Our Favorite Truck, Van, and Camper Classifieds This Month

I love gawking at cool 4x4s and campers, and I also love a good deal. I have a buddy who suffers from the same affliction, and we have a text thread going back several years that’s filled mainly with Craigslist links to cool vehicles we’ve found online. This affinity for adventure rig classifieds is how I ended up with a 2006 Power Wagon a few years ago and how he scored a killer deal on an even rarer truck and camper. Mostly, though, surfing the web for adventure mobiles is just a fun way to pass the time when we’re bored.

So, in an attempt to do something useful with this goofy habit and put all that time spent scrolling to good work, I’m going to start highlighting some of the coolest rigs and best deals I’ve found recently in an installment I’m calling “Craigslist Finds.”

Keep in mind that these things sell like hotcakes, so these exact listings may no longer be available by the time you’re reading this. The hope here is to provide some insight on what to look for and how to find a good deal on a rig.

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There are all sorts of amazing rigs sold around the world that we never got in the United States, like the Mitsubishi Delica, 70-Series Landcruiser, and a whole host of JDM, or Japanese Domestic Market, campers sold only in Japan. Case in point, this 1998 Toyota Camroad 4WD.

The Camroad was based on a Toyota Toyoace truck chassis and sold by different Japanese manufacturers in the ’90s. This one, a Champ model, has a fiberglass camper affixed to the back of it and is about 16-feet-long and 6.5-feet-wide—for perspective, that’s shorter than many full-sized trucks and Sprinter vans on the market today. Japanese campers are renowned for their efficient use of space and excellent build quality, and this one certainly looks like it lives up to that.

It has a pass-through cab, meaning you can access the camper portion of the vehicle without needing to go outside, and looks like it sleeps at least four (two above the cab and two on a convertible dinette). The seller’s description isn’t the most detailed, but from the looks of things, it’s very well-equipped with a shower and cassette toilet inside, a 20-gallon water tank, a microwave, and more.

Like all JDM vehicles, this one is right-hand drive, which may take a bit of getting used to but is legal to drive in the U.S. This rig has an automatic transmission, which makes things a bit easier, and is powered by Toyota’s legendary 3-liter diesel engine. It even has push-button four-wheel-drive.

Because it’s nearly 30 years old and was never sold in the U.S., it’ll take the right kind of buyer to fully appreciate and enjoy this rig. But, if you’re into well-made, quirky adventure vehicles with four-wheel-drive capability and Toyota reliability, this could be a really cool choice.

A Sportsmobile has always been an absolute dream rig in my mind. If you’re not familiar, the company has been making some of the most badass adventure vans around since 1961. The ones I’ve always been most taken with are those built on the Ford E-Series platform—they’re the old-school, boxy Ford van that was the predecessor to the modern-day Transit. Its truck-like, body-on-frame construction made it more suitable for off-road travel and all the modifications and accessories that go along with that, like suspension lifts, larger tires, steel bumpers, and winches.

These vans were never sold with four-wheel-drive from the factory, but a few companies, including Sportsmobile, Quigley, Advanced 4×4, and Timberline, converted them to four wheel drive, turning them into true adventure rigs. Sportsmobile is perhaps best known for their pop-top conversions, which allow for a ton of standing room and extra sleeping space when parked, but retain all the benefits of a low roof van on the highway.

While cool, Sportsmobiles don’t come cheap—Ford stopped selling E-Series cargo vans in 2014, so even 20-year-old models are highly sought after and hold their value. You can sort of still buy a brand-new one from Field Van (formerly Sportsmobile West), who has created their own custom fiberglass body that fits on an E-Series cutaway chassis, but it’ll cost you north of $200K.

All that to say, this particular Sportsmobile is actually a pretty good deal. It’s a 2013 (so one of the last years of the E-350) with a Quigley 4WD conversion, and it has the sought-after 6.8L, V-10 engine with only 40K original miles. Lots of folks think the diesel engines are the way to go in these vans, but the V-10 is nearly as powerful and costs significantly less to maintain—you’ll just be buying a lot of gas because the engine is not known for being efficient.

The seller says the van’s interior was updated in 2018 by Field Van (formerly Sportsmobile West) and now has a quartz countertop with an induction cooktop. There’s also 200 watts of solar panels on the roof and four AGM batteries. Should those run out, it also comes with a Yamaha generator.

It’s loaded with extras like an onboard air compressor, front and rear, heavy-duty bumpers, an outdoor shower, and one of the cleanest interiors I’ve seen in a long time. I’m a big fan of the floorplan on this one, too, which gives you more seating in the back and space to walk though to the back of the van. All in all, it’s about as drool-worthy as it gets.

This one is the most turnkey of the three vehicles, and a killer option for anyone looking for a true go-anywhere, haul-anything adventure rig. The Ford F-250 is a very popular truck for hauling a camper and doing serious work, and this particular one has two of the best options available for the model: the 7.3L Godzilla V-8 gas engine, and Ford’s Tremor package. The 7.3L V-8 puts out 430 horsepower and 475-pound-feet of torque and is a great alternative to a diesel engine, both for the lower maintenance costs associated with it and because regular unleaded is easier to find while traveling internationally. It’s also designed to be an exceptionally long-lived engine, so 76,000 miles shouldn’t scare anyone off.

The Tremor package means the truck gets a slight lift, a locking rear differential, Ford’s Trail Control drive mode selector, a special rock crawling mode, and 35-inch tires. The seller also installed an onboard air compressor for quickly airing up those big tires.

The model’s max payload is 4,210 pounds, which means it likely doesn’t even know that camper is in the bed. As for the camper, this Four Wheel Campers Hawk looks to be a fully loaded, front-dinette model. It sleeps four, and the seller says it has every option available, including an 85L Isotherm fridge, a Thetford cassette toilet, inside and outside showers, 230 watts of solar on top, and Victron charging components, among other things.

If I were looking for a slightly used three-quarter-ton truck and slide-in camper combo, this rig has just about everything I’d be looking for. You’re getting a lot of value here, too, considering a new F-250 Tremor would cost at least $60K and a new, well-equipped Hawk would be north of $40K.

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