Here to share my creative experience building things, while learning from you at the same time! Mostly van related stuff, tips and experience in the pursuit of the ultimate off road, livable machines! Thanks for stopping by!
Such an amzing build and hope to accomplish a fraction of what you have done in my lifetime with my build. May i ask what wheel set did you use and can you share a link? OPPS nevermind i just saw it in your info.
Where did you get the under-body boxes you have mounted on the driver side? I've been looking everywhere for something just like that for my bus build.
Nice build, awesome craftsmanship. I have a 2003 7.3 E350 sports mobile no penthouse full rollcage front to back through the dash to the frame. 4x4 on 35's it's more like a prerunner chasing side by sides across the desert. Custom interior for the 3rd time now, seems I keep changing it as the kids got older and bigger. So I bought a 20 passenger StarCraft micro bus gonna do the same it's in progress right now. I'ma keep it real though, not going to be as pretty as yours but going to get the job done more importantly create long lasting memories for me and my kids. Can't wait.
only issue i would have is the vanity area, its a Van there are things that are unnecessary . i would extend the bathroom and make it bigger/more comfortable, or stack a washer dryer
Excellent build. The Coachmen Starflyte was an important part of my initial foray into the RV industry, and I was the lead engineer at that time. This was the 2nd of the 3 floorplans that we developed. A piece of info you might find interesting is that while Coachmen Vans produced the Starflyte, another local company named Supreme built the steel-framed fiberglass body. It is based on the StarTrans bus by Supreme Corporation (Goshen, IN), which is what makes this body so much stronger than the typical RV construction. If you ever venture near Elkhart Indiana, I'd love to see YOUR Starflyte in person. Safe travels!
Questions: Was the Starflyte too small? Are you not concerned about these shuttle buses not being 😢built very well? And why didn't you have u-joint do the four wheel drive again?
If I want buy your solution for my e-450 cube. And if I travel the world in south american or europe or africa. then how to repair if I need to replace your custom made shock and suspension ?
Thank you very much for your Van tour. That´s on e of the best build-up´s I ever have seen in internet. Have always a good trip and stay healthy. With friendly reagards from Warsaw/Poland
Yes it is a single rear wheel. Bora/Motorsport Tech wheel adapters will get you to the correct lug pattern and you can pick the thickness to get to the correct total width in the rear, to match the front.
Sweet will have to check that out! Can’t wait to see the road and off road test! We are still in the mechanical part of the build. The. We are moving torpedoing walls and interior. Axle swap will be the last of the project for us.
Does Plan B for the rear include a F450 rear axle with the longer rear springs? When I swapped my 1990 E350 I used all the suspension from the 2013 F250. All I had to do was modify and relocate the front leaf spring hanger for the longer leaf springs.
Nice man, that sounds like a good route. But my rear end is all good for this project, I just needed the rear leafs to hold the weight of the van better. I spec'd ATLAS Spring to build them at 8" lift for an 8k lb rear end spring weight, which is more than it is by 1000 lbs. After driving on these springs they ended up being a 4" lift. I had DEAVER Spring make new springs and they kick ass.
You’re not shitting when you say the details take as long or longer than the majority of the build to this point does . “ The Devil is in the details “ phrase didn’t just come from nowhere…. 😐
100% however I need to do it right and there are some final tweaks that I need to finish before that happens. I will shoot a van tour video on this van for sure.
