welcome to wacky Wednesday's where everyone has a chance to show off their
car mods and here's this week's winner
hi Scotty I know it's it's a Chevy Express and the engine is nothing
special is just standard Chevy engine and the tires are nothing special either
they're just semi off roaders nothing special about the exhaust either its
smoke comes out of it just a little it's got regular Chevy
lights same thing in the front nothing special about the grill no high
performance wiper blades just standard cargo van mirrors nothing special about
the dash now on top of the roof that's what it begins to get interesting I not
only have a roof vent I also have a solid panel and security cameras all the
way around they were very nice while they worked unfortunately they're
garbage and they don't work anymore this is a 2014 chevy express its a 4.8 v8
engine it's a six-speed automatic transmission
285 horsepower front and rear disc brakes with front disc brake wear sensor
front independent suspension two-stage multi-leaf rear spring front stabilizer
bar stability control traction control system airbags dual front daytime
running lights theft deterrent system tire pressure monitor 16-inch steel
wheels front air conditioner power windows and door locks I also installed
an alarm system and I can go on my phone turn the van on unlock the doors turn
off the alarm see exactly where my van is at all times from the outside the van
looks completely like any other van almost except for the solar panel and
the roof vent and all that but inside this is where the van shines it doesn't
have a fancy engine it doesn't go tremendously fast it just works when I'm
not working I'm traveling across the country in this homemade camper I got
less than 50 square feet of usable space but I got everything I need I have a
nice comfortable bed I got a TV I have two refrigerators one
I can turn into a freezer if I want to I have roof vents I have lights
I have cabinets I have tables I have an inverter plenty of plugs I have
everything I need in here I can even take a shower in here if I want to
seriously look one of the first things I did was installed a rain guard on the
two front windows I connected a device called the Stirling power it brings
power to my house batteries and allows me to charge them while I Drive in 2015
and I installed this device called a WA batsto heater it's very common in other
places like in Europe they use them to keep the trucks heated it's about the
size of a loaf of bread whatever temperature I set the heater at it stays
at that temperature all night long until last year I only had one thirty five
quart refrigerator from Dometic it's either a refrigerator or a freezer I can
set it for either or bus winter when I was in Florida I purchased a twenty five
quart refrigerator the settings allow the refrigerator to go all the way down
to zero Fahrenheit of course I couldn't have the refrigerators if it wasn't for
my solar panel 325 watts I did all the wiring myself installed all these lights
I have four different lights I have three vents to smaller vents that fit
under my solar panel my bigger one is a fantastic vent so far I don't have an
air conditioner but that's about to change because I just ordered a 12-volt
air conditioner it's actually an air condition that works on either 12 volt
or 110 I have a Morningstar MPPT charge controller I have two AGM batteries from
lifeline 255 amps each everything you see in here I've done myself all the
wiring all the fans delights the cabinets everything that's seen here I
did it myself I started building the van in spring and summer of 2014 I continued
through the winter continue the following summer and then off and on
I've done some minor changes here and there or add-ons like this
here used to be a desk and then eventually I never used a desk so I turn
this into into a cabinet for stuff that I need more than a desk and I do all the
oil changes what I have to do I do all the maintenance for the future though I
intend on getting something that I can stand up in because that makes makes a
whole lot of difference you can compare when you can stand up versus sitting
down all the time so yes that's for the future maybe near future
it's not fancy it's just a cargo van but it has taken me all across the country
to the Badlands and Mount Rushmore to Yellowstone and to the high plains of
Montana to Idaho to the Painted Hills of Oregon to the Pacific Ocean and to the
redwoods to the Golden Gate Bridge and to Reno Nevada
Death Valley Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon and to Monument Valley the
mountains of Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois all across the country to the
nice sandy beaches of Florida on the west coast and to the Atlantic coast
this is not just a van this is my home on wheels my van doesn't go very fast
doesn't have fancy stuff but when I come back here no matter where I'm at in this
country whenever I come back here I am home my name is Luis and I Chronicle my
journey across this country and Scotty keep on revving those engines
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