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Also, this is how TC recommends installing upper cabinetry.

You can screw into the floor as it has 5/8" (or 3/4") marine grade plywood inside the panel. For attaching to the wall either glue directly or glue aluminum angle iron and bolt to that. This guy's youtube channel shows how he did things using 80/20 for building out inside.

Truck, people, dog look real, camper looks photoshopped, but I could be wrong. Would make sense as they don't have real pictures of exterior or interior of the camper yet. Wish them the best of luck though.

Could it be done technically, sure, but I don't expect you would get much in the way of customer support from either Winnebago or Ford after the conversion. Basically you are no longer in compliance with either companies build specs.

Did you pay retail or cost for those panels? ;) Anyway, plan to pay about $45k for a 2021 Ecoboost AWD SRW 350 (9.5k GVWR) 156"WB Transit that has all the nice options and will weigh about 4,650 pounds so max payload is 4,850 . This gives you roughly 3.3k pounds for a build if you want a good...

Just to be clear, this assembly comes from TC, i.e. they designed it, not me. That is their picture as well.

Very interested in how your testing goes. I have been looking at various high quality, lightweight plywoods for cabinet construction. I'm not sure one needs an actual marine grade plywood (i.e. a water proof glue) if you finish all sides of the cabinets. A high quality plywood like Baltic or...

In talking with Andreas at TC the key is to eliminate point loads. I'm planning to do this for my upcoming build. 1) Something light with small cross section that I may want to remove: a good 3M double-sided tape, like a coat hook or towel rack. 2) Something light not removable, Korapop PU...

So I guess one could hook it up to an auto type condenser/fan like this one for approximately $700? These can be undermounted, which could be nice. Total cost then about $6k before install for the Mabru unit.

I could no find the curb weight on Winnebago website, but do remember hearing, maybe in one of the videos, that the curb weight was approximately 9,500 pounds depending on options selected so CCC approximately 1,500 pounds.

Don't both the marine AC/heat pump units you linked to require sea water for the condenser so would not really work in a camper van?

If I was to hack an inexpensive AC for a small camper I think the st[p]cjic1fgel001dyyyejg7saxae[i]WZIMhh[d]D[z]m[t]w[r]duckduckgo.com&tag=thestrategistsite-20#ace-9766277718']Midea U Inverter 8K BTU Window Unit would be a good start. Modern compressor, only $340, can fairly easily separate as...

I think it will be successful with the limitations others have pointed out here. I personally don't want dualies on my AWD even though others are OK with that and I'd prefer no propane. Also, to sleep 1-2 kids you need a pop-top and I don't like how the dinette is set up.

Great to know and I'm happy to be wrong if this is of no issue in CA. I will be contacting DMV in Nevada to see if a non-issue. Sounds like it was an issue in TN though.

These fed regs apply to any vehicles manufactured, not just commercial transport, see https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/567.5 Someone should try to register an incomplete Ford Transit vehicle in Vermont, maybe it would work. However, I personally would never want to sell said vehicle, or...

My understanding is this is not a state registration issue per se, but a US Dept. of Transportation issue as per the code of federal regulations, here is a link to the applicable code https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/part-568. The vehicle will come from Ford with a VIN and door sticker...

I think you can only order a Transit Van 2021 model year now and they all come with push button electronic parking brake as standard equipment. Definitely get LSD with AWD.

Great project. I was thinking of doing something similar and I think the 8k BTU Midea U "semi-mini-split" would be a great starting point and pretty efficient with variable speed compressor and fans as others pointed out. This guy takes one apart.