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So back door finish i started talking about a while ago. I have several ideas for back here, but the base of everything starts with a nice L-track system to attach things i have planned. and easily switched out from trip to trip depending on what activity that trip includes. I personally prefer...

Something i have been planning since day 1 on this build is tying my 2 passions together. I have a love for vans/overland vehicles but also a love for motorcycles (mostly dirtbikes/dual sports but also vintage or fast sport bikes). I've done several trips in the past where the van/vehicle is a...

After spending many nights in the van and generally having a good summer for a change, its time to finish the items that ended up on the back burner so we could enjoy the rig. #1, finishing the back doors. Long story short, technically this is not the van we had ordered, our ordered one had rear...

and the other times wearing a raggety old flannel that should have gone to the trash long ago (days i spaced on the shop shirt). flannel is now been in the trash for a while

So i got really behind on my time lapse video stuff because i just wanted to finish the thing! I've been slowly plugging away at editing it down, figure it is about 900 hours worth the time lapse (tons of photos to go through). got it down to about as short as i can to keep it still relevant, so...

I now have 25 nights and 8000km/5000miles on the van, hasnt been sitting still any more (did manage a trip in the Jeep to Maine in there as well). After the WI trip we took the dogs up to one of their favorite places to go swimming, Lac St Jean. Got to test the VC 4.3 on some washboard roads...

brought back my import allotment (24-12oz) of new glarus and wife is happy. fish fry, ol fashioneds, polka, proving WI curds are better than QC, frozen custard at Kopps, butter burgers, beer brats--did the whole thing

Trial by fire, i now have 4000km/2500 miles and 14 nights in the van. i was kind of under the gun to finish it and go help my mother in Wisconsin who fell down the stairs and banged herself up pretty good. Nothing like finishing something and jumping in it for a long trip-ha. BUT, i can report...

it is vinyl

working on it, long-ish story on that one dealing with Mercedes and service A being due for time not milage (with under 200km on it) and satisfying warranty In the meantime, details details. The vertically challenged wife 1.0 legs grew tired pretty quickly as touching the floor with her feet...

NOW, time to go enjoy this van

So FIONA is finally done, well done enough anyway, i have plans to develop something new for interior and exterior rear doors but time is short right now and rather just finally use her. Fiona is the result of a fairly extensive build for us with 1750 hours into her, but still follows our belief...

the supervisors making sure i do a good job on the last cabinet for this build, or they are wondering when we are finally going on the road!?!?! between the 2 builds i had going on i feel like ive been building cabinets for months (which i have). gonna de-dust my shop and put all those tools...

Back to making dust for the sprinter finally, cabinet face/doors for the cabinets already built. Got my foam pulled out as well as a the roll of fabric ive been saving for quite some time for this project. final dust making stages and sewing (plus huge list of final details)--the end game

I do generally not really like overhead cabinets because of the added weight up high, the worst location for it. BUT, i had planned on doing an overhead in the transit and just simply ran out of steam and time on that build. The buyer didnt really need it so thats how it got left. The sprinter...

I was able to sucker someone into trusting a student in an upholstery class....and i can see my upholstery life has been cursed with armrest--ha This van came from Japan with curtain tracks already installed, with some not so pretty curtains. We made new curtains incorporating the tracks and...

Not to derail my build thread but people have asked to see pics of the Delica project. Also means its done and this thread/project can get back on track (even though i have odd job request that have been waiting, like today im welding on a trailer). Here is a small sample but if you want to see...

should also note that pricing between the 2 is getting closer all the time. Used to be a huge price savings by going transit, still is but gap is much much smaller

some recent thoughts on this Transit vs Sprinter subject. Im still building out my Sprinter, 99% done. i know i know, but during that time ive done a complete build on a Delica (also 95 % done right now) 2 trailer to camper conversions, and a few other vans here and there for small work. I have...