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Thanks for the suggestions about the insurance claim. With the money I've given State Farm for several decades to cover a sometimes vast, sometimews half-vast (I'm still clinging to my sense of humor) fleet of vehicles, I figure they should at least pretend to give the question momentary thought...

Yes, it seemed to run fine for the eighth mile I drove it. There are, however, loose hoses, unconnected power cables running into the cabin, and so on that I'll need to trace before the chassis could drive any distance. Also, in his haste to take the truck apart last summer, Dion tended to cut...

Lucky me. (All photos get bigger when clicked.)

I'm atwitter at the opportunity to discuss anything that doesn't involve the death of my truck. Thanks for asking. ;) I'd strongly suggest you follow your instincts and add the case. I've done it twice, on the Jeep and on the first Sprinter: and both worked out very well. They provided space...

In case anyone wonders, I've never met, telephoned, e-mailed, PM'd, corresponded with, or telegraphed Fog Cutter, and I have absolutely zero idea what I have done to get on his list of people to crap on whenever the chance arises. I promise that if I ever do learn what I'm doing wrong, I'll work...

As with all XV-JP matters of late, I was overly optimistic. Given me a few more days to report.

Thank you very much for that, Travis. Be sure to send me a message or e-mail if there's any specific information you need that didn't get covered.

The Jeep is back at my house. Give me a couple of days to sort through things and I'll let you all know where matters stand. Thanks, Mike

luthj raises an excellent point, in that asking for help from the Sprinter-Source forum will get you a bigger set of experts. You may have already done this, but if not, it is a good forum with many knowledgeable people. And thank you, on behalf of all of us, for your willingness to help out...

Thanks for sharing this valuable information and the helpful photos. Very good news, and our appreciation for being a test case for us all.

Thanks for posting such good photos. It's great to have a chance to see the progress you're making. BTW, for those thinking about building out a T1N Sprinter, take a look at that last photo . . . the way that the curve of the sidewalls eats into your overhead cabinets is one of relatively few...

Thank you, Sam. I appreciate your thoughtfulness, and am certainly sorry to hear of your own situation. Current estimate for arrival is Monday, the 4th. And then we shall see what there is to see.

Several people questioned the wisdom of flying to Iowa to fetch the Jeep from Dion and immediately driving it 2000 miles back to Portland. They had a point, and so I've spent some more money to have the camper delivered. The transporter picked up the XV-JP today at Red Cannon, along with...

I'm pretty sure the general wisdom is to leave the truck as it is. It's one of those "tool for the job" things, and if the job involves highway speeds and lots of miles each day, it's probably best to give it a pass. On the other hand, if you are thinking of going somewhere where the pace is...

Jeremy's supportive writeup is a little bit off in some of the details . . . and I never talked to EarthRoamer about creating an enlarged cabin--they'd have just pointed out that they do, in fact, make the much bigger, if pricier, XV-LT. ;) I am grateful for this supportive explanation, and...

Today's winner of the most interesting thing we could spend money on. I'd like to see the interior layout as well. Thanks.

Thanks for all of the support, my friends. It's very helpful given the situation is not going to end well. As I've pieced together more of the actual story, it seems that Dion had no substantial funding in place when he started Red Cannon, so that his ability to complete my Jeep required...

How impressive of you to follow up with the long-term report. I thought it was a good idea at first, and now it seems a great idea which any of us can readily make use of. Thanks.

All 80 horsepower of it. ;) Of course, no one says you have to be driving it around on the freeways all of the time. Probably a pretty sweet setup for lots of the world.

Given how things are turning out, I guess I can't argue with that observation. ;)