Recycled mini van.

[Padilen]

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[KennethW]

I would thing the tongue weight would be a little much.

[martymcfly]

That doesn't look redneck at all.

[KennethW]

That doesn't look redneck at all.

It look like low dollar fun.

[Padilen]

That doesn't look redneck at all.

It look like low dollar fun.

Exactly!



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[RonS]

Hmmm....

I wonder how difficult it would be to title something like that in Pennsylvania.....I know a guy with the right skillset to help me build it..and source the donor van.....although, since I just bought a Jeep Liberty, maybe it'd be better to find a Jeep to do it with...

[GPW]

lots of below floor area for various “tanks", etc ...
At my brothers Auto body shop ( years ago ) we found “Redneck” was how you treated the cutoff end of the vehicle ...the ones we saw , another rear cap was welded to the front end and fit quite easily ( not so easy on modern vehicles ) ... the doors were welded up , but you still had front windows .. The undersides were stripped of unnecessary components and the old vans used were built on frames so extending the frame into a tongue wasn’t difficult ( for skilled old Hot Rod body man) We were fortunate to get the job to do the interiors after they received nice paint jobs ... We saw two made like that , by the same person ... over a 4 year period ... They rolled out the door , and we never saw them again ...

Edit: In 2007 we proposed the idea of a a Hummer Camper...

[John61CT]

too friggin​ heavy

[JuneBug]

We currently have two vans (Mazda MPV and Toyota Sienna) and the Ford Aerostar crossed the automotive rainbow bridge a few years ago. I've thought more than once that converting a van to a trailer would be awesome. We're often camped in our van by pulling out the rear seats, putting in a platform to sleep on, with storage space underneath. It's a set up that works well. Two big sliding doors (one for each person!). Great access through a hatch out back! However, I'd cut it off at the firewall, so you have storage space where the front seats were.
Practical concept, impractical in execution.

[GPW]

... Actually quite practical if you have access to the area and the right tools to do the job , which is asking a lot ... and then having the skills to work metal ... ( or a good friend who does )

Thinking ... Unibody minivans might require some kind of separate trailer frame added underneath ...

[saywhatthat]

Nice job. At work one is copying a 2016 Honda van .In to a trailer that back to a tow van back door to door .
There seams to be lots of after market inter camping goody's . .The way they work out D.M.V. .Was do all the paper on a flat trailer with two ea 2-by-8 as a bed .then add the van body.

[RonS]

However, I'd cut it off at the firewall, so you have storage space where the front seats were.

Actually, that would also keep things sealed and intact structurally, as well. Losing the engine/transmission/front suspension would drop a lot of the weight of the vehicle. Since you didn't mess with the body structure, you could mount your tongue bars where the front "cradle" (that supported engine/transmission) mounted to the body.....leave one of the front seats in (or both if you camp with a significant other) and you have a great spot to watch the world on rainy days when you're stuck in the camper.

You could probably even use the van's rear brakes as surge brakes if you leave them intact and keep them adjusted properly, bonus if it had rear disks and you don't have to worry so much about adjustment....

The more I think about this, the more I like it......Wonder how heavy one is.....and how much weight you'd lose getting rid of everything in front of the firewall....

[John61CT]

Keep all four wheels then.

Ball weight, really impractical IMO

[RonS]

Keep all four wheels then.

Ball weight, really impractical IMO

You don't like it, we got that after your first post. I'm sure there's another thread here somewhere with something you do like.....

[GPW]

Once you remove a lot of the unnecessary factory accessories ,trim , and those factory seats (they’re heavy) , etc. , the body is pretty light. ...comparatively speaking ... our first wooden TD (6X12) was a heavy beast .