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Congratulations on your new grille. The story is that since the Dodge grilles came off really easy for the first few years and hundreds of us got a Mercedes grille, Daimler Chrysler got grumpy and really up'd the tenacity of the adhesive to make it a royal pain to get the old grille and adhesive...

Thank you, Berthil, I really enjoyed seeing all of the work you're doing. Thanks for making the pictures available. It looks as if your twin is still gainfully employed selling coffee in Seattle. I did find one picture of her not in traffic: http://www.motofishcoffee.com/

Hey, Paul, If you haven't already, check your personal e-mail for a message from me re: the next get-together. Thanks.

As always. :sombrero:

Odd, but strangely compelling . . . I personally don't need it, but this isn't the worst idea ever. Both the Honda 750F and the Sputnik car are credible, and that size car should work well with this tug. And once you've gone this far, the paint job seems just about right...

I'm in, too. I'm thinking I'd want the Classic with the wire wheels and old-school rear fender. . Here's hoping it comes out relatively glitch-free.

Jason, you've got it right that it's a different world east of the Rockies, where public land is scarce and usually regimented, versus west of the Rockies, where simply getting away from urban areas will often put you on or near public land. We have no problem finding areas where you can park...

A well written reply, and a bit my point . . . I'm at the median height for US males but, in spite of a long and credible dirt riding resume, I have a heck of a time handling the modern giant trailies off-pavement. You and I are the same height with the same suboptimal knees, but through...

As do most Mogs. ;) Seriously, the maximum speed rating is indeed 55 mph, but that applies at maximum capacity and pressure. While you'll never get a Michelin lawyer to say it, the fact that the tires would often be at half capacity and half maximum pressure gives them a considerable margin of...

This is great news guys, and congratulations to your genes, but some of us are too wimpy/smart to ride a five- or six- hundred pound adventure bike with our feet dangling nowhere near the ground. I'll clamber on to a 300 pound KTM and live with tilting it to one side to get a foot down when...

XM47s are exceptional tires for a Mog, in that you can't believe that something so aggressive can also be so solid on the highway. And no worries about capacity . . . they can handle 7000 pounds per tire and (even more impressive, to my mind) over 2600 pounds per tire at 55 mph at only 15 psi...

At least my Penton Six Day enduro had telescopic forks. I've been waiting many a decade for leading link front ends like on my Sachs motocrosser to make a comeback. For all you kiddies out there, this was what the world 125 champion rode, circa 1969. Really.

I doth protest. The WR is a fine bike with many advantages, but if you would really like to contribute, you might consider doing a project bike that can be comfortably ridden by inseam-challenged people, people with trick knees, women, and so on. Whether modified personally, bought off the...

Well, who wouldn't. :sombrero: I don't know if you followed the recent sale of the Unicat TC-54 (http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/127537), but regardless, the specification sheet http://www.unimog.net/sales/unicat-tc54/unicat-tc54.pdf certainly makes for interesting reading...

We have a butane burner packed in our Sprinter for when we don't have shorepower for the induction cooktop. Propane cooks a little better, but the integrated fuel setup with butane is a big plus to me. We choose the somewhat fancier Iwatani equivalent...

It sounds like you know your stuff, Jason, but be sure you weigh the advantages of a full-on expedition rig with their size and utility demerits. For seven years I owned a Sahara-veteran, go-anywhere, four-person Unimog camper that provided absolutely outstanding accommodations once we...

I'm a little late to the advising, but we have had good luck in both Sprinters with the 5" thick Ikea Sultan Favang foam mattress. It's proven plenty thick and comfy for either me (200 pounds) or wife (140 pounds). It also has, serendipitously, worrked well as a sofa cushion; lots of times foam...

Thanks for posting this. I'm not sure what to think of it, but I'm certainly glad I got to see it.

:iagree: As John Speed argues compellingly in Travel Vans, you should do anything you can to avoid having dedicated space for the toilet/shower facilities. Your talking about an area that isn't used one-twentieth of the time. To dedicate space in a small camper exclusively to the facilities is...

It will for many overlanders. The fact that the Quigley conversion is not a full-on trail rig setup may be important to a few, but given its wheelbase, weight, height and width, a full-sized van isn't a good choice for four-wheeling anyway. Of much more interest to an overlander considering a...