Building an Adventure Van

[kaia]

Originally Posted by Geek

That's a great idea! I wonder if I could stop at a grocery store and just use a full roll of saran wrap on it before I go over vail pass?

Hell I think I'll keep a roll in the top cabinet of the van just in case

or.. get the plastic wrap they use for shipping: http://www.amazon.com/Rolls-CLEAR-St.../dp/B000UH6SH2 ... much stronger than grocery-type plastic wrap.

[CodyY]

Originally Posted by kaia

or.. get the plastic wrap they use for shipping: http://www.amazon.com/Rolls-CLEAR-St.../dp/B000UH6SH2 ... much stronger than grocery-type plastic wrap.

Home Depot, even Walmart i think, has it too

[papaduc]

Originally Posted by Geek

Note to self: take heed in the forecast before you leave.

If there is crap weather forecast.. put the bike inside the van instead of being lazy and throwing it on the back bumper

Did those tires work well on the Sprinter?
Had to be better than OEM!

[Brian-M]

Geek, I've known for a long time that you suck... nice to see you're really upped your Level of suckage.

To put an emphasis on your suckage I'm going to post this pic of my thumb from a couple months ago...


















I'll let you decide to embiggen that photo....



Fun with tablesaws when your push-stick slips.



But then again,it's not all bad down here in GA (now that I can finally stand to be outdoors)....





Doesn't change your suckage factor though.


Sincerely, your Bacon serving, BMW failing, Bearded friend...

[jimrobinette]

Originally Posted by CodyY

Home Depot, even Walmart i think, has it too

Or any U-Haul dealer.

[Geek]

Originally Posted by Brian-M

Sincerely, your Bacon serving, BMW failing, Bearded friend...

I miss you brother! Hopefully you'll come visit some time so you can throw more sand at me I can kick some more sand in your face

[mra35]

Originally Posted by Geek

That's a great idea! I wonder if I could stop at a grocery store and just use a full roll of saran wrap on it before I go over vail pass?

Hell I think I'll keep a roll in the top cabinet of the van just in case

Did the cheap roll of saran wrap three weeks ago about the same time as when you were out there the first time. Looked at the weather, saw that I had to drive through a bunch of crap, ran up to the store got a roll and wrapped that sucker. Worked great. The bike looked like yours going over Vail pass. Once I got to Green River I cut it off an threw it away. Kept the mag chloride off.

[a1fa]

Another Key West drive this year Geek?

[Sutherngintelmen]

Weather report:

A sunny 75 with light tropics breeze. Cold beer.

Cell photo through screen & digitally thinned.

[Geek]

Originally Posted by a1fa

Another Key West drive this year Geek?

Not sure but probably not.. we do the "family thing" every 2 years generally.
...besides... we have a heater now so we don't have to go south

The van now has almost 36,000 miles on it

[bmwktmbill]

Can you dig it...?



MC haul area/patio.



Standard equipment..Dodge Photon engine for direct sunlight conversion to gasoline...unlimited range.



Coming soon.

bill

[beemer67]

Hey Bill,

Cool van .. even comes with the first letter of your first name on the side.

I think I would probably prefer Geek's conversion, but realistically could only afford yours.

Chris

[Trixie]

What model is that? A winnebag?

[bmwktmbill]

Originally Posted by Trixie

What model is that? A winnebag?

It's a denutted, gutted and slutted Minnie Winnie, 1974 Dodge chassis.
I believe the engine is a 360 but it might be a 318.

Purchased for the price of the tires...$700(tires are new, all 7).

Going out today to bolt up re-gasketed exhaust headers.

Inside is stripped out except for the table/bed combo.

Got a couple of bids on foaming the inside.

Anyone with experience doing that?

bill

[Geek]

Haven't been doing much to the van except driving it.

Added DEF again at 37,000 miles.

Had a tail light bulb go out.
Typical German over-engineering - there is a trick to getting the things off the van, but if you know the trick it is well designed and easy to do (I found the trick on youtube so I didn't break all the clips )








Tip for future Sprinter owners:

When you go to places like Advance Auto Parts or Autozone and you ask for something like a tail light bulb for a 2011 Mercedes Sprinter and their computer says they don't carry the part you need.. ask them to look for the same part for a 2007 Dodge Sprinter.
What do you know! Lots in stock!

i.e. their databases are not up to date and do not know that ALL sprinters since 2007 have the same bulbs, etc.