The conversion van — that gloriously plush creation of the 80s and 90s, all velour captain's chairs, wood trim and curtains — is having a genuine second life. Half the survivors haul grandkids; the other half got discovered by the vanlife crowd who realized a €4,000 conversion van is a camper someone already built. Both halves eventually face the same surface: thirty-year-old velour. Conversion van seat covers are the answer that doesn't involve reupholstering a sofa on wheels.
The conversion cab: captain's country
Conversion vans almost universally run dual captain's chairs up front — tall, plush, armrests on both sides. The seat body takes a universal stretch cover (flip the armrests up during install); the armrests themselves, usually the first surfaces to crack, each take an armrest cover. Second-row captains: same treatment. That's four seats sorted in an afternoon coffee break.
The rear sofa question
The signature conversion-van sofa-bed in the back is furniture, and folds — so fitted covers fight it. The loose layer wins: a jacquard throw rug across the sofa protects the velour, looks intentional against the wood trim, and moves to the campsite when the sofa becomes a bed. Honestly, nothing in our catalog suits a conversion van's whole aesthetic better than a woven rug — the vibes were always cousins.
Velour triage
If the original fabric is clean: cover to preserve — intact factory velour is increasingly part of these vans' charm and value. If it's crushed, stained or sun-rotted: cover to rescue (the playbook). Warm prints honor the era — Savana and Sedona look period-adjacent in the best way — and everything machine washes, which velour famously never did (routine).
