Ford Transit 350 diesel
Anyone know of any manufacturer who is offering a B class van motorhome on the Ford Transit 350 diesel chassis?
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In truck tune, the recent 6.2 V-8 puts out more power than the 6.8 V-10 about 90% of the torque across the whole powerband. I don't know that it fits in the T-series (it doesn't fit in the E-series) but it would certainly fit in F-5x bare chassis family. But that doesn't have much to do with the original question.
Sportsmobile will sell you a conversion on a Transit diesel. Bring your own or buy it from them at their dealer cost. Unlike most others with only standard models, you get to design your own van.
I know that since other companies have come to dominate B sales, people don't think of Sportsmobile as a camping van converter, but they've been doing it continuously since 1961, starting with the first-generation VW transporter and the first-generation Econoline (doing that one in-house at the Ford assembly plant). Starcraft, Coachmen, Frank Industries, CoachHouse Winnebago, have been in and out of the B business (Winnebago several times, now back in) but Sportmobile keeps plugging away in the custom conversion niche.
Diesel is an extra $5111 over the standard V6 (Ecoboost is $1590). About $30,000 for the van, another 40,000 for the conversion, you would not be far away from the out-the-door price for something like a Travato, maybe $40,000 under the price of a Roadtrek 210 Popular, $50-60,000 under many Sprinter-based B's.
Sportsmobile will sell you a conversion on a Transit diesel. Bring your own or buy it from them at their dealer cost. Unlike most others with only standard models, you get to design your own van.
I know that since other companies have come to dominate B sales, people don't think of Sportsmobile as a camping van converter, but they've been doing it continuously since 1961, starting with the first-generation VW transporter and the first-generation Econoline (doing that one in-house at the Ford assembly plant). Starcraft, Coachmen, Frank Industries, CoachHouse Winnebago, have been in and out of the B business (Winnebago several times, now back in) but Sportmobile keeps plugging away in the custom conversion niche.
Diesel is an extra $5111 over the standard V6 (Ecoboost is $1590). About $30,000 for the van, another 40,000 for the conversion, you would not be far away from the out-the-door price for something like a Travato, maybe $40,000 under the price of a Roadtrek 210 Popular, $50-60,000 under many Sprinter-based B's.
