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If you want to have some fun... Get with Brew City Boost and have them do a custom tune for your van. If you think the 3.5 is good stock...you'll love it tuned.
Transit AWD build overland style-I'm back in a van
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Lucky... My wife "needs" a flushing toilet, shower, full kitchen, queen sized bed (or larger), place for our family to sit together and eat inside, the ability to move around with out bumping into each other, and air conditioning...lol.
interesting, ill check em out. i was born and raised in Milwaukee, so....
Steam is the Upholster's best friend they always say. i picked the hottest day of the year to steam a new headliner into a VW Karmann Ghia once. one man and a steamer in the smallest place he could find--ugh. steam really helps relax the fabric so it can be formed and either stretched or shrank. im still waiting for 2 windows which is also why i have not fully insulated the ceiling yet--no sense in streaming my insulation
this particular fabric is a tweed, some call it interweave, but has the ever important Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (MVSS-302) which technically is required. I personally just really like working with tweed-durable, warm, water/stain resistant etc.
Farfrumwork
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Nice man.
Digging the music in the latest time lapse.
Digging the music in the latest time lapse.
ITTOG
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UglyObeseTraveler
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Loving this build, this is the dream. Keep up the great work!
Farfrumwork
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I really like the ceiling panels as is. I'd clear coat them, but that's me. A light colored wood ceiling would be nice and bright and add some visual warmth.
I'm know you have your materials selected already though. It will be sweet upholstered too.
I'm know you have your materials selected already though. It will be sweet upholstered too.
You do remember I have an upholstery business dont you-ha. I actually am liking the look myself. But I left a gap in them that would be taken up with upholstery, so kind of to late to change my mind now, and I already have the fabric here (A buttload of it at that). Other side of the coin is upholstered panels also offer some sound deadening and insulation
but I do agree, it looks sweet
finally got all my panels prebuilt (couple more no pictured here) so i jacked the van up to do some things underneath.
propane tank mount is first order of business Manchester 6813 10x23 5.5 gallon. this is for heat, hot water and cooking
had to make a cut into a non structural piece of metal (gives the floor a lil more rigidity is its only purpose, cabinets are going there). i wanted to get the tank as high as possible for those off road explorations
the 23" tank fit perfectly between the 2 "structural" frame member, very tightly actually.
all brackets i TIG welded and thru bolted through the "structural" frame members
tank mounted about 1.5" higher than the gas tank, so not the lowest point and well protected. still very easy to fill with plenty of access for the attendant, but not very visible from the side view
now im onto the Van Compass suspension upgrade, but messed up my back doing so--stuck on the couch right now--doh
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Yes!!!!!