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I installed a front receiver on my 85 Ram Van. Mine is a little ghetto and required a little "refinement", but it works good now. I picked up a $20 Harbor Freight Step bumper receiver hitch that you bolt to the bumper hitch of a pickup truck with no receiver. I initially drilled holes in the...

Sorry to wake the dead, I just wanted to chime in after finally getting my '85 B150 Shorty van out on a good long trip. It has the 225 slant six and a 4 speed manual 833OD tranny with a 3.90 axle ratio. A previous owner junked all the lean burn equipment, and after I swapped the plugs and...

I mounted a Harbor Freight Universal Bumper receiver hitch to the bottom of the front bumper of my Dodge B150 van. I have it mounted with 3 or 4 bolts right now, but think I can drill out 5 or six altogether and it may be stable. My heavy bike rack had too much leverage on it. I may trial it...

My name isn't on the tickets, I left it parked in the street for about an hour with an old license plate on it while I made room for it in the garage. The tickets only have the vin number of the van and that plate was last registered to someone who is no longer living. I doubt they would trace...

I nearly bought this Ranger based camper a while back, I ended up buying a van instead. It was an old Toyota Chinook camper transplanted onto an '83 Ranger. It was kinda ratty but had potential. I think it had a 2.0 and 5 speed, i would have bought it, but then a Dodge van with a manual and in...

Does anyone here have experience registering and/or insuring a van as an RV? In Illinois or Michigan? Advice, Pros/Cons? I have an 85 dodge van that I am converting into a campervan. I have owned it for about 6 months, and have yet to register it. I currently keep it in my garage in Chicago. I...

Ah Right on, That does makes sense. I do have an old camp stove that runs on coleman propane. Only one burner works, but yeah that would do nicely. Same with the vent, over the cooking area. On the note of driving it, so far I have driven it to SW Michigan a few times and it did fine. It was...

Hello Van Dwelling Community, I am about to embark on my first van dwelling expedition this summer. I picked up a 1985 Dodge B150 shorty on craigslist in October. I am a new automotive technician student, and am just learning the ropes by trial and error with my new van. My girlfriend and I are...

I like what you did with your van. I have an '85 Shorty and am thinking of taking a similar approach.