Recent content by JDC

Thanks, guys.  Shoulda answered already but my notification-of-replies app seems to have stopped.  I appreciate the advice.  But I have to admit part of me that is interested in being here is the CHEAP part of Cheapliving.  Don't have a lot of money.  Retired.&nbsp...

Well, thanks for the kind words and I guess we do think we have been pretty lucky.  Just to be able say we are happy is pretty neat.  But the key for us has been learning.  Getting to do something new.  And RVíng has come a long way since the VW vans of the 70's.&nbsp...

Yeah, OK.  I agree.  I was just hoping...ya know?  I mean...for sure there is an honest dealer somewhere but I doubt there are very many.  Maybe 3?  But, as I live remote, I am kinda restricted in my search.  I have to let the digits do the looking on the...

I will likely buy a B class.  I am partial to the Airstream B190 but I really want a 4x4.  Anyway, my question is: where in the USA is the best place price-wise?  And does anyone recommend a dealer who is honest?  If the rig is worth say, $10K and I have to pay a premium of...

Old, ugly and getting stupider by the day but happy.  My wife and I are thinkin' 'bout RVíng again.  We VW van'd in the 70's, C-class tripped in the 80's and 90's and been off the grid a'buildin' for the last ten years way, way out on a remote island up the BC coast.  Lived on...

I want to convert a step van.  I would really like to RV an old UPS brown van (so much character) but I understand that they are never for sale.  Anyway, I want aluminum.  I want diesel.  And I want highway gearing.  Insulation would be nice.  So would A/C.&nbsp...

Well, Stude, we think alike.&nbsp; Too bad.&nbsp; I am usually wrong!&nbsp; <br><br>Still, I sometimes get it right.&nbsp; Anyone here have suggestions as to where to get a good, old, diesel Grumman van?&nbsp; Because I am Canadian, I have to buy a vehicle 15 years old to avoid tax.&nbsp; That...

Hi.&nbsp; Old guy (64).&nbsp; Retired.&nbsp; Have wife, two dogs, lots of friends.&nbsp; Live remote and off-the-grid on an island up the BC coast.&nbsp; It is paradise 10 months of the year.&nbsp; For two months we travel.&nbsp; For decades it was in some kind of old RV-cum-van-cum-trailer or...