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CHEVY ASTRO VAN - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed

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- Do you have a passion for
the ultimate family mobile?
Something that can handle
a trip to Home Depot
for plywood, Costco for groceries in bulk,
a road trip across America with grandma
to see Mount Rushmore,
and trips to hockey practice
with the entire team?
Well, mama and papa do
I have a car for you.
A car that's not a car.
It's a van.
This is everything you need to know
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Now, back to the show.
Before we start talking about vans,
we should first mention the Station Wagon.
The once upon a time stereotypical
American family vehicle.
The Station Wagon dangerously carried
Many-a-restless kid
across the American roads
seat belts optional.
But, in the late 1970s the sale of big
gas guzzling Station
Wagons was on the decline.
The do it all wagons
future was looking grim,
partly due to the gas prices,
but more partly due because
of the new category of cars.
So, in 1984 the Chrysler
van program birthed,
the Plymouth Voyager mini-van.
The first of it's kind, the Voyager was
hugely popular for it's ability
to tote all the kids around,
get better gas mileage
then a Station Wagon,
and, yes, be able to fit
in a garage safely away
from those mean suburban streets,
It was a great all around
package for the modern family,
and GM quickly realized that
hey needed their own version
of the the mini-van.
- Should we make our own miniature van?
- Uh Yeah!
We already have one in the works.
Don't you know about it?
- Uh, 'course I do.
What's it called?
- The Astro
- Astro!
Yep, I said it first.
I knew it, totally knew it.
There's a reason I'm the boss.
Keeping with the space theme that Plymouth
started with the Voyager,
in 1985 Chevy released their all new
not so mini mini-van the Chevy Astro,
A van so sick, it cam time-warp,
and drive on the rings of Saturn.
The boxy middle van and
it's twin GMC brother
the Safari were only 1.5 inches shorter,
and 2 and a half narrower than Chevy's
smallest full-size van.
And, while it was seven inches shorter,
and claimed to be able to fit in a garage,
Chevy quickly acknowledged
their bulked up box on wheels,
and used the middle van
status in their advertising.
- [Man] The new Chevy Astro.
Built to do more than a mini-van can.
- Not a mini-van, not a full-size van,
but a middle van.
The real world giant box mobile
had multiple seating configurations,
allowing you to carry you,
and seven of your so-called friends.
Let's be honest,
they just wanted to sit In those
comfy, cozy, fluffy, cloth bench seats.
Or, you could take out all the seats,
and use it as a cargo van.
Unlike it's mini-van competition,
the Astro was built on a truck chassis,
with a bolt-on sub frame.
The front suspension shared many
of the same components directly from
the Caprice Station Wagon,
while the rear had composite
leaf springs like the S-10.
Engine options on the first year Astro,
were either the 98 Mini Shetland Pony
Horsepower 2.3 liter four cylinder,
or the optional 165
midi-horsepower 4.3 liter V6.
(engine roaring)
And the placement of said engines?
How bout' right under the
front dash cup holders.
You could swap out your battery,
and check the oil in
the mini-hood up front.
But, any serious work
would have to be done
inside the van.
A big bump in between
the two front seats got
covered with a hatch,
and gave way to an access panel,
that once removed exposed
the engine on the Astro.
Mechanics loved it.
The coolest part,
is that you could get it with a manual.
That's right, the base transmission
that the Astro came with,
was a four speed manual which is sick.
And, you could get it with an
optional five speed until 1989.
After that they went full auto.
But, I'm grateful that
it was manual at all.
(chiming music)
By the end of the eighties, the demand for
mini-vans as family vehicles had largley
superseded full size
Station Wagons in the US.
Rest in peace Station Wagon.
It wouldn't be until 1989 that Chevy
would release a more comparable
front wheel drive van
to take on the Chrysler mini-van.
The Lumina APV.
But, that didn't stop GM from also selling
the Astro and the Safari.
People loved it for it's ability
to not only haul kids around,
but also haul stuff around.
The Astro could pull five thousand pounds.
No other mini-van was
pullin' that kind of weight.
It could also carry 1700
pounds in the cargo area.
That's a lot of fat little boys.
- All right kids, let's
go to hockey practice.
- Can we all stop at McDonald's?
- Yeah, I want some nuggets.
- Yeah, I wanna get a Big Mac.
- Yeah, we can get the McDonald's.
- Yay, chunky butts on three.
One, two, three,
- [All] Chunky butts!
- Chunky butts.
- Side note, Chevy marketed
Astro van to fat people.
- [Man] Tired of watching your weight?
If you had a GMC Safari,
you wouldn't have to.
- With a strong commercial game like that,
how could you not want an
Astro if you're a chunky butt?
Towards the final stretch
of the first gen Astro,
GM really started to
turn up the technology.
In 1990, the Astro came
with all wheel drive,
as well as four wheel anti-lock brakes.
Their competitors over at Ford,
with the Aerostar.
Again, another space theme van.
What is the deal?
They didn't have ABS, all right?
And, that's pretty important when you're
carrying your fat little family around.
And you got a space car,
you don't want regular doors,
you want dutch doors.
Two rear doors with flip
up windows on top of 'em.
And Dutch people love 'em.
Also because parents were
complaining about their
fat little kids making a mess,
Scotch Guard Fabric Protection also
became a standard feature with
Astro vans with cloth seats.
The second gen Astro came out in 1995,
and Chevy was deep in the,
let's sell this thing as a tough dude
all family vehicle game.
Load the back up with dirt bikes, sure!
Total horse trailer? Yeah!
The Astro was tough like a rock!
♪ Oh, like a rock. ♪
- But not much really
changed from the first gen
to the second gen Astros.
They got updated headlights to match the
rectangular ones on the Silverado.
There was also only one engine option.
The 4.3 liter Vortec V6.
And, there was only one body option.
The shorter version was ditched,
They did improve that engine hatch in the
center of the two front seats
to increase front leg room,
and help cut down on interior noise.
You know, since the
motor was inside the car?
They improved dash installation too.
You know, 'cause the
motor's inside the car.
(engine roaring)
(tires screeching)
The second gen also got passenger airbags
which by the way, speaking of safety,
the Astro was not safe.
It eventually improved
from a one gold star
rating in 1991, to three gold star rating,
for the driver only in 2000.
If you were a kid in the
eighties or nineties,
and your friends had an Astro,
they were the bell of the ball.
But, if they had a conversion van Astro,
they were the king of the ball.
Companies like Glaval,
Mark III, and Star Craft,
took the bone stock Astro,
and turned them into
lush rich kids basements
on wheels.
The summer road trip van made visiting
your grandparents not all that bad because
you could watch freakin'
movies and play Super Nintendo
all while sitting in the most comfortable
captains chairs on the planet.
Yeah, that's right.
It's a chair for a freakin' captain.
He's the leader of the ship.
If your eyes got too tired from playing
video games or watching
Mrs. Doubtfire on VHS,
because of course it has a VHS player,
You could just crawl on
over to the back bench seat,
fold it down and take a big old nap.
Safe? No.
Comfortable?
You betcha' chunky little butt it is.
- [All] Chunky butts
- Chunky butts
- My friend Vince's dad had an Astro van,
and we played Earthworm Gym for hours.
And we were in the driveway.
The Astro helped put conversion vans
on the map for the masses.
In 1994 there was
roughly 200,000 shipments
of van conversions to dealers.
People all over the world
loved their conversion Astros.
Even this guy, AKA Russian James.
(speaking in Russian)
(retro video game sounds)
The Astro space van would eventually
end in 2005 as well as Chevy mini-vans.
The venture to consolidate
for a single mini-van,
the Uplander.
But, that didn't last long.
Four years later, Chevy left
the mini-van market completely,
and while the majority
of Astro's have found
their way into the hands
of construction workers,
van life hipsters, or
sadly even junk yards,
it still remains as the
not so mini mini-van
that warmed our fuzzy little
nostalgic chunky butts.
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Spotlight - 2002 Chevy Astro Van, Dayton Knock-Offs, Custom Paint

Custom Offsets:

- Hey you guys.
Shawn with Custom Offsets,
Custom Offsets TV on the YouTube.
Got another vehicle spotlight for you.
This is gonna be my
2002 Chevy Astro minivan
modeled after Menace II
Society drive-by minivan
with Daytons.
If you don't know what I'm talking about,
you need to get some culture, son.
Let's go!
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♪ Big trucks, take down ♪
♪ Brother did you what ♪
♪ And it breaks down ♪
♪ Rims so big and the windows black ♪
♪ Got the lights all lit up ♪
♪ Double chrome down stacks ♪
♪ Can't let them get dirty ♪
♪ But still they so clean ♪
♪ Custom offsets ♪
♪ There's a genie on top of it ♪
♪ Now we ain't never gonna face ♪
♪ So you better get ready ♪
♪ They're taking over the game ♪
(people talking)
(light music)
(R & B music)
So like I said this is
a 2002 Astro minivan.
When I got it, it was pure
white, didn't have anything cool.
It was just totally stock.
But because I grew up
in the mid to late '90s
obsessing about Tupac, Biggie Smalls,
and watching Friday and Menace II Society,
I had to build the replica van
from the Menace II Society.
I know theirs was a Ford Aerostar,
but the closest thing I could find
that I liked the styling
of was the Chevy Astro.
It's a 2002.
It's gonna be stock suspension.
We were gonna put it on bags,
but we need all-wheel drive
because we're up here in a frozen dessert.
We need this to be able to do our videos
as far as our rolling shots and whatnot.
So she's all-wheel drive.
So we stuck with stock suspension.
For wheels on the front,
we've got 15 by eights
that are the standard offset.
These are real Daytons.
The way Daytons do it
is they basically have
three different offsets.
Standard being the middle
one, the standard offset.
You'll see that it's got
a good sized lip on it
especially for a 15 by eight
because that is the
Dayton wire wheel life.
You'll see that she's gonna be
right around four inches a lip,
almost four and a half probably.
It's got that multi-level lip
which was super popular back in the day.
And yes, these are real knock-off Daytons.
It's got the adapters
and then the knock-offs.
This is holding the entire wheel on.
You take that off and the wheel comes off.
It's got an adapter behind
it that facilitates that.
As far as the tires on the
front, we're running a ...
I am so frozen, I can't
even remember anything.
A 215/65/R15.
That's definitely bigger
than a stock size.
It rubbed a little bit on the back
but were able to trim that away.
Little bit on the front up in here
which we trimmed that
away, got that to clear.
There's a 15 by nine and a half standard.
This is the well wire.
You'll see that it's got
the inner-laced wire on the Daytons.
This one's gonna be deeper
because it's a staggered set-up.
So these are nine wides in the rear.
You'll notice that they're powder coated,
some sort of crazy gold translucent.
You kind of see the polish through there.
That's gonna be about five
and a half inches of lip.
Nice big deep lip wheel.
Then again with the knock-offs,
some spike valve stems.
I believe we went with
the same tire size, yeah.
215/65/R15 on the rear as well.
The rear is clear but it
doesn't clear the door.
When we open the door, it kind
of smashes into the wheel,
but it looks really sick.
That's all we care about.
Front to back.
You'll see we went with the
Billet bar grille, aftermarket.
That is gonna be all
gold powder coat as well.
We gold out the emblem.
We went with the clear front lights.
Everything's been painted.
The entire van is painted in a deep maroon
which was awesome back in the '90s.
Then we put a gold metal flake in there
that you can really see
on a nice sunny day.
On the rear, tinted out the tail lights,
a weld-in roll pan, completely body-worked
to give it that totally
flush, disappear rear bumper.
Of course, the BroMedia decal
because that is the
nickname of our media team.
Sport mirrors painted to match upfront.
A little bit of maroon with the gold.
Inside it's pretty much stock
other than the Tupac air
freshener, the infamous tree,
and of course fuzzy dice because '90s.
Other than that, she's
pretty much stock inside.
I can show you the clearance
just in case you run the similar set-up.
Unless if the door is frozen,
then I won't be able to show you that.
You'll see back here that it's gonna hit.
We're considering modifying that
or just going a little
bit in with the wheels.
We got a little aggressive
on the rear staggered set-up.
You'll see it's pretty well stock
other than that on the inside.
So that is our 2002 Chevy Astro minivan,
stock suspension with some
real knock-off Daytons,
powdered gold, and some
of the extra fixings
to look like the Menace II
Society roll-by shooting van.
If you don't know what that is,
go watch that movie tonight.
Get yourself some culture, peace.
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What It's Like to Live in a Chevy Van and Drive Across America

Scotty Kilmer:

welcome to wacky Wednesday's where
everyone has a chance to show off their
car mods and here's this week's winner
hi Scotty I know it's it's a Chevy
Express and the engine is nothing
special is just standard Chevy engine
and the tires are nothing special either
they're just semi off roaders nothing
special about the exhaust either its
smoke comes out of it
just a little it's got regular Chevy
lights same thing in the front nothing
special about the grill no high
performance wiper blades just standard
cargo van mirrors nothing special about
the dash now on top of the roof that's
what it begins to get interesting I not
only have a roof vent I also have a
solid panel and security cameras all the
way around they were very nice while
they worked unfortunately they're
garbage and they don't work anymore this
is a 2014 chevy express its a 4.8 v8
engine it's a six-speed automatic
transmission
285 horsepower front and rear disc
brakes with front disc brake wear sensor
front independent suspension two-stage
multi-leaf rear spring front stabilizer
bar stability control traction control
system airbags dual front daytime
running lights theft deterrent system
tire pressure monitor 16-inch steel
wheels front air conditioner power
windows and door locks I also installed
an alarm system and I can go on my phone
turn the van on unlock the doors turn
off the alarm see exactly where my van
is at all times from the outside the van
looks completely like any other van
almost except for the solar panel and
the roof vent and all that but inside
this is where the van shines it doesn't
have a fancy engine it doesn't go
tremendously fast it just works when I'm
not working I'm traveling across the
country in this homemade camper I got
less than 50 square feet of usable space
but I got everything I need I have a
nice comfortable bed
I got a TV I have two refrigerators one
I can turn into a freezer if I want to I
have roof vents I have lights
I have cabinets I have tables I have an
inverter plenty of plugs I have
everything I need in here I can even
take a shower in here if I want to
seriously look one of the first things I
did was installed a rain guard on the
two front windows I connected a device
called the Stirling power it brings
power to my house batteries and allows
me to charge them while I Drive in 2015
and I installed this device called a WA
batsto heater it's very common in other
places like in Europe they use them to
keep the trucks heated it's about the
size of a loaf of bread whatever
temperature I set the heater at it stays
at that temperature all night long until
last year I only had one thirty five
quart refrigerator from Dometic it's
either a refrigerator or a freezer I can
set it for either or bus winter when I
was in Florida I purchased a twenty five
quart refrigerator the settings allow
the refrigerator to go all the way down
to zero Fahrenheit of course I couldn't
have the refrigerators if it wasn't for
my solar panel 325 watts I did all the
wiring myself installed all these lights
I have four different lights I have
three vents to smaller vents that fit
under my solar panel my bigger one is a
fantastic vent so far I don't have an
air conditioner but that's about to
change because I just ordered a 12-volt
air conditioner it's actually an air
condition that works on either 12 volt
or 110 I have a Morningstar MPPT charge
controller I have two AGM batteries from
lifeline 255 amps each everything you
see in here I've done myself all the
wiring all the fans delights the
cabinets everything that's seen here I
did it myself I started building the van
in spring and summer of 2014 I continued
through the winter continue the
following summer and then off and on
I've done some minor changes here and
there or add-ons like this
here used to be a desk and then
eventually I never used a desk so I turn
this into into a cabinet for stuff that
I need more than a desk and I do all the
oil changes what I have to do I do all
the maintenance for the future though I
intend on getting something that I can
stand up in because that makes makes a
whole lot of difference you can compare
when you can stand up versus sitting
down all the time so yes that's for the
future maybe near future
it's not fancy it's just a cargo van but
it has taken me all across the country
to the Badlands and Mount Rushmore to
Yellowstone and to the high plains of
Montana to Idaho to the Painted Hills of
Oregon to the Pacific Ocean and to the
redwoods to the Golden Gate Bridge and
to Reno Nevada
Death Valley Las Vegas to the Grand
Canyon and to Monument Valley the
mountains of Colorado Kansas Missouri
Illinois all across the country to the
nice sandy beaches of Florida on the
west coast and to the Atlantic coast
this is not just a van this is my home
on wheels my van doesn't go very fast
doesn't have fancy stuff but when I come
back here no matter where I'm at in this
country whenever I come back here I am
home my name is Luis and I Chronicle my
journey across this country and Scotty
keep on revving those engines
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Replace Power Door Lock Actuator Chevy Astro or GMC Safari Van

capitolcitydean:

We're replacing the door actuator
on a 98 Safari, or not Safari, van,
and we had to grind these rivets off.
First of all we had to unplug all this stuff,
pop the door off,
with various types of tools here,
and pop the door panel off,
here is the door panel.
And it is an Astro Van.
Astro and Safari is pretty much the same.
Powerlock changing.
They rivet everything on,
this is what the rivets look like,
we ground them off.
You have to take the mount off,
and put it on the new one.
You have to make sure
that the mounting holes match up.
This is a die grinder.
So we took the mounting plate off of this guy,
and put it on this one,
which was a bit more of a universal type of thing,
has to grind out those holes a bit
to allow it to fit.
And that's a giant riveter.
So, it's all in there.
Closed Captioning by Kris Brandhagen. brandhagen@gmail.com

1st Generation Astro/Safari Fuel Pump Circuit

AstroSafariVan:

hi my name is will and today we're going
to be talking about the fuel pump
circuit on first generation Astro Safari
vans. Here is the wiring diagram that we
are going to be using. Please ensure that
you have the proper wiring diagram for
your vehicle
the circuit I have highlighted in orange
should always be powered. When you first
turn on the ignition key the PCM
energizes the fuel pump relay for
approximately two seconds to prime the
fuel system. You can see I've highlighted
that in red, the PCM will also continue
to energize the fuel pump relay as long
as it's receiving the cam position
signal. Once the engines oiling system
built pressure it will close the oil
pressure switch and provide a second
pathway for the 12 volts to reach the
fuel pump. Okay so here is the fuel pump
relay i've already disconnected the
connector so i can show you a couple
things.
Here's your fuel pump prime port okay
now. William go ahead and turn it on. When
you turn the ignition key on you get
approximately two seconds
that's the PCM powering the relay to
prime the fuel pump circuit this is
tested with the yellow, green with
yellow wire. And then over here we have
the orange wires which should have
voltage all the time. Okay so fuel pump
relay is disconnected. I do have a jumper
over here to lead to my meter.
You can see right now there's no voltage
going to the meter but the connector for
the, for the oil pressure gauge and
switch is connected. So what's going to
happen here is I'm going to turn on the
ignition and you're not going to get any
voltage at first because the fuel pump
relay is disconnected so let me go ahead
and turn that on. So we're not getting
any voltage on here because the fuel
pump relay is disconnected it's not
going to function you're not getting the
prime from the PCM. However the oil
pressure switch is still connected so
what's going to happen is it's going to
take a while, a little longer, to build up
oil pressure to connect that, to complete
the circuit and feed power to the fuel
pump. So I'm going to go ahead and crank
it over it's going to take a little bit
longer to start.
No voltage, here we go, and now we have
voltage going to the fuel pump.
So right now it's running
Fuel pump relay is disconnected. Now what
we'll do is I'll go ahead and show you
how if I disconnect this
it's going to kill the fuel pump voltage
and the engines gonna die.
There we go the voltage for the fuel
pump was going through the oil pressure
switch. Now I'm going to go ahead and
reconnect the oil pressure switch and
then I'm going to go back over here. I'm
going to reconnect, the fuel pump relay.
We're done with that. Now I've got
crap all over my fingers. All right, so
now we're going to go ahead turn the
ignition off I'll turn it back on, we get
voltage while it's priming now we have
nothing let's start, it'll start normally
fuel pump has pressure
I mean fuel pump has has voltage. Now
we're going to disconnect the oil
pressure switch
disconnected so now it now it would be
showing zero pressure the pressure
switch is completely disconnected and
it'll run until it runs out of fuel.
we still have voltage going to the fuel
pump no problem

Change Replace Headlight GMC Safari Astro Van Shortcut Sealed Unit Bulb

capitolcitydean:

So, I'm having to replace the headlight
sealed unit on my 2002 Safari van.
And you have to get at these screws here,
make sure you don't get at the adjusting screws,
just at the ones that take the little headlight off.
See if I can get a light in there.
Anyway, there's two little screws there.
I'll show you better on this side,
because I've already got that one off.
Here's the little screws I'm talking about.
Now it's really hard to get at the top ones,
so I thought if I just bent them forward,
because they're really just on that little thin metal,
that it would probably work.
And it did. And you just have to make sure you get the
same headlight that matches up to that headlight,
that connector wire, some of these have sealed units,
some have bulbs, prefer the sealed unit,
because it's easier to get at probably,
and I'm going to throw that back in.
So that's how to replace the sealed units
on a Safari van with sealed unit headlights.
Closed Captioning by Kris Brandhagen. brandhagen@gmail.com

¿Furgo y Camperización por Cuánto?💰 | 🚐 VANTOUR Chevy Astro

Viajar and Roll:

Good morning guys!
In this video we are going to introduce you to the Chevy
which is a van that we bought from year 86 in Los Angeles, California
and we are going to talk a little about the adaptation that we have made for this roadtrip for the United States
and then Canada
and we are going to talk about how much it cost us
that has been very little. But before we introduce ourselves, for those who come new to the channel.
I am sergio
and I am Eva
and we are traveling with our puppy Mus, who is now here sleeping
but I was driving the van before, as you have seen.
It is a Chevrolet Astro of the year 1986, it is now 32 years old.
It's a 4.3L V6 engine
It's a little bit of a prank, but it makes up for that it's very easy to mechanically and very cheap to maintain.
The only thing that has electronics are the windows and ... what else?
and the air conditioning.
And the air conditioning, everything else is pure mechanics
we have bought this manual with the intention of learning a little more mechanics
and to be able to do the repairs and basic maintenance by ourselves.
and with that save us a lot of money in mechanics.
It also has the ...
also has the ...
It is also treated as ...
It is also a classic, right? To me it is a van that from the first time I saw her I said ...
This van I think is going to be ours.
The buying process in Los Angeles (California) has been quite chaotic
You can see up here, I never know where it comes from, a video where we explain in more detail
how to buy a van in the United States. Exactly.
And we encourage you that if you do not follow us, begin to follow us to see everything that happens to us on this roadtrip
with this Chevy Astro from 86.
Now, let's show you everything we've done to this van.
Well, this is the back and it's our house, our office and our bedroom
here came two seats, one in front and one behind for three people
that we have removed them so we can make the bed and be able to have our closet here with all our things.
And what we did was buy a super old futon and adapt it to fit in the van
and apart it was more versatile.
Well, this is a futon that we bought for $ 20 second-hand
and that we readjust to the dimensions of the van.
It's a sofa-bed, which unfolds like this now you'll see it, and it stays
in position bed so that we sleep every night
very comfortable and very warm.
This is the sofa bed that we made, this ...
we use it as a backup.
Here below we keep
This is Sergio's box, this is my box.
It's all the clothes we have, here's Mus's food.
The laptop, things of Mus, sleeping bags, dirty clothes, camping equipment
That is, the bottom of the bed is what we use to store.
And the backrest folds like this
Putting the backup so we can access everything we store below without bothering us
when the bed is fully unfolded.
We're going to make him bed, which is more comfortable.
Well that's how the bed is completely open.
Then we are going to talk about something else that we ... well,
of something else that we did because the truth is that neither is that
we have worked a lot in the van.
It's the theme of the windows,
we have simply bought quite opaque cloth
we have put tape on the edges so that it does not fray,
and with a cord we have hooked it to the extremes.
It stays totally closed or if we want to open it
The same for the front curtains
A) Yes...
And so...
We close and we already have a little bit of privacy.
And what do we have there in the background?
We are in the Mojave Desert.
The third element that we have done for the van, and we have not complicated too much
is this furniture
It has shelves that can be removed in case there is a very long bottle
and with what was left over from the curtains
We have done this so that everything does not fall when we are on the road.
We have the pots, oil, food,
our coffee machine, indispensable
glasses, all for food and some rags around here.
Another thing we have is this.
Put it straight.
Now. Put it straight.
There. Now.
This extension serves to put the gas stove here
or put the ingredients here, cut
and prepare our meals that are so basic that we have but so rich.
The wood we have used to make these piece of furniture is a conglomerate
and it was the cheapest thing there was.
I think the wood measured 2 m by 1.50 or 1.20 or something like that
and it cost the board about $ 10
Now after we tell you what it has cost us everything, in the end for you to stay.
Very easy to treat, to cut and so on, what happens is that
always leaving a little dust and dirt.
But we can fight against it.
We bought this little plastic furniture later after making the furniture
because we still lacked a bit of space and to be able to store more food
if we were several days out of cities and so on, do not have problems.
It cost us about $ 14
Sorry, then we say it.
We have more food, junk, more food ...
And here we have toilet items and the fronts for the night.
It's cheap, it's light, it does not weigh much, it can be moved at any time
and the truth is pretty good for us.
As regards minimalism, cooking is our main objective.
We have 4 things, and with that we manage.
A pair of forks, a couple of spoons, a pair of knives, a cutting table
One more wave of Trangia's bicycle trip,
we do not need much more
We are with these propane bottles that are 1 pound
They are a bit of a pain because you have to throw them away, they do not recycle ...
and they last 1 hour or so and we are looking for a tank
about 5 or 11 pounds.
We can put this kitchen together outside
like inside the van when we have in bank mode
and that is a luxury because it has already rained for a few days
and being able to cook without having to get wet is a real kick.
And in a moment we set up camp inside the van and that's the good thing about
be in a van and not in a tent.
Small, comfortable, easy to clean, easy to pick up ...
The truth that gives us a bit of embarrassment ... to see, not shame
let's face it, in the vanlife fashion that is now so booming
there are a few pieces of houses all reformed, impressive
We know that this can not be compared to anything of all
but what it has cost us can not be compared either.
We practically live outside
what it is to shower, generally cook, even many times eat
everything out, I mean life 100% outdoors
And where do you go to the bathroom?
Well...
Well the subject of water. We have several solutions to store water.
The first our Ortlieb bag that we bought for the trip of Tarifa-Norway by bicycle
They are 4L of water and we used to shower and scrub
and to store water and have a little more.
On the other hand we buy at the Walmart this jug that is 7 gallons
that are about 27 L or so
which is very good because it is comfortable, it has the built-in grifito
is square, therefore to store it is much more efficient
And what else do we have?
We have our water bottles.
In these three we store normal water that we drink
and we use it only for when we take water from strange places and we want to purify it
We have not used it on this trip the truth.
Well, now we're going to leave so much stuff that people want to know what it cost us.
Yes, what has this cost us?
I have the chuletilla here ...
Let's see, the van cost us $ 1500, which at today's change is about € 1300
Many of you have told us why we have not brought the van from Spain
The first thing is because we have sold that van.
Wait ... Sergio had a van in Spain, a VW and we sold it.
And that by the way there are two very cool videos of the Irati Forest that you can not miss, we leave them here
Jungle of Irati, brutal.
Bringing it here cost us € 2000
more than we're going to explain now
The semi-camperización, which has consisted of making the sofa-bed,
in the little furniture where we store the food and in the windows
and the woods, the screws and all this
$ 157.33
Where have we gone to buy it?
Everything practically of screws, wood and such in the Home Depot that is like a ...
some great DIY stores. It's like the Leroy Merlin more or less.
And the futon that we bought on the Craigslist that is a second-hand page and cost us $ 20
and Sergio does not stop repeating it because he is super happy
that cost us $ 20 per bed
We are going to eat some burritos here and they cost us more burritos but good.
We continue
The camping equipment related to the stove, the table, the water tank, the cauldron where we cook
and all these little things
it cost us 107.94 US dollars
and we bought it at the Walmart
what is your trusted supermarket if you want to buy something
because it is the cheapest thing we have found and there is almost everything.
And there's the issue of insurance papers aside ...
Insurance for 3 months, change of name, fees
the smog-check that is like an inspection that is done every 2 years to the van
and all this has cost us $ 318
Then counting the van and the camperización with the basic material of camping
to cook and all this that we have taught you
Less than $ 1800 !!!
that the change in euros I do not know how much it is but about 1500 or so
This has been low-cost because if we had bought two expensive bicycles
or a face, it would have cost more than all this. Exact.
Furgo + camperización less than 1800 $
apart all the paperwork about 300 ...
$ 318
It is the most expensive trip in the history of Viajar y Roll because you already know that you
because you already know that we travel very economically
among other things because it allows us to extend to the maximum
the time that we are away from home.
Some of you have also asked what itinerary we are going to take and such
we do not have it for sure, we go improvising according to the time it leaves us and such
but in mid-April we have to be leaving for Canada
because we are running out of visa here
and we begin the visa to work in Canada
and we are going to go up little by little, scratching the good weather that we can
This is the fastest vantour in YouTube history because I think there are none so short
Thank you very much for all the support comments we received in the first video
We were really acoj ****** because we started the channel with a bike ride
and change to a van we thought they were going to do the subscriptions ...
We hope to continue growing, which we love because we help each other
and that is very good
Again, thank you very much, the truth
By the way, I want to ask for help
please leave us camping recipes in the comments, which are ...
they are camping, I mean a camping recipe has to be
quick to prepare, with ingredients that more or less can be obtained in all places and such
because I think we are desperate with rice, pasta and pulses
although the other day we made some burritos that turned out to be very good.
If you want to make a roadtrip through the United States
with this information and with the video on how to buy a car in the USA
I think you have enough
And another thing that I wanted to say, we read all the comments
Sometimes we can not answer because
here between that we do not have many times neither coverage nor Internet connection
the data is running out, it's a fuss, we're like spiritual retreat, but that
we read you whenever we have a connection
although we do not answer.
The all-seeing eye.
Well, what's said
that we see in the next video. See you

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