{"id":436,"date":"2022-08-01T10:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T16:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2022-08-01T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T16:28:14","slug":"van-life-rehabbing-a-rusty-old-22-year-old-dodge-ram-van-1500-part-1-of-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/?p=436","title":{"rendered":"Van Life – Rehabbing a rusty 22 year old Dodge Ram Van 1500, Part 1 of many"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My wife has been documenting this but I figure I would post it here for a more permanent place and accessible place than Facebook. Hopefully it helps someone or, you get a good chuckle out of this project that we’re taking on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Van with only 67K miles that I won from a government auction (was a Ocean Springs School District Child Nutrition Division van) for pretty cheap. Now, she looks a bit worse for the wear, but the rust is all surface, so with a new paint job, changing out the fluids, new tires, and other general mechanical things, she’ll look brand new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to get a van to ultimately have an adventure vehicle, especially in my upcoming retired life. Something that can be boon-docked for camping, carrying stuff, road tripping, and would have less of a likelihood of getting stolen or broken into while parked for a while compared to my BMV (which is not quite the adventure touring car anyways) and something smaller and more manageable than our RV, Sheila. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyways, excited to start working on this project and I’m going to be documenting it along the way as we transform it from this is a #VanLife<\/a> van.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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