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Greg in Austin
2008 Ford 6.0PSD EB/E-PH SMB 4X4 Aluminess f/r bumpers (13.5mpg avg, 15mpg hwy) 52k miles [Texas McBeast]
2006 Toyota Prius (48 to 68 mpg) 120k miles [Penelope]
2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon (15 to 18 mpg) [Johnnie]
2012 Mitsubishi MiEV (no gas required) ($.50/day in electricity) [Evie] https://badge.facebook.com/badge/1232...3.32047100.png
I stopped by SMB TX today only to find out that they have the Nissan Van body on site.
It sounds like Nissan already knew about SMB and is pretty excited about a Nissan SMB.
The current body will be outfitted with some interior seats and a PHT for the standard testing.. crash testing and such.
There is a complete van with SMB's name on it that will be outfitted and used as a demo vehicle.
(As soon as I remember how to prep and upload photos I will post three photos I snapped.)
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Greg in Austin
2008 Ford 6.0PSD EB/E-PH SMB 4X4 Aluminess f/r bumpers (13.5mpg avg, 15mpg hwy) 52k miles [Texas McBeast]
2006 Toyota Prius (48 to 68 mpg) 120k miles [Penelope]
2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon (15 to 18 mpg) [Johnnie]
2012 Mitsubishi MiEV (no gas required) ($.50/day in electricity) [Evie] https://badge.facebook.com/badge/1232...3.32047100.png
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Greg in Austin
2008 Ford 6.0PSD EB/E-PH SMB 4X4 Aluminess f/r bumpers (13.5mpg avg, 15mpg hwy) 52k miles [Texas McBeast]
2006 Toyota Prius (48 to 68 mpg) 120k miles [Penelope]
2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon (15 to 18 mpg) [Johnnie]
2012 Mitsubishi MiEV (no gas required) ($.50/day in electricity) [Evie] https://badge.facebook.com/badge/1232...3.32047100.png
I understand the arguments against the style/functionality of this rig, but I have been the owner of a nissan since 2003 and I have to say that I am looking forward to see what becomes of a SMB conversion.
I guess its too much to build a custom RV outta something like this:
I've seriously been considering a utility body for my next one.
All the off-road gear, batteries, and kitchen could go in the compartments, and the inside is wide enough for side-by-side captains chairs, and beds could go on the ledges inside.
just some info. as far as i can tell SMB has wrong exterior length and interior dimensions on its website. they differ sharply on the dimensions stated at nissancommercialvehicles.com