Sprinter 4x4 Panel/Box van hybrid ?
 

So, I like the idea of having a luton box that's wide enough to sleep across comfortably in. But having it on a ladder chassis raises the centre of gravity up too high for my liking.

Soooo... my idea is to get a panel van (which has a lower floor than the ladder chassis sprinters), chop the roof and sides off the back, keeping the floor and then graft on a luton box somehow (see pic).

That way I could keep the overall height and centre of gravity as low as possible, but still have a nice square box to work with.

A bit like a bimobil but for a lot less money and with the layout of my choosing :)

Any thoughts, suggestions, concerns?

[IMG] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JEw...ew?usp=sharing [/IMG]

You're not the first to have thought of that. Vehicles like this are common, at least here in the US. Google will confirm (and confirm and confirm until your eyeballs bleed). They range from delivery vans to trades worker trucks to custom campers. Prices range widely, too: from cheap to stratospheric.

C.f., https://www.commercialtrucktrader.co...y=box%20trucks

Hiya
There will somewhere be a Mercedes body building guide saying what you can and can't cut. I seem to remember if you want to fit a camper roof to a Sprinter like a James Cook you can't cut off the whole roof for instance. I imagine cutting off the whole body would need you to add the strength back in which will be the same weight and more plus the box.
If you were to buy a ladder chassis there's nothing stopping you mounting all fluids batteries etc along/between/under chassis legs? A big empty box on top won't weigh much.