Recent content by hipsterreplacement

I'm replying back just in case this information could help someone in future. All told, this took me about 2 months (because I have school, housekeeping, and other things I gotta do...) to find something of a solution for. (And in the meantime, a local AAA office messed up my address so the new...

I am multiply disabled. I have other resource issues that affect my life. Please stop assuming you know how easy something is for me. You know how easy it is for you.

That's certainly a possibility. When I was even trying to get a quote, it was with the idea it might be temporary because I need to be able to drive the van around more and really contemplate what I can afford to do to change it to my liking to know whether to keep it or sell it on and hopefully...

Thanks. I did actually look up the customizer as one of the first things I did. And contacted them. They have not responded. I tried again using another person's email in another part of the company. No response so far. I also contacted Ford's accessibility program to see what their records...

The plot thickens... I was trying to decide whether to escalate with AAA re the denial to write a policy on that basis, or end up having to go in person to AAA or DMV to see what's going on in the record. I didn't get any manuals or anything like that from the seller, but there were some...

Bad news: people who won't obey rules ruined things for the rest of us (and the habitat) again. Good news: it's a temporary shutdown and they're working on a plan to handle this so it's possible to reopen safely. https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article286698780.html "the...

I'm not a petowner, but I wanted to post this warning since I know a lot of nomads stop in and around Blythe. An introduced snail carrying a parasite that can host in dogs is now found in the Colorado River around Blythe and that region. They're still researching how far this new introduction...

Exactly! I kept trying to explain this to the AAA agent. That's why I spent some time tonight printing to PDF the archive of Ford's site at the time the e250 was sold, showing this was a Ford-approved program.

Ah, that "incomplete chassis" phrase might be to blame...makes one think it's a cutaway van. Although even those can just be used to re-make a Ford Econoline classic, like Field Vans does. I was browsing the archived Ford site, which in 2004 had links specifically for mobility upfitting. They...

At first I started a post in a narrative way to tell this complicated story, then I deleted and figured I'd better just figure out why I wanted to post it here... I bought a used 2004 Ford e250 Presidential Conversions custom van. Wheelchair-accessible custom van. It's not now and never has...

Taking the captain's seats out is not just "fixing up" the van. It's making it so I can even use it for its intended purpose at all or not. If I can't use i that way, I'll stick with my minivan and sell this on. At least the minivan has stow'n'go seats and I can use the area behind the driver's...

I'm still not sure I'm not going to have to sell it on. It really depends on whether I can get affordable help getting the interior to what I want it to be. I'm in Northern California. I currently live in a travel trailer and mildew is HORRIBLE. I bought it used so I suspect it was an...

Thanks for letting me know what you think, though. I did so much research for a year looking to find a van, but my target kept changing because the market was going wild and what I could afford was changing. So I may have been under-researched on this since previously my plan was to either buy a...

I do understand why upfitters focus on fleet customers. I'm not looking for a big builder. I plan on having most stuff be a no-build build. I'm just trying to get someone who knows what they're doing when it comes to ripping out stuff and putting the vinyl in without messing up the wheelchair...

After over a year of looking, and used van prices about doubling in the time it took me to save the money that used to be sufficient... I found a great deal and got an extended Ford e250 van with an under-vehicle lift. It very much seems to be extended size despite there being no record of...