00:00We've taken this from California to New York, back to Colorado, up and down the coast. We go
00:07everywhere in this. This is Patrick with the Jersey's Outdoor Adventures YouTube channel
00:11up here in Brooklyn, New York at Brooklyn Camper Vans for their block party. Look at all the vans.
00:16Well, it's a sweltering hot day here in Brooklyn. They got the water running in the street and I
00:21just met up with Kyra and Jared and they're going to give us a tour inside and out this DIY
00:26custom
00:26Ford Camper Van and it's pretty cool. So join us for the tour. Hey Patrick, thanks for having us.
00:34I'm Kyra. And I'm Jared. And we're going to show you our E350 Ford Camper Van. What's the...
00:43It's a 2004. It's a diesel power stroke. Two-wheel drive. So we got this from my mom originally.
00:51It was a spec camper on the inside. It's more of a day tripper. It was kind of going
00:58out for a day I think at most. Yeah. Microwave, TV, stereo. We gutted it. We pulled everything out
01:06and Jared is a master cabinet maker, mill worker, carpenter extraordinaire and he did all of the
01:13woodwork in here. I did the interior design and let's go on in and I'll show you everything.
01:20Let's start out with our Boxio sink, which is a lifesaver for me. I use this every single day.
01:29We use this to wash all of our dishes and we also wash our hands and our face with this
01:34and we take it with us everywhere we go. You just use this little pump to get the water out.
01:40You can wash your dishes in here and then we have these two tanks inside and we have fresh water
01:48and gray water and then we just dump them out and refill them as needed. So the floor originally was
01:55a gray carpet. It was really difficult to clean so we wanted to have something a little bit more
01:59beautiful aesthetic and that I could clean easily and we have this composite wood flooring that Jared
02:06put in and then we have this great captain's chair that swivels around so that we can have guests
02:12come in and sit inside and we have our refrigerator. It's a little empty right now but we got some
02:20cool
02:20water in there and what kind of fridge is this Jared? That works off the 12 volt system. It's a
02:27Dometic,
02:27pretty standard for camper vans but for us it actually can be removed from the van so when we
02:34do actual camping it comes out with us. And then here's our little sofa this is what we call our
02:40living room kitchen area and we can just relax here and we often pull up to some beautiful location and
02:48have a wonderful view of the ocean or the mountains or the lake and then I sell these curtains myself
02:56and you can just roll them up like this when you need to get some sunlight in here and snap
03:04them up
03:05that way and they're great for privacy. They're blackout curtains too and I did all of the lighting design
03:11here. I installed all of it myself and I did the the color scheme and then we have this little
03:20little bench seat here for guests which also leads back to our bedroom which I'll show you in a minute
03:26and then Jared's going to pull out our kitchen storage area. Here we have our cutting boards, our
03:35French press, our little mini stove and then we have a bigger stove system in here and
03:43all of our utensils and plates. This is where we keep our this is our pantry right in here. This
03:53is our
03:53cleaning closet and Jared will describe this part. So this is the power bank here we have an inverter
04:03we have the brain of the system which controls the what comes out of the alternator what comes out of
04:08the solar and decides what to charge whether it's the house battery or the truck batteries. We have a
04:15circuit panel so we have lighting we have outlets for our devices and then we have the fridge the stereo
04:22all these things have their own circuit. We also have our camera security system that films inside and
04:30out so when we're camping out we know what's going on outside and when we're road tripping we can record
04:37funny moments on the inside. And then up here we have some more storage we keep extra random things.
04:47And then we have in here this is kind of our medicine cabinet and our bathroom stuff. We don't have
04:55a
04:55toilet inside. We have pee bottles. This is Jared's and mine I misplaced but if it's the middle of the
05:05night
05:05you don't want to go out in the cold you can just use this pee bottle and I have my
05:09pee bottle that's
05:10ergonomically designed for me. And then otherwise we just have to find a bathroom
05:20in the woods at a campground at a truck stop we're at a nice cafe but we prefer it that
05:27way because it
05:28gives us extra space to enjoy the inside and it makes us go out and explore and find new places
05:35to
05:35go to the bathroom. Over here we have our subwoofer and this is a panel that just pops right off
05:42and it
05:42has a cleat that this slips right into that holds it in. Jared designed it and all of these cabinets
05:49were
05:49one large piece of wood that all fit together seamlessly and Jared designed and built it himself.
06:00Down below we have the heater the diesel heater. Oh yeah the heater's down here and that connects
06:05to our gas tank. And then above that's the subwoofer which is important because you need that base.
06:13You all may be wondering what this is right here and this is our deep storage drawer and we just
06:19folds up our sofa it folds up and attaches and then we can pull this all the way out to
06:24here
06:25and we have all the stuff that we need to have in the camper van that we don't need to
06:30access on a
06:31daily basis but we have it in case we need it like mosquito nets and extra sleeping bags and extra
06:38sleeping gear and tools and whatever you think you might need out on the road wherever you might be
06:44and now I'm going to take you into our bedroom. So this is our bedroom this is the coziest bedroom
06:53that I've ever been in and it has a real full-sized mattress super comfortable we sleep like babies
07:01wherever we go and um we have our little bedside table right here which we keep whatever we need
07:10on the bedside table my mirror this is where I do my makeup and we have puzzles and board games
07:18and books
07:19and um then we have our clothes all stored in here
07:26and then we have our wardrobe right here we can hang everything up in here we have our our robes
07:34in
07:34here my dresses that I don't want to get wrinkled and then down below you can't see it but there's
07:40a
07:40bunch of deep storage we have things down there um like tents and bungee cords and other things like
07:48that and then we have this great gray insulated carpet as our ceiling that came with the original van
07:58the lighting we did this lighting our ourselves it's very very homey and cozy and we can move
08:07these around and pop these off if we need to bring lighting somewhere else we also have these little
08:14reading sconces here that pop off and we can carry them outside and use them as flashlights and then we
08:21have our privacy curtain up here which I also sewed and it just comes down like this and then we
08:29have privacy
08:32and this curtain also rolls right up and then we can get some light in on this side too and
08:42these are
08:42also blackout curtains it just goes up like this like the other one I do it this way so you
08:50can still
08:50see the vans and for ventilation because we don't have an air conditioner we have the slider window
08:58and then the max air van and we have this little remote control and we can put it at different
09:04speeds and it actually works great and now I'm going to take you out the back and we're going to
09:12show you some of the exterior features of the van
09:19all right so back here we have the same drawer system that we have in the interior but this stores
09:26are things that we use while we're camping
09:31basically inside we have a tent which can fit up top we have rafts which last trip we did was
09:39a
09:39river raft trip we have chairs which you'll see up top basically anything that we're not going to use
09:44until we're parked and camping would go in this these are 300 pound rated slides so this can become a
09:53chair we have some cushions being made for it both of them pull out so we can do sort of
10:00a loveseat situation
10:05up top a lot of people can see from the side that we have grass up there what we actually
10:13have is
10:18a lawn so aside from being able to set the um tent up here we have the chairs which allow
10:26us to just
10:27kind of have a leisurely uh basque we have this solo stove here a little mini one a baby one
10:36so if you
10:36want to bring a few sticks of wood up you can actually have a fire up here this solar is
10:41not
10:42enough to um provide for if you were going to live in it but it gives us a trickle charge
10:47when we're
10:47parked so we always know we can start the van when we need to get out of here um up
10:53front we have a
10:53light bar which is critical when you end up out in the woods at night that's powered by the house
10:59battery we also have rescue boards up here which have saved us in snow and sand already uh we have
11:08a jeep jack where if you want something with a lot of travel this is going to get you you
11:13know this will
11:14give you 20 inches of travel so gets those rescue boards under the wheels no problem the batwing uh this
11:21is actually one of the more interesting things that we have when we're out there camping because this
11:28goes 270 it has integrated lights and it has legs so you can set it up and just be assured
11:34that it's
11:34going to be fine it provides a place to hang out at night and it gives us one more place
11:40to sort of
11:41spread out this is the road shower uh gives you four gallons of water so use it sparingly but when
11:48you're out on the road you're going to to love this thing this is a solid aluminum rack that we're
11:55standing on right now this was made specifically to accommodate the lawn and then mounted on the
12:02side we have an awning that covers the side doors and that would be what we use most often and
12:09that
12:09keeps the sun out keeps the rain out and gives us that sort of outdoor area this is pretty cool
12:15thank
12:15you very much for coming on this show i know there's a lot of commotion in the background oh yeah
12:20yeah at an event there's water flowing there's people yeah talking about each other's vans in
12:26the background but this is cool i love the variety right so i do a lot of pro master and
12:32sprinter vans
12:33but i see these i call them classic ford economy lines i love them i have one myself right they're
12:40they're work horses they're the best and to see a full diy custom it's cool to see all the different
12:46ideas
12:46that people come up with to enjoy the lifestyle and the sink i have a boxeo sink too i love
12:52that
12:53sink it's perfect it's great for washing small stuff down washing your hands and you can easily fill
12:58up the jugs and you can easily discard them and i understand the reason for not having a toilet you
13:03don't always need a toilet inside of a van although we hear boxeo makes a toilet they do
13:08it might be on your list for next holiday yeah and the road shower works too if you're in a
13:15nice
13:15private area and want to take a shower and hose down that'll work yeah and patrick can i add one
13:21more thing yeah we've taken this from california to new york back to colorado up and down the coast
13:28we go everywhere in this boondocking truck stopping primitive camping this goes anywhere we want to go
13:37you can go so you're not living in it full time but this is like an adventure vehicle this is
13:41like
13:42get out there and just have a good time and you just turn the key and go it's not like
13:46a full setup
13:47and pack the van it's got everything in it exactly and we're living in it but living within society
13:53we're not retreating into the van to live alone we're actually living out in the world and you weren't
13:59looking for an apartment on wheels not at all not at all a tent on wheels tent on wheels a
14:04glorified
14:04tent on the ground yeah it gets the bugs away yeah and i'm jealous i got a little envy here
14:10because
14:10you have the 7.3 diesel power stroke i get the v10 gas in mind that setup in mind i
14:18think would be the
14:19holy grail yeah well i appreciate the time you've taken to show your van inside now to our guests here
14:26on the show and uh i'll put link you guys do some youtube now at the lumbering low top yeah
14:32check us out
14:33we're just starting out but follow along i'll put that link in the description i'm sure some of
14:38viewers gonna want to see what you guys are up to next this is patrick in new jersey's outdoor
14:42adventures youtube channel here at the brooklyn caper vans block party event hot day in august we'll see
14:49you next time
