When you hadn’t seen it, Ford launched the Transit Path lately, with manufacturing facility upgrades that give it a extra off-pavement succesful spec that appears purpose-built for the Vanlife crowd. And, now, VanDOit is providing a brand new mannequin on that chassis, providing you with overland-ready choice with out having to change the suspension or upsize the tires your self.
As a 3rd mannequin, the MOOV sits alongside VanDOit’s GO and DO fashions, every providing their very own distinctive base structure and T-Observe inside framing. Every is constructed to about 80% the identical on their meeting line, permitting for a lot faster, cheaper choices versus full, one-off customs. Take a look at our two manufacturing facility tour tales (right here and right here) to see how they do it.
The Ford Transit Path begins with off-road 30.5″ Goodyear Wrangler tires, 16″ rims, a 2.75″ wider observe, and a 3.5″ physique elevate. Whereas VanDOit provides oversize off-road tires as an choice, the elevate is as much as you except you go together with the acute (and warranty-crushing) Quigley 4×4 conversion.
It’s constructed on their AWD drivetrain, which IMO is greater than sufficient to get you anyplace you’re going to go in a ten,000lb personalized camper van. It additionally will get adaptive cruise management, blind spot help, and reverse and facet sensors. So, so long as you don’t add huge aftermarket bumpers, you’ll have an easy to drive automobile, on freeway or off.
The inside T-Observe skeleton frames the van, permitting you to connect any of VanDOit’s equipment, just like the hanging cupboards, kitchen pod, and so forth.
The MOOV mannequin introduces just a few new designs for VanDOit. For the reason that Transit Path doesn’t begin life as a passenger van just like the others, it doesn’t have all of the home windows all the best way across the sides…just one on the sliding passenger facet door.
So, they built-in portal-style storage slots on the perimeters, and spun the mattress 90º, making this their first van with a sideways mattress. It additionally seems to be fastened, which (as proven) means no bikes beneath…however as a result of it’s mounted to T-Observe you possibly can probably reposition it, simply with out the simple hydraulic lifts of the LIV mannequin. It’s additionally lacking the slide-out tray that makes bike loading simpler, however as with all of their builds, you possibly can most likely add virtually any function you need.
The brand new energy and electronics financial institution is far smaller although, thanks largely to using a Navicon Fathom Li-Ion battery system somewhat than the standard three marine batteries.
A swivel passenger seat and desk makes an important workstation, too. We’ve reached out to VanDOit with questions on pricing and availability and different potential modifications and can replace after we hear again.
