Posts Tagged ‘camper’
14 of the Coolest Mercedes Camper Van Builders: Super Sprinters
The sky’s the limit when it comes to the companies upfitting Mercedes-Benz Sprinter adventure vans. From coast to coast, the camper van has overtaken the adventure scene. Among the vehicles being used as the platform are the Ford Transit, Ram ProMaster, and the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, with the Sprinter being the most popular. From custom upfitters…
Read MoreA 4×4 School Bus With a NP271, HP Dana 60, Locker, and 37s? Yes, Please!
Steven Merrill needed a daily driver 4×4 that could also haul his family of six to the backcountry, so he modded a Ford E-450 school bus. After driving the bus home to North Carolina, Steven wasted no time getting the Thomas Built bus converted to four-wheel drive using a NP271 T-case and a high-pinion Dana…
Read MoreEarthCruiser Enters Camper Van Fray With Adventurous Evado
EarthCruiser, maker of expedition rigs renowned worldwide, has a new model coming called the Evado. EarthCruiser—the Bend, Oregon-based manufacturer of insanely insane expedition vehicles like the Isuzu NPR-based EXP and FX, and the one-ton-pickup-based Terranova camper—has a new model in the works. It’s called the EarthCruiser Evado, and it’s the first van-based EarthCruiser. We don’t…
Read MoreReview: Grech’s Mercedes Sprinter 4×4 Camper Van Silently Spikes Overlanding with Luxury
The Turismo-ion 4×4 lets you enjoy the silence of nature while keeping it at a respectable distance. “To him who in the love of Nature holds communion with her visible forms, she speaks …” So wrote poet William Cullen Bryant, but in his day communing with nature meant schlepping a tent to some god-forsaken nowhere…
Read MoreRIP Jack Rebney, Winnebago Man Who Once Was Really, Really Angry Near Some Camper Vans
Winnebago Man isn’t taking any more BS from anyone, including himself. It was a viral video before the term was invented: A fast-cut compilation of outtakes from a 1988 promotional film for Winnebago campers, starring a thin mustachioed man in a neat shirt and tie with a penchant for flailing his arms and cursing creatively.…
Read MoreLarge Vehicle Encampment Runs Through One of the Wealthiest Zip Codes in the U.S.
A line of trucks, cars and RVs runs for nearly two miles in northern Marin County, California. Affordable housing in the very beautiful and very expensive San Fransisco Bay area is far out of many residents’ grasp, leading to a rise in unhoused people camping in the longest vehicle encampment in the Marin County. Now…
Read MoreThis Rare Classic Car Camper Started Out as a Wrecked Mercury
How the Great Dale House Car company transformed salvaged cars into campers. In our quest to uncover the world’s greatest campers, trailers, and vans, we simply couldn’t resist this vintage Mercury camper for sale on Experiential Vehicles’ website. If you’re stumped by this classic car RV, that’s understandable. It’s not every day that you come…
Read MoreBewitching British Vintage Camper Van Might Cast a Spell on You
It’s a Commer, of course, and it’s probably not coming to a KOA near you. Sugar and spice and everything nice. That’s what little [vintage camper vans] are made of. Okay, so the original 19th century nursery rhyme says little girls, not little vintage camper vans, but the latter do cast a magical spell that’ll…
Read MoreModern Airstream Trailer Concept Ditches Rivets for Air-Ride and a Pop-Up Top
The Airstream Studio F.A. Porsche Concept is a next-gen travel trailer that breaks tradition. Before you get all upset that Airstream has abandoned its iconic riveted aluminum travel trailers, or, conversely, overly excited that Airstream is continuing to expanded beyond its aforementioned traditional riveted aluminum travel trailers, keep in mind the Airstream presented to you…
Read MoreThis Anti-Van Adventure Rig Is Pickup in Front, Toy Hauler in Back
Toro Bravo 4×4 enters overlanding adventure RV market with multi-purpose, mega-rad Silver Spear Class C. Hey, maybe van life’s just not gonna cut it for you, and that’s okay. You maybe need a little bit more than a mere van, and luckily abundant varieties of off-road, off-grid travel trailers, and other burly rigs have bloomed in…
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