Here is our van.
2001 Chevy Express 1500
We've camped with 'Woody' all over the place.
From Arizona, to near the Minnesota/Canada border.

Back view front yard

Front view dispersed camping near Quartzite, Arizona

 

 

Here is our new to us 2013 Chevy Express 2500 Paratransit Van. It was a wheelchair van and we had the dealer remove the lift. Now we are busy gutting the interior, including removing the wheelchair floor, and raising the metal roof cage to gain head room, and turning it into a camper van.

As we bought it.

As we bought it.

As we bought it.

Lift removed, and wood between rails being removed.

Roof gutted.

Floor rails almost completely out. They were welded in. What a pain.

 

Nice and roomy.
Please keep us updated.

 

I have it since 1996,



275/60/15 Wheels on ARE 8"

My wife airbrush the wheel cover

Little bit proud of the chevy Lumilogo in frontgrill

Modified speedounit. It was too dark for me. Made ruondup 4mm holes and installed a led-stripe...

Installed a Alpine IVA-D 511 with a MRA F355 Surround amplifire

Top switchpanel with surround middlespeaker...

Indoor....

I like my van.

 

My van and I had a lot of fun the last years....

Rusty front axle..



Changed with a overhault part...


Sandblasted

With new paint ...



We are the first, replaced frontaxle and engine still mounted ?


These steeltubes hold engine up.


New frontaxle intalled


New frontbrake

Had to change rear spring bushings


New painted. New bushings.


Sandblasted gastank.

New painted gastank.


In background 3,5" stainless exhaust. Gastank, rearaxle installed.

 

Spindles and crossmembers. Not axles. But nice job.

 

That came out looking super,,,, nice work!!!💪 I wish I had the confidence to do that to my van it needs it very badly in fact that crossmember underneath the motor the front of it is rusted out 🤪

 

Saved from Craigslist and slowly bringing back from beyond

 

The family hauler