1995 Aerostar GTRV westy camper
 

I bought the neighbour's '95 awd Aerostar GTRV camper van.
Outfitted originally by Lulu Island campers in Richmond BC Canada, before they were bought by gtrv.

No chassis rust, but left rocker crushed by ford dealer hoisting it, and not fixed well by them.

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can you drive it with the top up?

You can, but I wouldn't recommend it :)

Lucky guy.I've been wanting to do this with mine. The forum has hammered by me with vs conversion stuff. The van is close to vs size. But the vw is about 1 1/2 foot longer. I had swing away tire carriers and other goodies I wanted to install. The ranger guys have a lot of info for the transfer case swap.the front diff is carp. It will come apart. You can install a real Dana 28th in it. We ha e a hybrid junker.keep in touch

I had a '78 vw camper years ago, and have been looking at vanagon westys, but they've gone stupid in price. I've never seen an Aerostar camper before; maybe just wasn't paying attention. This GTRV conversion is nice, and I'm looking forward to making it a bit of a 4x4, but a mild one; probably 215/75x14 tires, max.

COOL have fun with that. Drive that with pride!

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[QUOTE=davran;17495672]I've never seen an Aerostar camper before; maybe just wasn't paying attention.
me either.id like to have a kombi too but the price is through the roof.

Ok, a few more pics of the interior:
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Thanks for the pics and making me cry. I wish my van look that cool. Mine is zero rust but needs tlc upkeep. I bought it off the original owner with 153 on the clock. And i need major service. Just my 2 cents I measured the back bumper of our van and called go westy. A Westfield swing away tire mount with a ladder is the same size as ours. I got a brand new real mig welder I haven't used yet. I'm holding off UNTILL i replace my transfer case. I drawled up plans for a poptop hard side roof sleeper. I might make instead of spending 2 grand for a tent. Thanks again ill be dreaming tonight.

I know I lucked-out finding this. I forgot to take a pic of the top bed. I'd like to know more about that swing-away tire mount.

Interesting how that narrow bench seat is "phased". The normal one would be mounted against the driver's side, but this one is against the passenger side. It must be a custom made configuration just for this type of construction.

A couple pics of the top bed, but not very good ones, unfortunately.


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My areostar fourm I belong to
 

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This is the other aerostar fourm I belong to. Very active go visit all your questions will be answered. And my page you will see the aero bomber.

I'll check it out.

Great looking camper van!

I stopped visiting the other Aerostar forum because they were badgering me subscribe (for cash payments). I left brooklynbay a goodbye note on the way out. Can you use it without paying?

they badger me too but i ignore it.its been dead lately.

That van is pretty cool. I've got a 97 Aerostar with the pop top. I love it. 210,000 on the original engine.

Any pics? I'd like to see your set up.

I use my van for work and I've been living out of it for about 5 years every other week. It is not nearly as clean as yours. Pretty utilitarian but it does run good. I'm a new member with some questions on idle issues that I am bringing to the table. I'll try and throw some pictures on today. Again I forewarn that they are not nearly as clean as the ones you have up. Thanks for your interest

The camper van is another members not mine. To see pics of mine go to aerobomber,pug shuttle or monster separate. I have oversize tires ECT...and photos of how to.

How did your fender trim go?

"And he scores" is the title of the thread just below this one...I'd say you scored big time on this ride.

Fender trim
 

It went great and very easy.
1. You must remove 6 screws on each side of the front fender well in inner shield is attached to the outside at the rim lip.
2 I took blue painters tape 1-1/2 wide and covered the cut ares in an arch so I don't mess up the paint and my line is easer to see.
3. I used a sharpie and a a dummy guide first I started with a combo square but being 12 inches long it was a bother so I had an old L bracket from a old wood project it was 1 1-1/2 inches long the fender line on the eyebrow is just over 1" high.
4. I put the bracket on the fender lip the sharpie on the other end and traces a arch the shape of the fender on the paper 1 inch high all the way around.
5. Used a 4" cut off disc and it took 2 minutes each fender wear glasses you deffenly need them for sparks and junk inside the lip that's hiding.
Now that both were cut I had many options,my van was ruffer than yours my looked more jeep like not pretty like yours so I went to pep boys they sell fender well molding black chrome peal and stick its about $50 or more bucks and flairs were $100. So since I'm jeepish looking I went to Home Depot for $6.00 I bought a 10 ft length of pvc type of pipe I could have used alumin or metal. The pipe comes center line marked fron the factory. Clamped it in my vice and cut a slit the whole length. If I really wanted a rubber look I could have use pipe insluntation it's pre cut. The wheel lip came out to be 42" I cut the pipe and heated it with a hot air gun just to soften it a little and pushed it on the cut lip. Magic it's done. I removed it painted it black and pit it back on. Used some fender trim glue and it worked great. After looking at it I had to do the rear with the rear left stock the LAN looked like it was lower in the front from the look of bigger front lower rear. Repeated same thing. I didn't get photos of that project after that I sold my van because I'm moving from Vegas to jersey and did not want to ship van. After 2 1/2 years of tinkering I learn a lot. I'm going to look for a unit like yours or do a full size Ford van.

Thanks, I'm damn glad I found it. It's sitting for the winter, which gives me time for tune up and maintenance.