STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Pete Davidson has officially entered his dad-van era.
In a recent video for eBay’s new “Built to Spec” series, the Staten Island native revealed that he’s been prepping for fatherhood by commissioning the ultimate custom minivan. And not just any minivan, of course. A fully decked-out, VHS-playing, baby-bottle-cooling Honda Odyssey.
“I found out I was going to be a dad. I was like, ‘Holy crap, I need a dad van,’” Davidson said in the video. “I would just like a minivan that’s sick, you know?”
His case for driving one is peak Staten Island pragmatism: “No one looks at you in a minivan. No one bothers you. It’s so uncool that it’s kind of cool.”
Enter eBay, which Davidson said reached out, ready to help make his dad-van dreams come true.
Working with well-known builder Tony Angelo of Stay Tuned, Davidson helped assemble an equal parts absurd and functional parent-mobile, including lifted suspension, new wheels and tires, a cold-air intake, LED fog light pods, an awning, a cargo box and a center-console fridge.
“This is not a cooler,” Angelo explained in the video. “It’s an actual fridge … baby bottles, anything you need to keep cold.”
The real showstopper is the old-school tech that was a must-have for Davidson.
“Woah, we got a VHS player! Hell yeah, dude. That’s f—— awesome,” he said, spotting the flip-down LCD screen. “This is my dream.”
A nearly identical second van, built with the same mods Pete selected, is currently up for auction on eBay, with 100% of the proceeds going to Answer the Call, Davidson’s chosen nonprofit that helps families of fallen NYC first responders.
“Maybe we could race our minivans one day,” he joked in the video.
You can bid on the van here.