Logos

From crispyneurons

the adventure machine

Logos is a 2005 GMC Savana 3/4-ton cargo van. It has a 4.8L Vortec V8 gasoline engine and rear wheel drive. It has been to Mexico and the playa. I've taken it to beaches and across lakebeds in Mexico and through deserts in Nevada, and thousands of miles of road trips besides. It's come through quite a bit of rough stuff with a few scrapes, but it's a tough machine. It's my home away from home.

Logos at Diyafa, just after I bought it in June 2005.

[edit] Completed upgrades

Aside from cupholders, Logos came with no frills at all. Unlike modern shi-shi SUVs, it has manual locks, manual windows, manual everything. That makes it a blank slate for proper upgrades.

The new side doors have tinted windows.

So far, Logos has been enhanced with:

• Class 3 hitch.
• Alpine CD player head unit w/iPod adapter.
• Replacement side doors w/windows.
• Tinted both rear windows, the driver and passenger windows and the windows on the side doors.
• Privacy curtain separating front seat area from the back.
• Fabric held to ceiling by industrial-strength magnets.
• Futon, fur blankets and pillows.

[edit] Planned upgrades

I have a extensive plans for Logos:

Concept for wheels and fender flares.

• A pair of decent 6" speakers.
• Amp + subwoofer.
• Chrome billet fuel door.
• Sunroof.
• Fender flares.
• Billet grille, seen here: AutoAnything.
• Grill guard.
• Roof rack (TracRac TracVan or equivalent, or alternatively, a safari rack).
• Oversized axles.
• Wider wheels.
• Tail light guards.
• New paint job (probably metal flake gunmetal grey).
• Deep cycle battery.
• AC outlet.
• Solar panel.
• Interior walls covered with fake Persian carpet.
• Insulation behind the walls.
• Performance intake kit (K&N).
• Aftermarket performance-boosting exhaust system w/stainless steel tips.

Safari rack concept, as seen on a Land Rover I spotted on the highway.

Possible upgrade: matte steel bumpers.

[edit] Possible Upgrades

• Mod chip or tuning computer (Hypertech Power Programmer III)
• Forced induction/supercharger.
• Biodiesel hybrid conversion, a la Johnathan Goodwin, SAE Energy