Recent content by Dirk Mitchell

I am about to do my conversion on an E-350 so I have been looking into this. I am a handyman by trade so I have quite a bit of building experience but the car part is new. I picked mine up and drove it back from Colorado and dropped it off at my mechanics, he did a few maintenance things and a...

Yeah if it is super clean it is worth high book. Unless there are some major aftermarket upgrades that you want I wouldn't go higher than that. It does look like a clean rig though.

Man SternWake has some great information, I am getting my stuff together for my build and will be using it while I am converting as well. I just found this and there are some cool features on it, it does cost 65.00 but in a way it can almost be an all in one solution. Newport Vessels Trolling...

I like your plan that seems like a great way to deal with your situation and not waste a bunch of time on the freeway and also decrease pollution as well. I have owned, driven, and worked on a lot of rigs but like most people I am biased by my experience. If I was in your situation I would...

Man all kinds of good info. After all that I am thinking I may end up going with some 6v golf cart batteries to start out. I was trying to avoid maintenance and have them be sealed but in order to get over the 200AH and be around 300.00 I think the 6v pair may be the only way to go. Or Ill have...

Yeah it is small but I like the drain in the bottom simply for if it is mounted in the slide out kitchen in the back I can set it up to have a hole under it and then put a 5 gallons bucket under it. It would be pretty easy to just pick it up and dump it though. I think it is designed for use in...

Here is a rundown of what I have in the Van so far:  Pioneer AVH-4200NEX -- I am going to use this as a daily driver for work and needed a new stereo, I also wanted to be able to run Google maps on it so I dont have to have a seperate GPS unit. This runs Android Auto so I can use my phone and...

I am about to pull the remaining interior out of the back of my van to start building the rear bed platform. The electrical system will be under one side in front of the wheel well. I ordered a few things already to start getting it wired. I am very familiar with residential and commercial AC...

Hello all! I was originally thinking of just linking my http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/f24/1998-ewb-5-4-build-2wd-for-now-name-pending-18298.html/URL]build thread from another forum but after looking at the rules and a few posts I realize a lot of people are only using mobile for thier...

Yes I do end up with a lot of projects, I am currently in the process of trying to cut a lot of them back and make things much simpler. That is proving to be a bigger task than anticipated but I am getting it done slowly bit by bit.

I saw your foam cabinet build on YouTube! Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us I am planning on using it in my build, it will definitely save weight and it has a bit more flexibility than wood options. You were determined on this van I would not have stuck it out past the motor issues, way...

I saw these videos a while back and that is a great weight saving idea for sure. I am planning on building my bed platform out of wood and then the cabinets will be a combination of wood and foam. I am planning on having a living/working Van so I will probably make the lower cabinets out of...

New member that caught the van bug.... I decided to get an E-350 to turn into an adventure van and found Bob Wells and his videos on YouTube and then headed over here. I have been on Sportsmobile forum for a few weeks and started a build log there if you want to look at it. I may start a page...