Hey hey, This is awesome! Are you okay if we repost this on our accounts? Let us know!
@catherine_baileyАй бұрын
Of course!
@jjdlfn94Ай бұрын
Killer van!
@ScenicCityAdventures2 ай бұрын
Finally found someone with a similar design to what I have in my head for our next project! Absolutely love it! They did a great job on the van and I’ll be contacting them to see about getting that aluminum bed frame for the van I’m flying out to get this week.
@catherine_baileyАй бұрын
Good luck with your van and building it out! We're still thrilled with all the work that Wasatch did.
@johnemcq3 ай бұрын
How much of a lift does your van have and also what size tires…32, 35?
@catherine_bailey3 ай бұрын
I believe it's a 5" lift (conversion and lift were done by Sportsmobile before we purchased it), and I believe the tires are 35's. They rub a bit on the front. I've got a little more info on the set up in the earlier walk through of the van.
@sohmnm5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video! I'm thinking of going to the workshops this year and this helps me a lot :)
@catherine_bailey5 ай бұрын
It's an amazing experience, hope you enjoy it!
@user-fx8fp8lr1g6 ай бұрын
Wish it was mine❤
@user-fz2ul7wl2d6 ай бұрын
This is exactly what i would like to have. A 4X4 Ford Econoline F250. Hard to come by.
@trackman5156 ай бұрын
Older campers are better than the new ones! Better made:
@frankrayborn74176 ай бұрын
This is really nice ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@annm48337 ай бұрын
This is beautiful! ❤
@nrolfsen7 ай бұрын
Love the Sportsmobile aka Field Vans so much! Awesome tour, thanks for showing us around. Hope to follow your footsteps before too long 😃
@derrickclemons28629 ай бұрын
Sweet
@michaelmacdonald73429 ай бұрын
Looks Awesome- love the E350, they look great and are the perfect size, not too big, you are going to have an awesome rig
@ELMENDORFX10 ай бұрын
The font you draw you must be a Talking Heads fan, Stop Making Sense movie fan?
@sandravanderschaaf385311 ай бұрын
What a fabulous experience! I'm engaging artfully with the seaweeds that land on the beach near my home and just today thought to go online to see what others may be doing in collaboration with these amazing creatures. Thank you for sharing from your experience!
@clearchoicerealtygroup9729 Жыл бұрын
really enjoyed the video, we are building our e 350 right now, a challenge! Great ideas, thanks.
@jennycraigadventures3314 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your van journey so far!
@prophetseven728 Жыл бұрын
Did you basically live on Amtrax? Im not sure if you are full timers in the Van life. Maybe switch to Amtrax? How tall are your Pop-Ups with them DOWN? is it 82 inchs or less. I have a small garage.
@OVERLAND_ADVENTURE Жыл бұрын
Just subbed awesome rig very well done!
@caroljeanscott5571 Жыл бұрын
The trailer is beautiful but I had to the video on mute because the music was so dreary.
@garthwheeler1338 Жыл бұрын
Great van tour. You made no mention of the driver and passenger seats. Not original Ford are they? Look like Stromberg seats?
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
Ah...the seats! Good catch, this video got too long, so I chopped out a lot. The seats are Scheel-man seats, and they are a game changer, I like them better than the seats in my Volvo which I thought could not be beat. We put them in a few months before we got the interior done, so we've spent some miles in them and while they the price seems insane for seats when we purchased them they make a huge difference. Here's a video with some more info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f52ciayoo7OYoas
@Kristian_Saile Жыл бұрын
Love the upholstery, that turned out amazing. We have a 2001 E350 Sportsmobile with the 7.3 and RB50 layout. We cram two adults and 3 kids in it, for now. 😆 Love it but the interior needs an overhaul soon, thanks for the inspiration. 👍
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
That's impressive to fit 5! The RB 50 layout is the best for sleeping more than 2 I think. We used to have a Eurovan years ago, smaller, but the same concept for the layout, it's a good one . 22 years is good lifespan for a SMB interior. The ones we've had before were well built, but some of the materials just don't age well ; (
@Kristian_Saile Жыл бұрын
@@catherine_bailey thankfully two of them can sleep sideways in the penthouse top so that’s the magic to make it work. We are going to have to get creative soon though. The materials they used were pretty terrible then for cabinets so it’s definitely looking a little rough around the edges.
@KK-py2xw Жыл бұрын
Awesome! ❤
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😄
@stephenrogers9664 Жыл бұрын
Looks beautiful, & the green Westy looks amazing. I am biased as I own a VWT3. It looks inviting 👍
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
Thanks! love those old VW's too...
@idelljohnson5440 Жыл бұрын
That's the year I was born I love it If I had it I live in it
@MauiKeiki22 Жыл бұрын
I live close to Tomales Bay. Roadtrip to find this.😅
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
It's hard to see from the road, but easy to see by boat ; )
@sharonroberts3397 Жыл бұрын
LOVE IT VERY WELL RESTORED 👌
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@nancyhillard6456 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@exc1t3d451 Жыл бұрын
That is one of the best videos I have ever seen on vans. Very well put together and narrated. You had my attention throughout the whole thing! Love your story and your perspective on what you like and don't like. I am in the middle of my own van build and you gave me some good ideas. Thank you
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much and good luck with your build!
@troybenson696 Жыл бұрын
Booorrriinng
@222gladis Жыл бұрын
Me gusta muchísimo 🤩🤩🤩
@1life1chance62 Жыл бұрын
Bed gotta be from side wall to side wall you’ll have much more room for storage
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
The bed is up top in the pop top! makes the space super efficient.
@PandaLife-lp8kn Жыл бұрын
Uhm....VanLife was a "thing" throughout the 60's🙄. See Hippy movement. #VanNeistadt
@alexmcgreen1664 Жыл бұрын
i would say that you are really looking for a rc van and not a overlander van because of your build of the 5 van so just check first some builds and dont ask for a stupid compagny to do the design for you i know you can build it yourself and at the end you know where everything is and goes and the build would be 100% from you and more satisfying as you travel with it. the big problem with those big overlander van compagnies is that they think that you need everything ! and this is wrong, what you need is a van that can go offraod, a place to sleep, a place of storage, and a place to cook and maybe be comfortable inside but your in a van its going to be comfortable, and create something for the outside too, like a 180 degree turp that goes almost all around anyway your know what you want so ust build the stuff that you can build and the most complicated stuff give it to someone that is competent
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
I do agree that it's it's best to keep it simple. Though every has a different idea of what that is. We've got a wonderful small shop with much better skills than I have that worked on the van and they built exactly what I designed. It's satisfying when you can find good people to work with.
@rphawx Жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful video! And great van. Mostly, beautiful family! Lookin forward to the revised #5:).
@edwardwilkinson6923 Жыл бұрын
Great music....oh, and very nice trailer too. Thanks for sharing.
@rodhelms-yt2pk Жыл бұрын
How the transmission last
@Mr_van Жыл бұрын
Wow! What a moving house! I'm planning to build a camping car, too. Your video is helpful.😅
@dcw626364 Жыл бұрын
Well done video. Nice that you were able to enjoy all of those vans! I wish I had a van but I am thankful for what I do have on my SSI budget! It's a 2000 GMC short bed, sport side which I've had for 20 years with 265,000 miles. A couple of years ago I found the 30 year old slide in pop up Scamper for $1,700. Have two small lithium power stations, a solar panel and a chest type fridge. The original fridge is an Ice Box!
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
I love it! Those Scamper pop-ups are cool, while it's fun to obsess and iterate on the "perfect" camping gear and rig getting out there and camping is where it's at, and you'll spend a lot less $$ if you're out camping rather than having your truck in the shop working on the next modification ; )
@damien7730 Жыл бұрын
😀 "Promosm"
@sageadventures9480 Жыл бұрын
Can't believe yall got 37s on there! I was under the impression there was no way to achieve that on a sportsmobile!
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
I believe Sportsmobile put these tires on when they did the 4x4 mod., since we got it after it was auctioned off by the insurance company we are still trying to figure out some details on the build!
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
I wanted to follow up, I just discovered these are not 37's! You are right, at least on this version you could not get 37's to work. These are actually 35's.
@sageadventures9480 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the follow-up. 35s rule 😉
@kahisawheel Жыл бұрын
What a beast! Love those vans.
@Rufus-vo8cp Жыл бұрын
is there abyway to rent??????
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
Yes! but only the whole property you can check out www.marshallfishermanscamp.com/
@KK-py2xw Жыл бұрын
Awesome vehicle 👍👍 May I ask how much you paid for it?
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
We paid 79K, it had 33K miles, and was in great shape (but salvage title). Interesting to note that the total original van+build cost was 107K in 2014.
@KK-py2xw Жыл бұрын
Thank you! ❤
@teshafreeman4019 Жыл бұрын
What# all that cleaning yard work sound in the background for?
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
It's waves, water sounds I added to the video as the trailers are right on the beach and generally you hear the water, but I guess it's not effective it's it sounds like yard work. 🤣
@ericsumner7733 Жыл бұрын
Happy for you guys...I don't see how you can afford all those different types of builds but kudos for you guys that you can afford and have the benefits of the freedom all of us would love to have...Have fun on your next journey...VAN # 5 is the best choice 😊
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
Thanks! and yes, we've been in a fortunate position, but also had good luck/timing and I think made some good decisions. We bought Van#2 new, it was basically an RV and so you can get great financing, we had a good down payment, and at that time there seemed to be an excess of them. We paid a lot of it off and then Van #3 was about 20K less expensive, so we were able to purchase that without financing. Then we made money selling that one! We invested all that into the more expensive Sportsmobile build, yet the overall price of that build was way less than what they cost today. We've also skimped on some parts of the initial build and then kept building it out when we could afford it, and we sold that van while it had an amazing resale value (more than the initial build). None the less it's a lot of $$ and time to do these projects, but I love the the process and the camping....
@IDR1219 Жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see the results! Keep the vids coming!
@stephenrogers9664 Жыл бұрын
Greet video. I’m now following to see how your new van looks 👍
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍 the build officially starts next week. I can't wait to see her transform!
@johnstewie5720 Жыл бұрын
I just got this same camper and excited about restoring it..Hope it turns out as great as yours.
@catherine_bailey Жыл бұрын
Good luck with the restoration!
@the-jp3hd Жыл бұрын
This was tastefully redone and beautiful… the gold standard in restos…. You win!