D.I.T Vehicle

[Tony Lorentzen]

Oh yes - would love to get one of those trailers myself too, but unfortulately size does matter - and the roads (and sets) aren't as big here as they are in the states

At some point (if I get the right job for it) I might get one of those really small trailers and convert it into a small video-village van with a 50" plasma. But - that's dreaming a little because I don't have anywhere to park it ;-)

 

[David W. Jones]

While mine is not strictly a D.I.T. vehicle, let me say I love my Sprinter van. It has plenty of headroom, is fuel efficient, and can be configured in a number of ways.
I did a build-up post thread some time ago, but I see that it is no longer available.

Good Luck with your project!

Dave

 

[Tony Lorentzen]

Hey David - great to have you join this thread too. Actually - your other thread is still available. I have it in my Favorites and revisit it from time to time. Great resource for all of those building vans: http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?36113-Sprinter-Van&highlight=

There's also a few photos from Jay in there.

 

[Andrew clemson]

I knew I want crazy and there was a thread on DIT Vans before! Thanks Tony

 

[Chad Lancaster]

Is that the short wheel base wrangler or the long?

It starts off as a regular short wheel wrangler and then American Expedition Vehicles converts it into a truck. I think it can be done from a long wheel base but requires a little more work. Its small inside but I can get to any location. The camper was done by Four Wheel Campers. It does have a stove, sink, fridge, heater, water, fan, solar panel, & dual battery supply. With all that I still manage to pack my 4x10 camera and equipment in there. We will have to see how good the batteries & solar panel work once we get an Epic.

 

[Rick Allen]

Just wanted to share this one as it was one of the things that inspired me to build my own van:

Chase Jarvis showing off the Digital Capture Systems van:

http://youtu.be/M-TzMbYSK5M?hd=1

Make him an offer he'll probably offload it to yo for a decent deal. when we were building one if emailed him and he said was looking to get out.

 

[Tony Lorentzen]

Make him an offer he'll probably offload it to yo for a decent deal. when we were building one if emailed him and he said was looking to get out.

I think it would be more cost-effective to build my own - as I'm located in Denmark ;-)

 

[Rick Allen]

Yeah I' m in Australia

 

[Asif Limbada]

Ok, so bare with me here, Ive done a pretty thorough search but couldnt come up with any answers.

I do seem to remember a thread a while back but couldnt find it.

I'm Looking to put together a proper D.I.T Vehicle from scratch to replace what im currently working with which is just a standard 4X4 .

Any tips on how you have gone about it with your own would be much appreciated. Particularly in terms of power supplies.

thanks in advance

I currently making one, it's a Mercedes Sprinter 308 (the ones FEDEX uses).

What do you mean by power supplies. Do you want it from the vehicle when the engines running???