widebody van

[Mobilesport]

Has anybody cut the skins off there van and turn it 
into a widebody?

 

[TMG51]

Sounds like you're describing a class c!

Personally if I were going to do that much fabrication on a body, I think I would start with a truck and end up with a 4x4 go-anywhere-home.

 

[Konaexpress]

I could be wrong but I think it is a class B if it is on the van frame. I think so.........

John

 

[WheelEstate USA]

Guess it would qualify as a B+, kinda like the wide Road Treks.

 

[Konaexpress]

Thats what I was thinking but could not put a name to it.

John

 

[TMG51]

I could be wrong but I think it is a class B if it is on the van frame. I think so.........

John

Class Cs are built on van or truck frames.

Class B: Van with original body, but has appliances and/or high top.

Class C: (van or truck) not original body, has been built wider or replaced entirely

Class B+: Something sort of made up so that manufacturers can call their C a B


This is one of those things people like to argue about every time it comes up. Let's next determine which is empirically better: Coke or Pepsi.

The above is my understanding, anyway.

 

[sephson]

Let's next determine which is empirically better: Coke or Pepsi.

Let's see. Given those two choices, I'll take Dr. Pepper.

Back on topic though, regardless of whether you start with a van or truck chassis, if you opt to build it into a wide body, you'll be looking at significant investment in both time and money, even if you have all the necessary skills to do all the work yourself.

This is not necessarily a bad thing, but I would think you'd have an easier time starting with a box truck or retired type 3 or medium duty ambulance that's been gutted.

 

[VJG1977]

Depending on what you replace the cutoff part with, it could look like this.

or

or  

 

[Ballenxj]

Class Cs are built on van or truck frames.

Class B: Van with original body, but has appliances and/or high top.

Class C: (van or truck) not original body, has been built wider or replaced entirely

Class B+: Something sort of made up so that manufacturers can call their C a B


This is one of those things people like to argue about every time it comes up. Let's next determine which is empirically better: Coke or Pepsi.

The above is my understanding, anyway.

This is the way I now understand it as well. I once thought there were wide body class B's because a seller had his listed that way. Someone told me I was wrong, so I researched it in depth, only to find I was wrong.  :-/

 

[Mobilesport]

I'm talking about making it likd the Dodge Explorer van .

It looks exactly like a regular van but right 
behind the cab it tapers out slowly were you hardly notice but
the most rear section Is probably 10--- 15 inches wider.
It has dual rear wheels though.
It doesn't look like a box van at all

 

[Konaexpress]

Like this?

Or the really wide ones that come out at 90 degree.

John

 

[Mobilesport]

Nope , like this

 

[TMG51]

Nope , like this

That's extended with a high top, not wide....

 

[BradKW]

Class Cs are built on van or truck frames.

Class B: Van with original body, but has appliances and/or high top.

Class C: (van or truck) not original body, has been built wider or replaced entirely

Class B+: Something sort of made up so that manufacturers can call their C a B


This is one of those things people like to argue about every time it comes up. Let's next determine which is empirically better: Coke or Pepsi.

The above is my understanding, anyway.

I disagree.

 

[Optimistic Paranoid]

Actually, there was a company in CA that specialized in widening the bodies of Dodge vans, called The Wide One.

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-outtake-dodge-wide-body-van/

Just a little automotive trivia . . .

Regards
John

 

[MrNoodly]

Years (decades?) ago, there was a company that made ambulances by adding about a foot to the entire width of vans, nose to tail.

 

[B and C]

Class Cs are built on van or truck frames.

Class B: Van with original body, but has appliances and/or high top.

Class C: (van or truck) not original body, has been built wider or replaced entirely

Class B+: Something sort of made up so that manufacturers can call their C a B


This is one of those things people like to argue about every time it comes up. Let's next determine which is empirically better: Coke or Pepsi.

The above is my understanding, anyway.

I think the B+ moniker lets people know that it is not a classic Class C.  A B+ is wider than a standard B, but a B+ is narrower than a Class C.  If I am talking to you and I say I have a Class C, you would automatically assume that I have a classic Class C.  If I say I have a Class B+, you have a pretty good idea that mine is a van with a little wider body on it.  Splitting hairs?  Yea, but it always gets the idea across of almost exactly what it is.

My $0.02 worth even with inflation.

 

[Ballenxj]

I'm talking about making it likd the Dodge Explorer van .

It looks exactly like a regular van but right 
behind the cab it tapers out slowly were you hardly notice but
the most rear section Is probably 10--- 15 inches wider.
It has dual rear wheels though.
It doesn't look like a box van at all

I know exactly what you are talking about, I almost bought one. Where the body flairs out is where they added the fiberglass body on the cut away van. They are pretty slick too. I would have bought it had the sellers story about title etc. not been so flaky.

 

[eDJ_]

Are you talking about the Dodge B 300 series wide body Vans ?

I've only seen a couple of them.  One was an EMS ambulance like the photos above and one was a
Class C RV.   They are strange to look at.

 

[TMG51]

I disagree.

But surely not with my conclusion?

This is one of those things people like to argue about...