Astro Camper Van Tour

[@Down2Clown636]

I love how much counter space you have it’s awesome

[@jenlinds1]

Love the blinds! Some good creative things done I’ve not seen in Astro builds yet

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Thanks! We did the same blinds in our Sprinter.

[@christianrodriguez7478]

Nice simple setup, like it

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Thanks!

[@paulmarcoux207]

Will you be selling your old Astro van, now that you have a new van? I am very interested in buying your van!☺️

[@OrdinaryTwo]

At the moment our son is using it. We'll let you know if we put it up for sale.

[@alvaradacosta293]

Did you remove the internal wall before building the counter?

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Yes, we did remove the lower part of the interior wall. There is a lot of space behind there!

[@josephcompnotta188]

Great vid. , I have a 03 identical to yours. 1 ? do you know the length from the barn doors to the back of drivers seat? thanks

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Thanks! I think the length is about 86" because we had our couch which is 67" long, and our fridge which is 19" wide taking up that space.

[@josephcompnotta188]

Great! thanks

[@uncontrollablemartialartsa1804]

I have that exact van

[@StarrKeys]

We also have a 2003 Astro and would like to use magnets to attach our flexible solar panels in combination with Industrial Strength Waterproof Velcro. Could you please tell us which magnets you used and where to get them. We've looked in all the stores around our area and their magnets are either too weak or too small. Great job btw! You're wise not to sell it.

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Here is a link to the magnets we used from Amazon: amzn.to/2sEza4Q (ours didn't come with the foam adhesive, though). These are rated N52, neodymium magnets. Glad to hear you are using a secondary attachment too - like I said, we had one panel blow off the van while driving through a heavy crosswind when it was attached with only a single layer of magnets. We had good luck with doubling the magnets (sandwich style like in the video), but we ended up using 24 magnets for one panel, so it got a little expensive and I was always worried they would still fly off, so we now have them bolted/bracketed to the luggage rack with magnets only to keep them from flapping around. Thanks!

[@michaeltoma613]

Where did you guys get the bed! I'm buying an Astro and would love to do a similar set up

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Michael Toma the sofa bed that fit really nicely is the balkarp from Ikea. Inexpensive too.

[@michaeltoma613]

www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00376932/ - this one?

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Michael Toma that's it! It is different from the grey one in pasts of the video, but better - lower so you can sit on it if not really tall, you can fit bins under it etc. When in bed mode it is a little cramped for two, but it works.

[@michaeltoma613]

Thanks so much!

[@glovesoffpodcast3608]

Is it insulated?

[@OrdinaryTwo]

We didn't put in any extra insulation, but being a passenger van, it has some factory insulation that works pretty well. You can really tell a difference where we removed some of it.

[@DollarStrawz]

yeah the curtains look very easy to operate as well to make...is just like heavy duty paper? good idea with the lines holding em up in there

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Thanks! We are working on a video about how we made the curtains this week.

[@krisballard541]

I have a 1998 Chevy Astro Van with AWD.

[@dragom5342]

You could of extended the top roof with fiberglass so you could walk I side

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Yeah that would be cool. We dreamed about doing something like that and extending the back too...maybe to add a tiny bathroom.

[@sydmurray]

Are you selling the van?

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Not right now, but if we do we will let you know.

[@mabelle9840]

Love your curtains; could you go more into detail about them? What material did you use for them?

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Thanks! We just bought paper temporary blinds from home depot or lowes. We will be posting a tutorial video for just the curtains soon. Keep your eye out for it or subscribe to be notified when it goes up.

[@rogeriorodriguez1212]

I live in Southern California will you sell me the bike rack?

[@OrdinaryTwo]

We probably would, but it is in Colorado and we are in Arizona. You might be able to find one locally...we got ours on craigslist.

[@woffordsoverlandjourneys8618]

Our van is identical and we are vanlifers brand-new check us out

[@OrdinaryTwo]

Cool! We'll check you out