New Build The "RDV"
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Quick update ... Man we can't quit driving this thing we have been from southern Cal to Omaha in it and just love it. We are going to tear it down in the next couple months and finish it up. FYI still havnt put the sway bar on lol. True testament on how well this suspension works Also anyone considering a 5.4 no problems here 4:30 gears and a 5 star tune averages me 11 . Will post picks as interior and bumpers go together .
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Jb1rd
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First off I would like to thank all for the wealth of information on this site.My wife would not express the same gratitude. (LOL) So a quick intro to how it begins , Sitting in a lawn chair in front off my Diesel Pusher in yellowstone this spring ,I enjoyed a cocktail and admired the 8 or so similar rigs in view. As I sat there it dawned on me "dear god what have I become" I would regularlly snicker and laugh at "those people" during my cabover/superduty days. Thoughts exploded in my head ,sticking to pavement,mass parking/called camping/hookup unhook the damn tow car,kids whining dad can we go back to the "Beast" as they have named it, nintendo,videos,generators........ something is gonna change. Get home and start thinking about how to resolve all these issues.Summer- grab wore out E350 we retired from work to pack kids/bikes around.Few days in I find I am driving that the most and really enjoy it ,with one exception my daily driver is a suburban on 37's. So my wheels start turning and start looking into 4x4 vans . Yea right , everything close was in my opinion way to much money. Fall- Annual 9 day steel head trip tell the fam to set out all they want loaded night before. They got home and I had everything loaded in the burb and the boat!I get the what gives ? A whining 2,8 and 30 something (wife) and here it is again "What about the generators,videos,nintendo, blah blah blah." Those that didn't want left got in after 9 days in a wall tent this nov. on the salmon river no one cares about all the Blah Blah Blah . And was one of the funnest family trips we have had. So get home family can do without the Blah so "Hmm can I convert the one I have"? Couple hours on the net and Wow I know what I need to do. Funny been an portal member for awhile but had never looked at this forum. So dig into the 97 I had and way to rusty.
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Look at craigslist and bam a van 15 min away , Little negotiation, bam van in shop.
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2007 E350,EB,5.4,ton of miles,but was transit authority commuter all but 10k miles of its life.
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