FurthurOnTheFly
Glamping Society
Hi friends, my search for a van to live in and travel with continues... While conducting my weekly Craigslist search I came upon this:
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/mesa-1992-toyota-town-ace-pop-top/6958761458.html
I was intrigued enough to go take a look tonight. Aside from the cool factor, this one checks off a lot of boxes for me like 4wd, diesel, kitchen, decent mileage in a good price point for us.
The most concerning thing for me is lack of storage. I'm on about a 20 month plan to sell everything and hit the road full time, so obviously we need to pack 2 peoples lives plus dog stuff. With that said I've lived/traveled in everything from an FJ with RTT, to a Astro Tiger, to sleeping in the back of a 4runner,to a Vanagon... So I know I can be comfortable in small spaces with little stuff... My significant other though has never done anything beyond backpacking and tent camping. I do have some ideas for adding storage on this thing, but I also don't want to cramp the space inside to the point that we want to kill each other.
My second concern is that there is some surface rust around the windshield. Nothing super bad but an added expense to fix correctly.
All the parts are there and everything seems to be in working order. This is the non-turbo diesel, which I understand can be quite the dog, but I'm willing to deal with that if it's a reliable engine with available parts... Which brings me to my third concern... Available parts? A quick Google search didn't produce much.
So I'm looking for thoughts, info and advice. Lately we'd really given up on finding a 4x4 or even AWD van and have been looking at building out a used 2wd Ford transit. More space and custom storage yes, but at a much higher price point... We are estimating around $40k for the purchase and build out. So, as you can see, it's hard to ignore something like this which we would have to do minimal work to before hitting the road. An extra $15000 buys a lot of diesel! ?
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/mesa-1992-toyota-town-ace-pop-top/6958761458.html
I was intrigued enough to go take a look tonight. Aside from the cool factor, this one checks off a lot of boxes for me like 4wd, diesel, kitchen, decent mileage in a good price point for us.
The most concerning thing for me is lack of storage. I'm on about a 20 month plan to sell everything and hit the road full time, so obviously we need to pack 2 peoples lives plus dog stuff. With that said I've lived/traveled in everything from an FJ with RTT, to a Astro Tiger, to sleeping in the back of a 4runner,to a Vanagon... So I know I can be comfortable in small spaces with little stuff... My significant other though has never done anything beyond backpacking and tent camping. I do have some ideas for adding storage on this thing, but I also don't want to cramp the space inside to the point that we want to kill each other.
My second concern is that there is some surface rust around the windshield. Nothing super bad but an added expense to fix correctly.
All the parts are there and everything seems to be in working order. This is the non-turbo diesel, which I understand can be quite the dog, but I'm willing to deal with that if it's a reliable engine with available parts... Which brings me to my third concern... Available parts? A quick Google search didn't produce much.
So I'm looking for thoughts, info and advice. Lately we'd really given up on finding a 4x4 or even AWD van and have been looking at building out a used 2wd Ford transit. More space and custom storage yes, but at a much higher price point... We are estimating around $40k for the purchase and build out. So, as you can see, it's hard to ignore something like this which we would have to do minimal work to before hitting the road. An extra $15000 buys a lot of diesel! ?