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    FOR SALE: custom built ruggedized 99 AWD Safari Tiger CLONE

    Thanks I am in the process of rehosting all my pics from photobucket. Even with years of IT experience, it ain't "trivial". Especially doing it on a smart phone ... in Mexico... with WIFI stolen from.restaurants during meals.
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    FOR SALE: custom built ruggedized 99 AWD Safari Tiger CLONE

    http://s690.photobucket.com/user/Lazerus2000/media/20170421_145147_zps1rg2a2pn.jpg.html?sort=3&o=7 I can see these pictures. Can any one else view them??
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    I am Wintering in Ajijic Mexico, still living in my AWD SAFARI MOTORHOME CONVERSION. The little rig is great, but the only rambling I do this days is the trip between Vancouver Island and Ajijic. I parked the RV three months ago and haven't moved it since. In fact, I am seriously...
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    After nearly three years with my AWD SAFARI VAN MOTORHOME CONVERSION, I am still loving it. I have spent about 2 yrs actually living out if it,and still wake up each morning with a smile. However, the van does not move around much these days except for the drive back and forth between Mexico...
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    FOR SALE: custom built ruggedized 99 AWD Safari Tiger CLONE

    After 7 months in Mexico and the US, my custom built ruggedized 99 AWD Safari Tiger CLONE is now back home on Vancouver, Island Canada. It will take a few days to clean it up, replace the windshield, and repair any small issues. Then it will be ready and available for sale. LOCATION...
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    Who's going to Overland Expo West?

    I will be there in my Do It Yourself built AWD 1999 Safari MICRO Motorhome. Looking at all the exotic EXPENSIVE machinery and wishing my budget was as big as my dreams of glory. My background is mostly motorcycle "Adventure Touring" and 2WD/4WD/AWD vans, but I am interested in any and all...
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    Class C 4x4 to travel the western hemisphere- anyone done it?

    The GOLDILOCKS DILEMMA ... too big? ... too small? ... just right? 2WD? 4WD? AWD? RAISED ROOF or Pop top? Regular van body or BIG BOX? I have rebuilt a few RVs in my time. Most commercially built motorhomes are stapled and glued together, and absolutely will Not stay together on ROUGH...
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    FOR SALE: custom built ruggedized 99 AWD Safari Tiger CLONE

    Pictures of the interior as requested Sink, cabinets, drawers, fold out kitchen table, 12 V cooler on slide out, NEW/unused Stainless Steel portable propane barbecue Upper Left side with Clothes closet, book shelf BIG Storage above bed at rear Storage at Right side above bed RIGHT...
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    FOR SALE: custom built ruggedized 99 AWD Safari Tiger CLONE

    THIS RIG IS GREAT, BUT THERE WERE SOME LESSONS LEARNED ALONG THE WAY THE MICRO MOTORHOME IS GREAT, but ... 1.] I cracked the windshield, A and lost a front clearance light lens an cracked my skylight PUSHING THROUGH LOW BRANCHES. I eventually put cables from the front grill guard to the...
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    FOR SALE: custom built ruggedized 99 AWD Safari Tiger CLONE

    TAYLOR, I got your private message and replied. If you send your email to my email, I can attach the pictures requested. thanks for your interest LAZ 1
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    FOR SALE: custom built ruggedized 99 AWD Safari Tiger CLONE

    It is nearly time to return North to Vancouver Island, Canada for the Summer in my custom built ruggedized 99 AWD Safari Tiger Mini Motorhome conversion. http://s690.photobucket.com/user/Lazerus2000/media/20170421_145147_zps1rg2a2pn.jpg.html?sort=3&o=7 THE LITTLE BLACK BOX CUSTOM FRONT BUMPER...
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    Birds of Paradise flocking in my front yard The pool at my rental casita. Those are ORANGE TREES in the background. They drop ripe Oranges right into the pool Jacaranda Trees in bloom ... aka ..PURPLE RAIN The LITTLE BLACK BOX ... 99 AWD Safari MICRO Mtorhome build Custom front Bumper...
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    Heading North in May. Planning to attend the Overlanding Expo West event in Flagstaff, Az, May 12 - 14. Anyone else planning to attend? LAZ 1 (;-{)
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    Well, I just got my 99 AWD SAFARI MICRO MOTORHOME STUCK!! I have been stuck many times before .... in a 2WD motorhome on the soft sand beach at SAN BLAS ... and in GUMBO mud up to the frame in my MASSIVE 4X4 PATHFINDER E35O Van conversion ... and countless times in much lighter off road...
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    Any travellers passing through Ajijic are welcome to contact me. HOSPITALITY is available. While I originally planned to do a lot more rambling around in Mexico, exploring both coasts, Ajijic us so great that I have settled in here quite nicely. So much to do here in Ajijic, that I have not...
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    I originally planned to spend this Winter in the Baja, in my AWD MICRO MOTORHOME, that I built up specifically for the trip. After doing the BAJA on a KLR 650, AND half way back up again ( returning my buddy's BMW DAKAR after he broke his leg and flew back ) I kept saying to myself ... "It...
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    The road less travelled ... The Black Tortoise Sunshine, Serendipity, SURPRISE Tour

    I originally planned to spend this Winter in the Baja, in my 99 AWD Safari MICRO MOTORHOME, THE BLACK TORTOISE, that I built up specifically for the trip. After doing the BAJA on a KLR 650, AND half way back up again ( returning my buddy's BMW DAKAR after he broke his leg and flew back ) I...
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    I recognised an AWD Van passing me ... Looked like a well balanced rig ... much more practical than the ZOMBIMOBILE Van I saw in Denver at the Self Sufficient life style show. After Denver, I headed down to Arizona and am now in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico for a while. CROSSING OVER WOLF CREEK...
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    Currently in Tucson, Az, doing a bit of final updating and prepping before crossing over to Mexico for the Winter. Plan to leave the US shortly after Thanksgiving. The van is running great and did a stretch on the Az desert hiway at 75 mph. Straight and true and smooth ... much more stable...
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    OVERLANDING with an AWD ASTRO/SAFARI VAN?

    Currently in Denver attending the SELF RELIANCE EXPO. Then on to Arizona, Mexico, and ...??? The van is great, although pushing a big square box this size through the wind resistance at highway speeds, with a V6 motor, has resulted in significantly poorer gas mileage. Especially crossing over...
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