Big Red

TyRipley · 09-13-2017, 08:11 AM

Hello all,

I'm new to this forum and wanted to share my van that is up for sale. It's not a sportsmobile so I'm not sure if this is the correct venue. Feel free to email me feedback or offers. Thank you!

Look at this on eBay

2006 Ford E-Series Van

https://www.ebay.com/itm/322735841432

MSD · 09-13-2017, 09:25 AM

This is a crows 4x4 correct? Aka Javier van…

TyRipley · 09-13-2017, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MSD

This is a crows 4x4 correct? Aka Javier van…

Yes! Good eyes. Anything I need to know?

bemerritt · 09-13-2017, 09:59 AM

Google "Javier Van Sportsmobile Forum"

bemerritt · 09-13-2017, 10:05 AM

Side note, everytime i see an aluminess bumper/ladder/rack custom powdercoated to match the van I cringe. This is ofcourse just my opinion, probably because I like the contrast of the black so much.

MSD · 09-13-2017, 10:17 AM

Yes, unfortunately Javier aka crows 4x4 vans have a bad rep. Lots of folks including myself have seen all kinds of failures with them, as well as top Converters like Chris a Ujoint have documented the shabby work (he has a FB page dedicated to the bad work). They look amazing but the 4x4 conversion doesn't have the safety or reliability of other 4x4 converters. To be honest it will be a hard sale with this group any other converter and it wouldn't. It's a beautiful van but the down side is the 4x4 swappers rep. GLWS, like I said it's a amazing van. Lots on nice aftermarket products.

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Originally Posted by TyRipley

Yes! Good eyes. Anything I need to know?

TyRipley · 09-13-2017, 10:21 AM

I appreciate the heads up. Wish I'd seen this forum before. My van was checked out and the work looked solid.

freeagent · 09-13-2017, 10:49 AM

Nice looking van. Why are you selling it? Was the engine bulletproofing done before you bought it or did you do it after?

TyRipley · 09-13-2017, 11:13 AM

Thank you! I had it done as soon as I bought it. It wasn't showing any symptoms but for piece of mind I invested about 11k into having it completely bulletproofed. Selling it because my son will be driving soon and I need to swap the vacation van for a commuter car.

bet on black · 09-18-2017, 08:41 AM

i previously owned a javier van. i know they get a bad rap, but mine was great, except the slight bump steer, which needed addressing. his shop had the panhard (track) bar angle just a bit off. needed to be about 1/2" lower on the frame side to fix the issue. it looked like there was room on his bracket to just drill a new hole to fix that.

the welds and brackets were strong. the frame buckled (bad) behind the radius arm mount when i crashed, and the front tire hit a boulder, but none of the welds on his bracketry was broken or even appeared cracked. must have made some changes to his process...but it may be a crap shoot on whether you get a good one or not.

nice looking van. GLWS!