All this talk about mods (as well as Frank's pages) got me in a mod-frame of mind. I completely understand about keeping one's Vanagon as stock as stock can be... in fact I shudder at the thought of drilling, cutting, or otherwise permanently changing my dash or camper cabinets. Disclaimers aside, I still like to dream about the perfect mods for easy camping or even fulltiming. Maybe it is the inventor or tinker in all of us that sparks that. Maybe it is the aha moment there's something from the list that is so simple, so forehead-smacking brilliant... During winter when my van is tucked in safe from the salted Minnesota roads, I daydream schemes for low-impact and smart mods. Sometimes all I end up doing is repacking the van differently, other times I sketch out improbable luxuries for fulltiming. I wish there was a way to adapt something like a slideaway cargo tray (I've seen 'em for Jeeps http://www.highrock4x4.com/) or a shower curtain system involves little fussing, or adapting a quick release (like the kind for quickswitching drill bits) on the kitchen tables. So in your own daydreamy way, what mods do you dream about or dream up? -julia http://www.wanderwagen.com/ /a little early for Friday, but can't Friday be a state of mind? |
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