What may be a never ending conversion story…

[shadetreevanman]

Our journey with our 2012 Ford E350 EB began a little over a year and a half ago when I finally purchased a fifteen passenger van with the intention of building something like our pop top VW Vanagon, except that it could pull our Jeep. My first project was to put a 2” suspension lift on it, and then to strip out the seats and reposition two of them.

The repositioned seats allowed me to build a permanent platform in the back for a mattress with storage underneath. 2” of Dense Foam, with 2” of Memory Foam over it made a pretty comfortable bed.

Building a cabinet for the door added some much needed storage.

From the Vanagon era I had a portable camp kitchen and an Engel fridge which both continued to serve their purpose. I mounted a 100W Renogy Solar Panel on the Roof, with 2) 105AH Deep Cycle Batteries on a custom mount under the side doors, and a Renogy Solar Controller. I also wired in a continuous duty, 60A relay between the Van battery and the Aux batteries to help charge the deep cycles while driving. The relay is wired so that it is not energized while in starting mode, only while engine is running.

Under the Engel I built a sizable food storage box.

Also from the Vanagon I pulled the 10' awning with LED lighting.

After purchasing 2 swivel mounts from 1der here on the Sportsmobile Forum, we were ready to camp.