✨*updates coming with patience*✨ Hi everyone :) My name is China. After five years living abroad, I've come back to start a new chapter of my life, whatever it may be, and document my memories and journey. Currently I'm traveling and exploring in my self-converted van, but who knows what other adventures I'll get myself into next.
Great build~ what a good job she made of her home on wheels. It looks lovely, a job well done, she must be SO proud of her achievements. Stay safe on your travels.
I like the drop floor. That is original from the van right? Can you show pictures of the drop floor from the bottom of the van? I would like to customize that on my van
The van was originally designed to have a wheel chair lift in the back, so it wasn’t actually a drop floor, but sort of a lift floor in the back half hahah.
I looked into having the floor of my E250 conversion van lowered because I couldn't stand up close to straight under its 16" TV top. Long story short, coming from someone who has fabricated rollbars and replaced entire floor pans in race cars, after seeing the process at a local mobility company years ago I can say it's not a DIY job unless you have some serious fabrication skills AND expensive specialty metal working equipment. The floors in an Econoline are generally lowered 4 or 6 inches for wheelchair conversions. Both require the fuel tank to be relocated, either by lowering the stock tank and adding an extended filler or completely removing it and putting a smaller aftermarket tank under the rear where the factory spare tire carrier is located. If going with a rear mounted tank, the(structural) spare tie carrier need to be cut out and additional bracing put in its place. Once the floor is cut out, the arched frame crossmember above the transmission tail shaft housing needs to be removed for clearance and replaced with an almost flat custom crossmember formed out of something like 3/8 steel. Finally, once all that other stuff is done, you can start fabricating a new floor and filler panels. Those filler panels also need to be cut and bent to match the corrugations of the factory floor or it will be near impossible to seal. For drops over 4 inches, a body lift is also needed on an Econoline. I never looked into what is required for a GM Express or Savana, but I can't imagine it would be any less involved. You'd be time, money and headaches ahead going with a used tall fiberglass roof or selling the van you have now and finding one that already has a dropped floor on a site like Blvd(dot)com.
You'll get it all in place, don't fret. Its a gradule thing. Bears really don't want to hurt you. I live in Alaska and we have Coastal Browns and Kodiak and even black Bears and polar Bears up north. Be loud and even just talking.
Beautiful symphony. I miss the crickets, we don't have them here, no frogs either. We have no snakes, lizards etc. Just huge Moose, elk, lynx, bears, wolverines and wolves. I live in south central Kenai Peninsula Alaska
Sweetie stay away from anything that your feeling isn't safe. God gave us instincts to use, all other mammals use them all the time. You're a cute little lady and there are weirdos. I hope you carry a gun. I live in Alaska and I open carry. Cracker Barrel are free safe parking lots. I'm proud of you, you're doing a great job!
Be careful Montana has Grizzly Bears which are way bigger than brown bears. You need bear maze. And when you're out in the woods and hear a whooping yell, don't worry that's just Bigfoot
