This Thread is LONG overdue.
I bought my VAN about 3 years ago to use as a utilitarian motorcycle hauler. Somewhere along the way it became a self sufficient camper that's seen over 25,000 miles of overland travel in the last 10 months.
This is about what it looks like now...
Now to rewind.
I sold my Subaru and bought the bare bones 2002 Astro AWD from a painting company. The idea was to use the VAN to haul derelict motorcycles back from Craigslist purchases and dirt bikes to and from trailheads.
This is what it looked like on that fateful night I bought it.
It stated out as a typical cargo van.
Relatively low miles. Good condition with no rust. Anyone in Minnesota would consider that nothing short of a miracle.
Typical of a work van, the rear was full of rickety shelving and shoddy repairs.
Notice the speaker wire loop to open the rear door...
I gutted the interior. It was actually pretty clean despite being used as a painter's van.
My first order of business was to disguise that unsightly chalky grey bumper.
A can or two of Plasti-Dip did the trick.
Before:
After:
I had a trip from Minneapolis to Lexington Kentucky planned so I needed to get some tie downs in the VAN. A couple strips of e-track and a removable motorcycle wheel chock.
I tried various configurations of this setup but ended up settling on three transverse mounted sections.
The wheel chock clips into the e-track and straps hold everything in place.
.
...More to come.
I bought my VAN about 3 years ago to use as a utilitarian motorcycle hauler. Somewhere along the way it became a self sufficient camper that's seen over 25,000 miles of overland travel in the last 10 months.
This is about what it looks like now...
Now to rewind.
I sold my Subaru and bought the bare bones 2002 Astro AWD from a painting company. The idea was to use the VAN to haul derelict motorcycles back from Craigslist purchases and dirt bikes to and from trailheads.
This is what it looked like on that fateful night I bought it.
It stated out as a typical cargo van.
Relatively low miles. Good condition with no rust. Anyone in Minnesota would consider that nothing short of a miracle.
Typical of a work van, the rear was full of rickety shelving and shoddy repairs.
Notice the speaker wire loop to open the rear door...
I gutted the interior. It was actually pretty clean despite being used as a painter's van.
My first order of business was to disguise that unsightly chalky grey bumper.
A can or two of Plasti-Dip did the trick.
Before:
After:
I had a trip from Minneapolis to Lexington Kentucky planned so I needed to get some tie downs in the VAN. A couple strips of e-track and a removable motorcycle wheel chock.
I tried various configurations of this setup but ended up settling on three transverse mounted sections.
The wheel chock clips into the e-track and straps hold everything in place.
.
...More to come.
