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Not too much information because it was pretty straightforward: The two cylinders used are from Peninsular Cylinders in Roseville, Michigan. They have a two inch bore and a 45 inch stroke and are manifolded together. There's much additional specification at http://www.peninsularcylinders.com/...

This sort of heater is highly-regarded, but there are some drawbacks in terms of more complicated installation and maintenance. However, if you have a diesel-powered vehicle, they are worth considering. Plus some people, once they get as far as diesel space and hot water heating, buy one of the...

Yep, a 1973 side door with the 455 Olds. We named it Elizabeth, though I don't know why, since we haven't named but three or four of 100+ vehicles. Just seemed like an "Elizabeth." I guess. It was a very high end motorhome in its day, and just 23 feet long. Yeah, me, too. I also had a 77 Revcon...

BTW, this was sad: I owned a Kent Cortez, the successor to the Clark Cortez, and both have about the cleverest floorplans you'll ever find in motorhomes. It'd be great to have so many millions that I could put them back into production with modern components.

OK, my friend, time to chime in to say how very impressed I am by what you've put together. And while, as they once said, that plus a nickel will get a five cent candy bar, I do know enough about such things to compliment you on some very clever thinking as to how to go about accomplishing your...

So they'll be only one Tiger in the household now? Seems kinda average. ;) Good luck with the sale. Mike

When converting the rear of my LX470 (http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/77938), I thought long and hard about leaving the panels in place because it was work for Paul to get them out and because the truck was still worth too much in resale to completely give up on making it stock...

Apparently true now, but in my Sprinter, I had an Olympian (now Camco) Wave 8 cat heater that had an integral thermostat, a sliding level that increased or decreased the gas flow while leaving it on all of the time. Inexplicably, though, I notice that the current heaters have an adjustable BTU...

Yes, indeed; it does look handsome. Are you going up to buy it for yourself or merely to inspect it for the rest of us? :sombrero: The auction is the collection of a guy with 139 cars. When I saw that this morning, I immediately pointed it out to my wife as evidence I wasn't so bad after all...

Or perhaps you could talk EarthRoamer, or C.F Maier Composites, who did the EarthRoamer Jeep's fiberglass, into making a run of the door inserts used when the 4-door JKU was turned into the XV-JP:

The lower than average miles may make the truck tighter and more pleasant, but 80 Series are known for their outstanding longevity and generally hold together pretty well for more than double that mileage. There is, FWIW, a major and expensive service due at 90,000 miles; if it hasn't had that...

Assuming everything works out, sincere congratulations to you. I think you'll find this a fine end to your search for a good overlanding vehicle and very well bought. Glad that it may be staying in the ExPo family; the Hackneys' truck is one of the ExPo icons. :clapsmile

Real Soon Now. I got a message from Eurocampers last Friday saying it had arrived down there, so it should be on my doorstep any day. It'll be close to three full months since ordering. I didn't want to pay for air freight, and I'm OK with the time, but standard shipping wouldn't seem brilliant...

I got mine, and fine service, from our colleagues at Sierra Expeditions: http://www.sierraexpeditions.com/index.php?l=product_list&m=75

There certainly are people on this forum doing serious travel in their Tiger motorhomes, both the Class B and Class C models. One Portal member, Suntinez, has put about about a gazillion miles on her Tigers traveling around--including significant unpaved road travel--and her trip reports, with...

And I was staring at our trailer yesterday afternoon, Chris. As I always say, it's a total bummer you have to work for a living. We sure could fill the time up easy. :sombrero: Good to hear from you. Keep calm and carry on.

It's a shame Camper Mog isn't mobile; we could have staged a "speed contest" . . . and no one would ever know. :sombrero:

Friends of mine, knowing my Unimog and my other trucks, ran into this Volvo/Action Mobil rig at Cedar Breaks National Monument and quite correctly decided I'd want to see pictures. The owners were out hiking, so there was no more information that could be gathered for me. If anyone knows more...

The biggest consideration is that they are very different concepts, the U500 being a fully modern, technologically-advanced truck with the U2450's much-simpler design being 20+ years older. There are advantages to both depending on the proposed use, though the U500 would clearly be the better...

Also, in some trucks, to cut glare and the reflection of the hood off the windshield glass on a sunny day. Depends on the angles involved, but I've had a couple of vehicles where the reflection was extremely distracting when the sun hit the hood right (wrong).