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Thanks for showing us this project. It seems very promising, and I'll be looking forward to your work. Good luck.

I haven't changed it because I'm almost always using it solo and thus I can sleep on the lower bunk, and by removing the upper bunk, I get more additional storage space than I can possibly use. The lower bunk is plenty comfy--though admittedly not quite as comfy as the palatial upper bunk with...

Sorry I missed the question the first time. The short answer is that the windows were made by Seitz and are very common in European and Australian RVs. They are also used on a number of US RVs. Mine were installed by Creative Mobile Interiors, but the install is not too difficult for competent...

:iagree: It would be quite a project. There were two SBUs that had automatic transmissions put in them by Twin Disc, the Wisconsin company that makes marine and industrial transmissions, but those were big and expensive trucks, not really a good match with your use even if, magically, one...

The poster is correct with his "only 66,700 miles." Unless they were turned into RVs, most T1N (2001-06) Sprinter cargo vans were in commercial service, and you're as likely to find one with 200K+ miles as one with 67K. The mid-wheelbase (140 inch) T1Ns were about 18.5 feet long with good...

Google Maps says it's only 2,971 miles. Closer than I thought. :)

You don't see much of the XV-JP in these forums any more. That's a result, sad to say, of it pretty much being done. I can't really think of anything fruitful to do to it or buy for it. What a bummer. ;) On the other hand, not constantly building on it means that it gets out a lot more. I'm...

Thanks for sharing your information, too. I got a Sequoia after two LX470s and find it to be a close equivalent in performance while costing substantially less and having several advantages. (Not the least of these is that the added length makes it an easy truck for an overlander to sleep...

Thanks, as always, for the effort you make to figure out this stuff and share your findings. I find your experience and knowledge very helpful, and I appreciate you passing it on.

CONGRATULATIONS! A simply wonderful vehicle, one of the most impressive in North America. Its spec sheet reads like the only constraint was to do everything the right way. I was disappointed that I didn't have a good use for the truck, as I would have been extremely proud to own it. We may...

Yep, the change to Duratracs is huge. My XV-JP came with Goodyear M/Ts, and they were loud and squirrelly on the pavement, to the point that handling at freeway speeds was kinda spooky. The Duratracs aren't the ultimate bad-trail tire, but given that most every overlanding trucks will be on...

My understanding is that he did import it legally. Making it meet EPA and DOT/NHTSA requirements is why it's a quarter million dollar truck. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/arnold-schwarzenegger-gets-keys-250-000-mercedes-unimog-181556572.html

:iagree: I believe nothing would be more critical than driving the truck down a freeway and around a couple of curves at speed. No matter what your off-pavement use might be, the vast majority of your miles will be on pavement and you'll hate driving the truck if it's skittish and unstable on...

Perhaps something could be done with the threaded version of the Seasucker mount: https://www.seasucker.com/product-category/vacuum-mounts/ The attachment is a 1/4-20 thread, which may or may not be good enough for your project. And they're not cheap. But I have one that's several years old...

Kinda depends how much you care about it. At ground level, the trail is theoretically wide enough; that, is, there's not vegetation growing ON the trail. But the higher it grows, the more the branches spread out, up to about 8-10 feet. So it actually would trash a low vehicle a bit less than my...

Yeah, great stuff considering most of us don't know squat about this area. I really appreciate the solid/detailed information.

So cool, indeed. Thanks you so much for the great photos showing your construction techniques.

Yeah, me, too. Kimberley uses the split systems, so if you maybe know someone in Australia, try to get one for me, too. :) http://www.kimberleykampers.com/off-road-camper-trailers-air-conditioning I agree that the window ACs would be better than the portable units--better cooling, less noise...

Well said, Beth. Cutting the hole in the roof for AC is pretty defensible, and I think that most people agree that a Coleman Polar Cub will keep a Sprinter cool enough until it gets to the triple digits, though the best of the bigger units will, at the cost of more money and current draw, be...

My XV-JP is narrower than your Chinook, and the brush on Section 1 (southernmost) seriously pinstriped the side of the truck. I left thinking the vegetation made it pretty much of a moto trail. There wasn't anything difficult about the section, and rather few areas where you got much of a view...