I've been wondering about this for months. Someone in my neighborhood has a big red van, all jacked up with "Adventure 4x4" on the side in small letters. The design lines say Ford, but it really is mean looking. I did a little googleing, and came across this site. This is what this guy has, I even drove next to him for awhile on my way to work. I thought maybe we would have bonded over the mutual appreciation for excessive candlepower in forward illuminationr esulting in a wave of mutual acknolwedgment, but no such event took place.
http://www.sportsmobile.com/ultimate.html
Not really grassroots but its still pretty cool. Anyone seen one of these before?
google "quigley". They make 4x4 vans, and have made some pretty interesting ones.
http://www.quigley4x4.com/
I'll save you the effort.
They even have a "grassroots" event listed in their events section.
We see this quite a bit in ski country....apparently they are the perfect ski bum rig.
I've seen a few (friends of friends of friends have them). Neat concept, seem to be quality, and the company has been around for a while. But, it's a small niche - for similar money, you can get a larger RV with a proper toilet, etc. You really have to need a small (by RV standards) AWD RV for them to make sense.
Ian F
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9/29/08 12:55 p.m.
...or build your own.
http://www.glinx.com/~sbest/4x4van.htm
(I've been dreaming of and gathering info about 4x4 vans for years...)
GRM style:
Always wanted one of these....
