2010 Chevrolet Express 3500 camper with 20” high top
I’m not using this anymore and I hate to see it sit for any longer so I’ve decided to sell it to fund another project. This is a 2010 Chevy Express Cargo 3500 6.0 extended wheelbase. Starts up every time, runs and drives very well for its age. I purchased the van around 145k miles and now it has 185k miles.
I’ve taken this on many long distance trips and it was always nice to camp out wherever/whenever I got tired. Mileage is getting up there but still relatively low for a Chevy Express. I picked the Express because of how plentiful they are with parts, aftermarket support and shops with repair experience/knowledge. With continued regular maintenance, I could see it reaching high 200k miles, easily.
Now as far as the conversion. I did all the work myself except the high top, which was installed by Fiberine out of Long Beach, CA November of 2021. I have pictures of different stages of the build and happy to share any. My idea behind this build was to make it self sustainable and year round live-able if need be.
20” Fiberine high top
(4) 100W Renogy solar panels
(2) maxxair maxxfan deluxe fans
(1) 2500 Watt Pure Sine Inverter Charger
(1) 40amp MPPT charge controller
(3) VMAX SLR155 12V 155Ah AGM batteries
(1) Zero Breeze Mark II portable air conditioner
(1) Dometix CFX3 refrigerator w/ pull out
(1) 8″ gel memory foam queen mattress (I’m 5’10 and slept comfortably)
(1) Nature’s Head composting toilet
(1) portable shower
(1) safe bolted to the van
(1) 26 Gal fresh water tank
(1) 4 gal grey water cone tank with valve to empty outside.
(1) 30amp twist lock shore power inlet to charge batteries and supply ac power.
Wiring is ran for an isolator to charge the batteries from the engine but not hooked up all the way yet.
It’s fully insulated top to bottom. 1” + 1/2” foam board on the walls. 1” on the ceiling and floor. Sheep’s wool in all the crevasses and expandable foam in cracks. Fully wrapped with EZ cool. Vinyl floor, cedar ceiling, cedar countertops, white panel walls, mdf board with 1” foam board separating cab from living space with functional locking door.
It’s still a project, about 95% done. It will need weather stripping on the doors and the paint is starting to chip on the side doors.
It comes with an 8’ x 8’ awning and a 33” x 11” rv window. I plan to continue to finish it but I’d rather start on my other project and let someone finish it their way. It’s still ready to go as is. I lived in it very comfortably for over a year in Colorado. $15,000 OBO, thanks for looking!
