly ?
I have been looking at the Terrain Roof Tents on E-bay for around £650 for mine.
How about a review of what roof tents are available as a follow up Vid??????
Justavan
I like the review idea. It’s an often asked question and there are a few out there too.
It would just be a case of getting a few together in the same place at one time I guess to do it.
jed
Awesome writeup Jed.
We loved ours for camping but getting the two dogs in was a bind.
Now we are ‘glamping’ as you call it with a Syncro Westy (nearly) which suits our needs better but I still miss the flexibility of the Doka.
loving this Doka – especially the picture under the stars…..
It’s a kind of halfway house between camping in my T25 and going camping on my Triumph Tiger – I like it lots!!
Hahahahaha…… excellent description!!!
jed
Some very nice ideas there Jed, might be stealing some of them
Looking forward to that load bed cover review!
Great article – and is that Aussie XXXX as the drink of choice whilst you making dinner in the last photo?? Love it.
really nice DOKA, exactly the one I’m lookin for.
is it difficult to put the multivan bed?
is it possible to give me more informations?
thanks and good trips
titi (frenchie…)
Hi, some details of fitting can be found here, its not hard to do. Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:31 am Post subject:
http://forum.club8090.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=44327&hilit=seat
Good luck Jed
Jeb I am buying Russel’s doka and I need to ship it from UK. to Seattle Washington. Do you know a shipper? thanks AJ
Sorry AJ, shipping is somthing I have no knowlage of. That’s a really sweet van you have there and extreamly capable too…
I have found a very good agent to ship the Doka. It will enter in California. The agent is a friend of Daryl’s { AA Transaxle} who is a friend of Chris Forrest, who I believe some of you people know. Thanks AJ
Thanks for your excellent commentary — for the last 22 yrs I own Australia’s only
Syncro Tristar DoKa and your set up appeals to me! Will be hard to find a canopy
Down Under, might have to make one….
Update, it’s now 5 months later, and my doka is still tied up with Government (BS). It has past customs but now it in the hands of department of Transportation (DOT). AJ