Seeking a penthouse van - Page 2

Grampswrx · 11-25-2019, 11:31 PM

https://denver.craigslist.org/for/d/...000918675.html

lmpetersen · 11-26-2019, 08:58 AM

Those two in Colorado are great....

The GTRV has been for sale for a while too. Of course it’s winter! I just drove cross country through the Rockies in October and it had just started to snow. I dig the Chevy though, EB with LSD.

bigriver · 11-26-2019, 11:25 AM

Man if I were looking right now I'd be seriously considering that Chevy 2500 in Estes Park on the Bolder Craig's list. I think it looks, and might actually be, good.There's more front seat room in those than the Ford vans.

lmpetersen · 11-26-2019, 12:02 PM

Yeah I agree....I wrote to the owner to see if they are headed west anytime soon. I don't want to settle for the slim pickings currently available in my area. It seems that #vanlife prices have come back down to earth though...especially with Sprinters. I am not really interested in a Sprinter but the CL prices are very very low for some pretty nice conversions.

Grampswrx · 11-26-2019, 12:19 PM

I picked up my vans in CA, FL, TX, and CO. I live in SoCal. If you are serious, I would say you have a 50% chance of having to fly somewhere to look at or buy one. Ask around on here to see if a van you like is local to anyone. People are more than willing to check them out for you if it's not a huge hassle. The good deals don't last.

bigriver · 11-26-2019, 01:12 PM

Man if I were looking right now I'd be seriously considering that Chevy 2500 in Estes Park on the Bolder Craig's list. There's more front seat room in those than the Ford vans. I think it looks, and might actually be, good.

bigriver · 11-26-2019, 01:13 PM

Right... already said that didn't I.

lmpetersen · 11-26-2019, 03:09 PM

Haha, you did....but it is not any less true than before!

mikracer · 11-26-2019, 04:38 PM

One thing to note about the one in Estes Park is it looks like it has pretty low oil pressure at idle and a cold engine. Just an observation from the pic posted, but I would dig a little deeper if you were interested in it.

**Assuming the motor was running since I can't see any of the dash lights lit up when the key is in the "on" position and not running.

mikracer · 11-26-2019, 04:45 PM

This one is a little more than what you wanted to spend, but it has a power top and 4 captains chairs and its in the PNW.

https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/...022169331.html

This is my personal favorite layout with the 4 captains and rear dinette bed. I feel you get the biggest bed option and still maintain a walkthrough design. I've never had a power top but I did have a manual top on an EB and it took a decent push to get it up.