Van conversions

[SVT666]

I'll take the offroad conversion please.

[Pancor]

http://www.quigley4x4.com/pages/index.cfm?fuseAction=page&upID=151






Why not a 4X4 with all the luxury featues of the on-road version?

[Tave]

That thing is SINISTER! Off-road FT game, set, and match.




I'd just get an RV if I wanted the on-road conversion.

[Tave]

Why not a 4X4 with all the luxury featues of the on-road version?

So you can dirty the interior without ruining it?

[SVT666]

So you can dirty the interior without ruining it?

Exactly.  I love that roof top tent too.  We had a Westfalia when I was a kid and that was it's only redeeming quality.

[Tave]

Exactly.? I love that roof top tent too.? We had a Westfalia when I was a kid and that was it's only redeeming quality.

Hell yeah, it makes it look like a frikken fort.

[the Teuton]

The interiors in some conversion vans could shame Maybachs.  I fell asleep in one at an auto show a few years back.  I'll take the luxury conversion before the off-roader.

[sportyaccordy]

[Raghavan]

Luxury conversion for me please. Those things are so comfortable. Offroad vans are too big anyways and probably have horrible breakover angles.

[CJ]

Luxury conversion...

[Tave]

Offroad vans are too big anyways

No bigger than an F350 or its ilk. It's no Wrangler, but that's not its function. It's meant to haul a group and their gear camping. Does that job better than anything.

and probably have horrible breakover angles.

Not bloody likely. Look how short the overhangs are on it.

[93JC]

Breakover angle is the angle in the middle. It will be shite because of the sheer length of the van. Overhangs have nothing to do with it.

[Raghavan]

No bigger than an F350 or its ilk. It's no Wrangler, but that's not its function. It's meant to haul a group and their gear camping. Does that job better than anything.

True, but I just wouldn't want to go off-roading in it, that's all.

Not bloody likely. Look how short the overhangs are on it.

Short overhangs only determine approach and departure angles. Breakover is dependent on wheelbase.

[Raghavan]

JC beat me.

[Tave]

True, but I just wouldn't want to go off-roading in it, that's all.Short overhangs only determine approach and departure angles. Breakover is dependent on wheelbase.

And height. Obviously a lift is in order. Regardless, it won't be any worse 1 ton it's based on. Not to mention that it'd be rare for a vehicle like this to encounter an extreme ridge. The thing wouldn't be rock-hoppin.

[TheIntrepid]

On-road. If I wanted an off-roader I'd buy a capable SUV.

[giant_mtb]

On-roader for me.  I think it would be SO cool to have a big conversion van and just make it a complete luxury vehicle. 

[nickdrinkwater]

Escape F1 

[TheIntrepid]

Escape F1 

ESPACE.

[nickdrinkwater]

ESPACE.

Whoops    I knew that!

[TheIntrepid]

Whoops    I knew that!

I thought you might.

[goldenlover1101]

Luxury for me! They are so nice inside and that is what vans were made for. I will buy an old cherokee for off roading!!

[Onslaught]

I couldn't drive anything that big. My moms Expedition is painful enough.  But if I had to then the "luxury" one.

[SVT666]

Hey Tave, I think these people are seriously f***ed in the head.   

[Soup DeVille]

I think people are missing the true point of the "offroad" van here.

Its not really supposed to be a hardcore offroad rig. What it is supposed to do is allow you to have a campsite that's more remote than the teeming masses of Winnebagoers down at the KOA. These things serve as base camps for all sorts of things, from hunting and fishing expeditions to support vehicles for rock crawling clubs. They're pretty damned cool if you ask me.

Normal conversions on the other hand? Well, you can add all the leather and mood lighting to a van you wish, but it still drives like a van. I don't see the point f them.

[ChrisV]

Normal conversions on the other hand? Well, you can add all the leather and mood lighting to a van you wish, but it still drives like a van. I don't see the point f them.

Limos with headroom. Business class aircraft that never leave the ground. Really comfy family haulers.. (which I've seen so many used for). I owned an ambulance conversion and liked it. These are vastly better.

[Tave]

Hey Tave, I think these people are seriously f***ed in the head.? ?

I'm guessing some of them don't have much wilderness experience.

[SVT666]

I'm guessing some of them don't have much wilderness experience.

That Ford is a beast and I would love to take that thing up to my favourite lake.  I'm drooling just thinking about it.

[Secret Chimp]

Alright, is it just me, or are normal (on-road) conversion vans driven by and large by fat people?

[TBR]

On-road luxury please, the most comfortable form of wheeled transportation imho.