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Real cool body framing, I hadn’t heard of the Volkstrut company. I think you just give them the dims of what you want and they engineer it, cut it and ship a kit to you. https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/rvs/d/lacey-2006-ford-e450-custom-rv-project/7164702817.html

Glad you found us! Any background on this rig for us armchair overlanders? Curious what govt agency spent the big bucks for it, and what they used it for. Cool rig for sure.

Amazing shape “1977 K5 blazer Cheyenne 4x4 factory Chalet Camper . 100% original paint and rust free true survivor. Purchased from owner of 25+ years 400-V8 122k actual miles runs &drives great Will take you anywhere your Westfalia won’t. “...

That’s a pretty good combo for 18k. Especially if the guy did a good refurb job on the camper.

Hanging tents are the next big overlander thing...

Wow that’s pretty cool. The boom would make unloading a motorcycle real easy!

Interesting, I hadn’t seen one of those. The rear side door is also different. Chinook seems to be the gold standard in this style of RV. Most are rear entry but a rare few have the pass. side door up front. For $60k for this one, you’re over the cost of a Chinook + the modern 4WD conversion of...

Wow, great work on getting that seat to recline! Also impressive solution to keeping the utility of the back area with the lift bed. How does it lock in place at both positions?

That’s a fair price. There was one for sale in Oregon in April for 10k. Can’t tell if I’d rather have the utility body or the high roof. They’re both cool on that 80s econoline.

I always liked old trucks where they just used the front doors for the back. It says where the priorities are in the small scale manufacture of a specialty utility vehicle.

Apparently Chinook made the Astro campers in the late 80s and some Ford Aerostar AWD versions in the early 90s. Keep an eye out!

Hmm, ended at 19.5k with reserve not met. What’s one of these worth? 20k?

Nice work on that wind deflector area. My old chinook had that area filled with a crappy TV and storage cabinets. It really opened things up without all that junk there. The chinook shell was one piece so water was less of an issue. They kept the van roof intact, like the ERV. Some of the RVs...

Pretty cool pickup bus. I'm assuming it's 4wd? Plenty of room for a ski chalet build inside, & cheaper than an Earthroamer... https://portland.craigslist.org/grg/cto/d/carson-2012-ford-mini-bus/7144386066.html 2012 Ford F550 mini bus, 151,000 miles, runs great, was used at lake Tahoe ski...

Pretty cool, I hadn't seen a Chinook Astro camper before. Would be a fun ski rig with an AWD swap. Or swap the top & inside of one of these onto a newer Astro? https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/seattle-1989-chevrolet-astro-camper-van/7154745469.html

Ah, that’s good to know. I wasn’t sure how hot/cold the diamond plate floors would get in these. Good idea on the shoe cubby. Did you weld that area back together? My old ambo had a nice little downlight/steplight in the step/footwell area that went on with the door. I always liked that at night.

Nice work on the door and step! Was the blue foam under the floor part of the original ERV build?

Woah. 7997 miles?! I wonder what this was doing out in the desert? Looks like ambo/erv/swat van style tubular aluminum box construction. Probably wasn’t cheap! “Box is a load bearing structure designed for off road usage built for the U.S. government.” 26’ long...big but it’s a whole house...

Is there usually an idle hour meter on these? I’ve seen some listed with and without. Not sure if there is “supposed to be one” or if it’s in a slightly not obvious place? The ERV revolution is coming...!

45mph max speed, zero creature comforts...the masochists overlander! Looks super cool though. I really like the front seat with fold forward and fold flat features. Any idea what that’s out of? Might make a better van/RV back seat than the Yukon/Denali/Escalade 3rd rows.