Recent content by CamaroMike

It was a PITA, never going back in this garage! I have a pad ready for a small steel building for the van. Until then at least I have a flat surface to work on instead of my inclined gravel driveway. Getting there, gets expensive now.....bumpers, racks, paint, etc....Fun!

And finally made it out of the garage! Time to test drive, paint, and add all the trimmings.

Maybe this??

....and neither is this...

Finally ready to test drive and.....Oops, well this isn’t going to work!

Making some progress... Front end installed for the most part. Everything went together very nicely. Stage 6 axle with my PPW upgrade , Ujoint hangers, steering, etc. all went in without issue and seem to be ready to go. NV271 bolted in with the Ujoint cross member. Next up. Cut the floor...

I spend way too much time reading all the threads on this site and not working on the van! Time to get crackin... next up, install front springs and complete/ install the axle. But first have to take off the D@m# pitman arm, wont come off.

Yeah, that was no joke....just wanted to clean the frame a bit and turned into a huge deal. Pretty sure that is going to be the most time consuming part of the conversion. Now i'm going to have to paint the van to make it look as good as the frame, never ends :)

Nothing done the last two days, hate when life gets in the way of Van work! Looking forward I am planning on a front clip swap for the '08 and up front end. Any tips would be appreciated and if anyone can help with parts that would be fantastic. I have been looking at all the local...

Finally got the frame paint completed today. I used SPI epoxy primer, came out a nice smooth low to medium sheen finish. Big difference! Next.. Time to put it back together, hope I can remember where everything goes. I need to put the front axle back together and install. Plan to keep the stock...

Attempting to paint for my first time and it's a bit of a challenge... as in it blows so far. too hot, too cold, water/oil in air lines, etc. Looked great to start then got too hot and paint dried before it hit the metal, then of course, I painter over that. Sanded, cleaned again, then the...

Started tearing things apart a couple of weeks ago. Decided to go with the Ujoint 6" leaf kit. Rounded up a couple axles and Trans/xcase, time to get it done. Frame was pretty dirty so ended up wire wheeling to bare metal, that was fun!

I think I may have to drive it off a cliff if they want eyelashes :) Yes two girls, the rest are cousins. Not all mine thank goodness.

So we took the family, about 7 kids...i loose track, to Monster Jam and it was decided that we needed a Monster Van that we could all ride in for the next years Monster Jam. Couldn't stop thinking about it and also wanted a camper so the search for a van began. I came up with a 2002 E350 15...