Hi,
just want to start of by saying thanx to this great forum and it´s members. Been lurking around alot here getting ideas and planning my build.
Just last week I got the vehicle that will be the platform for my camperbuild. The conditions when scouting a vehicle was:
- 4wd (prefferably "true" 4wd which means High and Low gear)
- Passed the Swedish safety & emissionscontrol inspection.
- Better ground clearance then my 2013 VW Passat.
- And it´s on a budget folks!
Since livning in Yurp I have offcourse been toying around the idea of a Eurovan. What I won´t have with those are "true" 4wd and with my budget I usually ended up looking att Syncros that had 250 000 - 300 000 k on the odometer. From what I´ve heard the trannys are a weak spot when they are starting to reach that milage. Well after spending ALOT of time on our version of Craigslist I enden up with a Chevy 1500 Silverado Z71 from 1998. (5.7 L Vortec) This is how it looked on the day I got it.
The smartest choise living in a country where gas is 7.93 dollars/gallon? Hmmm probably not. But man do I love those big trucks.
I didn´t get a Diesel because I would have had to pay around 3000 bucks more (keeping the figures in US dollars since not that many people use the swedish krona) for a Diesel compared to a gasser. Combining that with the tax beeing around 450 bucks more annualy for a Diesel I figured I won´t put so many miles/year on it to make up for it.
Why is it on a budget? Well I spend most of my money and time on another build.
Me and the wife are building our hose by our selves from scratch. So that´s kind of a time and money consuming project. So this camperbuild will be as I would call it "on the side".
Just started the general maintenance of the truck. So far no major blow-ups. Hopefully will be posting some building pics soon.
Ohh just forgot...thinking of building a plywoodcamper skinned with aluminum. More on that subject later.
just want to start of by saying thanx to this great forum and it´s members. Been lurking around alot here getting ideas and planning my build.
Just last week I got the vehicle that will be the platform for my camperbuild. The conditions when scouting a vehicle was:
- 4wd (prefferably "true" 4wd which means High and Low gear)
- Passed the Swedish safety & emissionscontrol inspection.
- Better ground clearance then my 2013 VW Passat.
- And it´s on a budget folks!
Since livning in Yurp I have offcourse been toying around the idea of a Eurovan. What I won´t have with those are "true" 4wd and with my budget I usually ended up looking att Syncros that had 250 000 - 300 000 k on the odometer. From what I´ve heard the trannys are a weak spot when they are starting to reach that milage. Well after spending ALOT of time on our version of Craigslist I enden up with a Chevy 1500 Silverado Z71 from 1998. (5.7 L Vortec) This is how it looked on the day I got it.
The smartest choise living in a country where gas is 7.93 dollars/gallon? Hmmm probably not. But man do I love those big trucks.
I didn´t get a Diesel because I would have had to pay around 3000 bucks more (keeping the figures in US dollars since not that many people use the swedish krona) for a Diesel compared to a gasser. Combining that with the tax beeing around 450 bucks more annualy for a Diesel I figured I won´t put so many miles/year on it to make up for it.
Why is it on a budget? Well I spend most of my money and time on another build.
Me and the wife are building our hose by our selves from scratch. So that´s kind of a time and money consuming project. So this camperbuild will be as I would call it "on the side".
Just started the general maintenance of the truck. So far no major blow-ups. Hopefully will be posting some building pics soon.
Ohh just forgot...thinking of building a plywoodcamper skinned with aluminum. More on that subject later.