The nooks are why I am looking to sell my sportsmobile. Likely won't go 4x on it but the amenities and extra space are nice. I have a high top and although the specs are my EB is 19 feet long and the Chinook is 21 when I am parked next to one they look identical in size.
Tom is selling his Chinook. His is only the second 7.3 diesel I have seen in a nook. That motor would push some big 35 inch tires and still get over 10 mpg. Single out the rear and other than the overhang you could still take it many places you would take a 4x4 van. Not all I concede but most.
I have no affiliation (ie, skin in the game) but do continue to bump Tom's sale add as I really think converting his chinook will turn some heads on the van loving crowd. Especially now that Sportsmobile is going to have to create a fiberglass rear for their vans anyway... I know they are not the same but the underlying platform is.
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and don't get me wrong, for many uses and applications nothing can replace the 4x4 vans. But for those of us who live more East than West our vans are not going to Moab on the weekends.