I know this wont be all that impressive amongst the soot blowing high torque Cummins crowd. But I had enough of shifting Big Blue and climbing into a high truck (getting near 50), the DOT stops, and the fact that it was more work to drive Big Blue. So I bought an unimpressive V-6 Diesel. I wish an American company would make something like this, and I thought Ford or Chevy would have copied it, but no such luck, so here it is. And Dodge dropped out of the Van business for now, maybe they will be the ones to make a high van, if they drop back in?

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Comparing this to...

This...

Holy cow dude! You managed to fit a hell of a lot of stuff in that van not to meantion the fact you got it all arranged neatly and organized...

Holy cow dude! You managed to fit a hell of a lot of stuff in that van not to meantion the fact you got it all arranged neatly and organized...

I am going to take some more inside pics once I can get some more light in there, the guys at the HVAC forum want to see more too. I am loving the layout of the van so far, with a little tweak here and there for the cargo and function.

That looks amazing!I would say that a 1/4" is nothing to worry about on loading.

Nice work

Hey Flman! Where in the hell have you been? Haven't seen hide or hair of you in ages?

That is a really slick set up. You're gonna like working out of it.I did the walk in box on a company truck some years ago... I lined the body with 1/4" on the walls. I built a bench down one side. All my drill press, vise & such were C clamped so I could move them as needed (and they belonged to me). I wired outlets under the bench so tools on the lower shelf could be out of the way & stay plugged in during work sessions. The other side was a bin system I salvaged out of another company van. I was doing installs of Marine Electronics out of it. I didn't have my own AC power... But I could run a cord to a power pole on most sites easily.

those things are awesome.. however, a 5 lug 3/4ton..