2006, SMB West, RB50, 6.0
With a heavy heart we've decided to sell the SMB, as we just need something a bit bigger and recently bought a B+ coach that's headed to U-Joint.
It's an 06 SMB West built RB50 with just a hair over 100k on the clock.
I'm the third owner and we've had her for a little over a year now, a year in which we've replaced, repaired or upgraded so many aspects of this van.
First, the elephant in the room....
Yes, it's the unloved and misunderstood 6.0, and yes, we've done everything possible in the way of preventive maintenance short of tearing it apart and doing studs and gaskets.
My diesel guy is a 6.0 specialist and talked me out of that work since it's not running a tune, is EGR deleted and has a fresh factory Ford FICM.
Now all the good stuff...
Starting out with all of the Sportsmobile goodies, it has a Dynatrac Pro Rock 60 front axle with an ARB air locker.
This was serviced and has all new wheel bearings and brakes done within a week of us purchasing the van.
It has the OEM Dana 60 in the rear with a factory LSD.
It has the Atlas two transfer case which has been completely serviced.
At the same time every fluid in the van was replaced as well as every belt and every hose.
The water pump has been replaced and the fan clutch has been replaced with a factory ford severe duty unit.
It's has a brand new, 215 amp alternator and two new top of the line chassis battery's from Les Schwab.
The trans got a complete, pan off service and we added an Derale Hypercool trans cooler.
The van sits on five new 315/70 17, ten ply Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T's mounted to new Method 305's.
We replaced the worn out and under rated factory leaf springs with a complete set of custom built (for the weight of this truck) leaf springs from Deaver and combined that with custom valved Fox 2.0 shocks with a matching steering damper.
All tie rod ends and links were replaced at this time.
On the inside the galley area got a complete make over by Overland Van Project with a large Isotherm refrigerator, a larger sink and redesigned cabinets.
We doubled the fresh water capacity at the same time.
The SMB "pantry cabinet" was removed from the door and replaced by a much smarter design cabinet mounted to the floor exactly where the original would be if the door was closed.
It also contains a propane hose with a QD for your camp stove.
There's also an additional propane QD under the van in front of the passenger rear wheel, for a fire pit or stove in a different location.
Th driver and passenger sit in heated Scheel Mann orthopedic seats on custom mounts with arm rests on the inside.
The stereo is a double din Kenwood with a rear facing camera and vintage MB Quart separates in the doors.
The two house battery's are brand new 210ah AGM's that are charged by the vans alternator, shore power or the 200 watts of Zamp solar panels on the roof and feeding through a Zamp controller.
The inverter is a Victron with phone app voltage monitoring.
All exterior lighting is now LED with the latest Vantage Optics LED projector headlights, Baja Design SAE fogs and Ironman 4x4 Scope 9 off road lights.
The truck horn is a very loud, electric air horn.
The winch is a pre-sellout Warn M12000 with new a cable and hook.
It has 7" led floods in the rear Aluminess bumper locations for reverse lamps and a yellow Ironman chase light and antenna mount attached to the rear tire carrier.
On the inside of the tire carrier there's a tire table mounted to the back side and the tire carries a Trasharoo for trash or firewood.
Attached to a custom built ladder mount is a fold out Ironman Off-road shower stall-tent unit or use with the rear shower sprayer.
In the rear under floor storage is one of the house battery's and an ARB dual air compressor, hard wired in for filling tires.
The van is wired with a seven pin trailer plug and has a trailer brake controller.
I'm sure I'm missing stuff, but this gives an idea of the care and attention this rig has received.
We're asking 95k but are open to respectful offers upon inspection.
I have a bazzilion pics available as well.
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I'm open to a few possible PARTIAL trades if it would help someone get the van of their dreams.
I'm pretty particular in what I like and what I would be willing to offer trade value for, but I'm going to throw a few things out there, as you never know.
First, a few basics...
No junk, projects or non runners.
If you have a nice car, you know you have a nice car. If you don't, don't waste my time or yours.
I need a minimum of 70k actual dollars for the van.
I'm open to partial trades above and beyond that for the remaining, agreed upon value.
Here's a few things I would be interested in:
4x4:
Clean Jeep JK Rubicon.
(No JL or JT)
Nothing over 35's on stock axles.
No beat to crap trail rats.
Automatic only and the lower miles the better.
2022 or later Honda Talon X, Ride Wire.
Low hour, clean, minimal mods.
Modern:
Honda Element SC
Low mile, clean,
Honda Crosstour
Low mile, V6, AWD, loaded
R53 Mini Cooper JCW
R55 Mini Clubman JCW
No automatics!
Classics:
Non numbers matching, non original, non show car driver quality cars only.
NO vinyl roofs
67 Riviera
63, 65, 67 Cadillac Coupes
67 Chevelle
Early Rotary cars:
R100, RX2, RX3 coupe or wagon, Rotary Pick Up only.
(NO RX4's, Cosmos or RX7's)
FD RX7 (92-95)
Clean, manual transmission cars with a solid mechanical history only.
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