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Easiest thing about a project is buying stuff for it.

I went with the NT 5x8 steel frame as a starting point for my build.

4' x 6' is utterly small --> go at least 5' x 8'

Because somethings require Hydrogen - but for vehicle use, I don't get the point either.

The cheapest way to get hydrogen today is from Natural Gas. Hopefully in the future there can be a more green method found that is cost effective. And right, Ineos is a chemical company. https://www.ineos.com/industry/products/oil-and-gas/ Olefins & Polymers make up around E15B of their E20B...

wow

my DIY wedge is great for a weekend or week. My retirement option will be a DIY built out Sprinter. I can't imagine a Wedge for fulltime life.

Wow, looks a lot like my old '05. Miss it... but don't want it back. GLWYS

Poor welds of aluminum is generally where it cracks. It is much easier to create a crap aluminum weld than a steel weld. Hopefully semi trailer manufactures are using pro welders (or robots)

There are only a few thousand G Wagons sold in USA per year. Depending when in recent history 1.5K to 8.5K units

C channel works great as it is more flexy than a rectangular tube. I'm reprovisioning a Northern (Ironton) 5x8 C channel steel frame for my base.

I'm interested in the bed mechanism as well for a future van build

Wow that is unique. I'm a hobby welder and could definitely put down better beads that these. That final sale price was insane.

DIY?

I'd guess Toasty (Adam) would have that information.

140F is hot, but understandable for the warmer than a house in-floor temperature requirement.

Sounds fun, are you sufficiently mechanically inclined? 4M40 diesels (typical in the 25 year old stuff, 5 to 10 years even older ones might have a 4D56 or 4M40) were not in any USA vehicles, so there will be very limited amount of mechanics willing to work on them. Also any engine parts will...

"Best" for what? Need to tell the crew here a bit about what you are planning to power and for how long, otherwise the information received will be a crap shoot.

Autumn Festival. Rarely do China holidays line up with those in USA. Makes making business over there fun...