Papago Vans
“Camper Vans Built to Adventure”
About Papago Vans
Papago Vans is a custom campervan conversion company based in Mesa, Arizona, building fully custom layouts on Mercedes Sprinter, Ram ProMaster, and Ford Transit platforms, plus offering a separate service department for repairs, upgrades, and partial builds. It was founded in March 2020 by Tim Arias, Ian Gardner, and Jesse Englehard, starting with a single E350 conversion in a home garage before growing into a 22,400-square-foot facility with in-house CNC fabrication and paint booth.
How they build
Papago Vans' stated mission is to enrich lives by delivering custom adventure vans that fuel exploration, with an emphasis on including customers directly in the design process for each build.
- Fully custom van layouts
- Mercedes Sprinter conversions
- In-house CNC fabrication
- Mesa, Arizona build facility
Milestones
- 2020Tim Arias, Ian Gardner, and Jesse Englehard launch Papago Vans in a single-car garage with an E350 conversion
- 2020Moves to a 1,650 sq ft garage, builds around 10 custom vans, and hires its first employees
- 2021Relocates to a 4,800 sq ft building in downtown Phoenix
- 2022Moves into a 22,400 sq ft Mesa facility with an in-house CNC machine, paint booth, dedicated service department, and a team grown past 38 employees
The lineup
Class B
5 models
Company reviews
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