Freedom Vans
Bellingham, WA
Bellingham shop covering an unusually wide price range, from partial systems to full luxury builds.
$25k–$125k
View shop4 shops converting vans in Washington, from Arlington to Vancouver. Every listing shows the chassis they build on, what they will take on and what it costs.
Bellingham and the Seattle corridor, with an unusual specialty in Volkswagen restoration alongside modern conversions. Four-season insulation is taken seriously here.
Three shops worth a call, picked for different reasons. Editorial choices, and placement here is not for sale.
Best for Volkswagen conversions
Seattle, WA
The best-known VW camper specialist in the country, covering restoration, servicing and modern conversions under one roof.
Best for Flexible budgets
Bellingham, WA
Takes work from $25k systems installs up to $125k full builds, which almost nobody else spans.
Best for Field-tested builds
Arlington, WA
In-house CNC and a team that averages a hundred nights a year in a van, which tends to show in the details.
Bellingham, WA
Bellingham shop covering an unusually wide price range, from partial systems to full luxury builds.
$25k–$125k
View shopArlington, WA
Arlington shop with an in-house CNC router and a heavily field-tested design process.
Price on request
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Seattle, WA
Seattle Volkswagen specialist covering restoration, service and modern conversions, trading since 2011.
Price on request
View shopVancouver, WA
Vancouver, WA builder offering a 36,000-mile warranty on its conversions.
Price on request
View shopBuilders are listed by state rather than by town because a conversion is a destination purchase, and people cross state lines for the right shop without thinking about it. These are the towns with supply.
We list 4 conversion companies in Washington, spread across 4 towns and cities. That is the set we have researched and can stand behind rather than every business that has ever converted a van. If you know a Washington shop that should be here, send it to us.
Published build costs among the Washington shops listed here run from about $25k to $25k. Those figures are almost always for the conversion alone, so budget another $45k–$70k for the van itself unless the builder sources it for you.
No, and plenty of people do not. A build involves two or three visits over several months, so buyers routinely cross state lines for the right shop. Where local matters is afterwards: warranty work, servicing and the awkward fault two years in are all much easier when the builder is a day's drive away rather than three.
What the quoted price includes and excludes. Whether the queue in front of you is weeks or months. Who does warranty work and for how long. Whether they will service a van they did not build. And what happens to your deposit if you walk away. The answer varies far more than it should.
Worth widening the search, because the shop you want may be two states over, and for a build of this length that matters less than it sounds.