4x4 E350 Mullet Camper Van Conversion

[Cummins_expo]

Last year I scored a low mile E350 Quigley Converted Cutaway Van (17K ) Good ole wasteful Uncle Sam. The guys in the shop called it the Mullet Van. It served as our shop runner for some time while I decided what direction to go with the build. Many years ago a father and son posted on EP about converting a plumber van to a camper. They traveled the Pan American for a couple of years in this setup. I knew one day I would try to tackle something similar. Fast forward and another member of the forum built a beautiful Agile converted Pop Top version. I was defiantly inspired by his build. The Vruck was almost destined for a flatbed Fourwheel Camper, but a wrecked plumber body van was posted locally. Looks like the Mullet was destined for far off grid plumbing repairs.
No pictures where taken from the original dually setup the Cutaway was built.

The new plumber body resting on the chassis

A trip all the way to Truckee sourced us a nice clean and ready Westy Pop top.

So many hours of cutting and welding to get it ready for conversion. Departure chop, roof cutout, and walls re-enforced with thin wall box tubing. This will provide some structure back to the KUV body after hacking it apart. Also the one side compartment was sacrificed for a side entry. The ribs in the walls will also provide a stand off so we can insulate and panel the interior

Test fit and trimming to get the VW pop top on

 

[Bikersmurf]

Looks great.
I’d consider making it a wee bit taller while you’re at it. It’d be so much easier now that down the road. But… it all depends on how you plan to use it.

 

[Cummins_expo]

Do you mean make the side walls taller? The pop top makes it incredibly tall. In hindsight would have been nice to find the taller KUV body as it has semi straight walls.

 

[Bikersmurf]

Do you mean make the side walls taller? The pop top makes it incredibly tall. In hindsight would have been nice to find the taller KUV body as it has semi straight walls.

yes, the extend the walls where they are vertical above the tool boxes.

 

[iggi]

I'll second that you should at least consider raising the side walls. I was in a rush when I did my roof raise and in hindsight I'm wish I'd done a cabover and a butt tuck while I was at it. Some things just aren't obvious until you're standing in the space and realize what you need or don't need.

 

[Cummins_expo]

Would love to have made the walls taller- That hindsight thing lol. Its already framed out and dialed in for the pop top. Plan is to do more then one of these. Next one will have the taller straighter walls.