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Thanks for the post. Nice to see when these come up for sale. A good starting point for something clever/expensive, I'm sure. ;)

You mean it's possible to have an overhead cabinet with the same depth at the bottom and top?!! You could even, say, put a box of cereal in it??? What a concept! Color me jealous.

Your memory is correct. Once the vehicle is over 25 years old (to the month from date of manufacture, IIRC), the process is relatively straightforward. Well, as straightforward as buying big, expensive things from foreign countries can be. The duty associated with importing the vehicle will...

I swapped the original Moab wheels on the XV-JP for Grand Cherokee "winter wheels." I think they look good and you certainly don't have to obsess over their care.

Make sure you like the way the rear door opens. Kind of a pain in some situations--can't open it with the garage door closed, for example--but other times it's fine. Probably the only potentially unlikable thing on the truck. FWIW, the 90K service (includes timing belt and water pump) is...

The Gizmag website likes to include relatively frequent articles about tiny housing concepts, towable or not. A couple of recent articles: http://www.gizmag.com/wide-path-camper/34644/ http://www.gizmag.com/hutte-hut-tiny-trailer-two/35990/ will give you a clue as to the coverage. Not saying...

Thanks for sharing the information about your Sequoia. I'll be eager to see the future mods, too.

I looked into this a bit more, and it appears that MBz motivation for broadening application of the 4WD option on NAFTA Sprinter is pretty low at the moment. Apparently, there's a shortage of available components restricting production. From the Sprinter Guy blog this weekend . . .

Well, crap. Our friend is right; no 4x4 chassis cab yet. In my defense, this contradicts information given me during the announcement period, when I was told by a dealer it was expected to be available for all variants. Unreliable information about a forthcoming Sprinter 4x4!? Yeah, like that...

You can readily get a cab-chassis unit and then have your local shop put the flatbed on. Or a service body, or a dry box, or whatever. Credit: kbb.com And though you didn't ask, if someone wanted to put a cabin onto a Sprinter, it'd be a relatively straightforward task . . . the back wall of...

The truly stumpy short wheelbase 118" ended in North American when they replaced the T1N version with the swoppy NCV3 in 2007, and which you still get today. Today's short is yesterday's medium, yesterday's large is shorter than today's medium. T1N: 118" wheelbase/16.0 feet LOA . . . 140"...

Hard to believe (and I checked twice) but no one has yet mentioned the Xtreme Off-Road Crawler Hauler project that 4x4'd an old Isuzu LCF truck: It might not be of any use beyond proving that, on television, anything is possible. But the videos are on the internet, though you have to watch a...

The giant thread is here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/129107-40-Imported-Defenders-seized-by-Homeland-Security-Today Maybe best to carry on at the end of that one?

Yep. Seemed the most reasonable way to go. Well, that ought to work. Don't throw yourself through the windshield. :)

Hey, Scott, I'm guessing that you know about this, but just in case: http://www.garagemotoguzzi.com/en/kit/scrambler/ If time permits, please let us know what you think of the V7 for your use. I'd certainly be interested.

They work well and seem like they haul the Jeep down somewhat better. In truth, I never had issues with the stock brakes, most likely because prudent driving never got me into any situation where they were tested. On paper, though, it seemed like if any Jeep should have bigger brakes, it'd be...

There was another positive review in the British publication Motorcycle Sports and Leisure. Again, many good points were cited with no serious negatives. The general tenor of the article was that, in spite of focusing on providing a cool, high-style bike perfect for hipsters and their...

Last Call for Expo'teers. If no one here wants them, we'll move them on to the "alternate" sites. ;)

For the large group of you closer to Pennsylvania than Oregon, they posted the information regarding the annual east coast SprinterFest. A fine event if you have or are interested in Sprinters and their conversion. ============= What: 6th Annual SprinterFEST East - Is ON When: Saturday, April...

By the way, I can't help but think that the general layout of the back part of Sprinter One would work. It was a bit too small to be optimum for the 10' x 5.5' floor space we had, but there's much more space in the Kenmobile, and that would really open up the layout, giving an open feel more...