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Glamping!? You haven't seen glamping until you check out what $3 million will buy in goofy European RV design. If you have nothing better to do, go to the website: http://www.marchi-mobile.com and troll around to see the pictures of how they'll spend your money. (The article specifically...

Ain't I special? For some brief period of time, I'm the only person running around with MetalTech 4x4's nifty step sliders on an LX470. They've got lots of these on Landcruisers, but the sliders originally wouldn't fit a Lexus because the Automatic Height Control cylinder was in the way. So...

Here's the latest on the two upcoming SprinterFests, as posted this morning on the Yahoo list by Stewert Ives . . . They'll be two 4WD Sprinters to check out at NWSF, and Paul Jensen and I will be there with our Sprinters and the new Wrangler motorhome. Hope to see some of you there.

What a long, strange trip it's been . . . In the fall of 2007, I purchased a very lightly used EarthRoamer XV-JP, the third produced, in Philadelphia and, with the help of my ExPo friends driving some exotic routes, got it home to Oregon. During the winter of 07-08, I both drove around...

For anyone less than close to NW Sprinterfest scheduled for April 14th (linked here) . . . Detailed information on the East Coast SprinterFest is now available here: http://sprinter-source.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19651.

​Time to pass on the details of this year's Northwest SprinterFest, the annual low key West Coast get-together of Sprinter trucks, owners and interested onlookers. This NW SprinterFest, the seventh, will be held on Saturday, April 14th in Tualatin, OR, a few miles south of Portland just off I-5...

Today's Puzzle: What's Special about this Sprinter? Oh, wait; I gave the answer away in the title. :sombrero: People who have followed the saga of the efforts to have a four-wheel drive Sprinter in North America already know that it's been a convoluted affair. You can read about it here...

Many Pacific Northwest truck guys will remember the big surplus outlet that Freightliner of Portland ran until they were bought out to become McCoy Freightliner. That change knocked the Surplus Store down from legendary, but McCoy is still selling surplus parts and I stopped by there today to...

This isn't the sort of thing that usually shows up here, but I always try to give the ExPo inmates first chance at all my stuff. It'll go on Craigslist and the other usual suspects in a few days. Anyway . . . I bought this bike a few months ago and originally planned to use it as a parts supply...

The truck sold shortly after posting. Thanks for the interest. All this is a bit long, mostly because there's a lot to cover. Trust me, though . . . if you might be a potential owner of this truck, you'll enjoy reviewing the extensive accomplishments and thoughtful care and modification that's...

So the way I figure it, if Scott suggest a thread, it's worth a thread. Seriously, this is one of the nicer Samurais around . . . he said humbly ;) . No offense to the wheelers who put 37s and an exocage onto a Sami, but those mods really limit the flexibility of what can be a pretty useful...

I'm sure that the audience for this tongue-in-check thread is vanishingly small, but bandwidth here don't cost nuthin' and perhaps there's one member who's spent long hours wondering, "How can I make a cushy camper out of my Samurai. The logic behind this is a little convoluted. Basically, the...

I'm just back from a trip to Southeast Oregon. This wouldn't be worth any mention except that the place is a lot prettier than the norm . . . the wet winter and spring have got the whole place a lot greener than is usual. What with the snow-capped mountains, blue water on the dry lakes and the...

I don't have any details, and won't until Saturday, but it looks like the 4x4 conversion that Upscale Automotive was developing has worked out well enough that there are operating vehicles to show. If you're anywhere close and want a Sprinter overlander, you may want to check it out. Here's...

Came across this on the Sprinter-Source forum . . . Salem-Kroger's Sprinter conversions were not perfect, but it's what there are by far the most of and many owners like them, not to mention that you get a two-speed transaxle. This conversion, of a serial production Class B motorhome, is one...

It's once again time for the Sprinter van to have it's annual sun/rain. The fifth annual Sprinterfest will be held on Saturday, April 16th in Tualatin, OR, a few miles south of Portland just off I-5. They'll be a wide variety of Sprinter rigs, from work trucks to campers and motorhomes, both the...

NEW HOME FOUND FOR IT 3/29/11: Details at the bottom. ------------------ Some people rescue stray dogs. James Lombardo and I have rescued a stray motorhome. :sombrero: It's a bit of a story, but I temporarily own a unique 1992 AeroCruiser Class A motorhome. Reimburse me the $4,900 I've...

Here you go . . . Seitz Windows 101 . . . in which I'll try to describe how these interesting windows work and why an overlander might or might not want to use them. And, BTW, before someone has to point it out, there are a couple other manufacturers of this style of window in Europe, but...

Offered without much comment, except that some might find this cool: http://www.shop4tech.com/item9648.html?r=500 They've also got a 70-200 mm if you need more capacity. :)

A very cheap way to get GPS . . . assuming you're carrying a paid-for Windows computer anyway. ;) Cheap versions of older versions of Streets and Trips go on sale periodically, and there've been many posts about its relative strengths and weaknesses. The general consensus is that it works OK...