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Black95
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Dec 21, 2014

My Chevrolet Express van Class B- camper

I have been camping in my 1990 Chevrolet Silverado Blazer 2-door for the last 20 years. When I removed the back seat there was just enough room for a 3/4 sized (Hollywood, as some people called them) mattress to fit between the wheel wells and from the back of the console to the tailgate.




After all those years with my wife and I getting older, she decided we needed a little more room so she found me a 2001 Chevrolet Express van with low mileage on the internet. After checking it out and taking it for a test drive we bought it on the spot. It was a nice passenger conversion LT model with all the bells and whistles available in 2001. I will chronicle the changes I made to transform it into my Class B- motorhome in the next few postings. I call it my Class B- (B minus) motorhome because it is just a regular van without the raised roof.


Camping at Custer State Park, SD in February, 2015.


Camping and visiting Scott's Bluff National Monument, NE in October, 2014.

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  • Neverhappy wrote:
    I wonder why you don't buy for the same price a nice old comfortable rv


    I already have a 23 foot rear bath trailer that I use for most of my summer camping. I used the Blazer and now the van for my long distance trips (1500-3000 miles) to the east coast or west coast, etc. I wanted a vehicle to tow the camper to our local in state camping spots as well as go on long distance trips. Much more fun going in the Blazer or van than pulling a trailer 2000 miles.
  • I will be very interested to see how you design your RV. Good luck with the project and please keep us posted.
  • We don't know what the OP paid. A class C or B of the same price probably would be a fair bit older than the van, I'd guess.

    Those full size vans are plenty useful. My dad rigged his Chevy van for sleeping, back in the '80s.
  • I wonder why you don't buy for the same price a nice old comfortable rv
  • Looks great for an 2001 but then, your Blazer looks fantastic too! I guess I lived in a very salty state.