Date:         Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:29:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Subject:      "Simpler is better"?  Yep.
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  I go along with the basic premise.  After having a long "Love/Hate"
relationship with a very complex machine (A Porsche 928) one with
doubly-redundant redundantancies and warning systems that were broken more
often than actually right, I looked long and hard to find the simplest van I
could.  I love the fact that there are so few things that break or don't
work properly without constant fiddling...
  I went the empty van route to begin with, planning on adding whatever I
needed as I needed it.  After some time and a few trips, some looking around
and some consideration, I bought, used, an interior from a westie and
installed only what I wanted, mainly because I got the whole interior, with
everything working for $350!  I couldn't even buy the materials for that,
let alone a sink, stove and water system that went into my GL in about one
day's labor...
  So I have just the stuff on the drivers side wall and the fold down bed,
and that is plenty for extended camping for me...Oh, just today I installed
the old stereo out of my Porsche  928...but I left out the aux. amp and
about half the speakers and crossovers and telephone antennas and and and...
  Roll up windows, no AC, Inline 4 motor, no rear wiper, no top..
  Pretty simple...but a bit more than just a sleeping pad and a
cooler...yeah..
  Don Hanson