Hi :)

[pcwftw]

Hey there. I love camping and traveling and I'm ready to make the move to a vehicle that will give me the best of both. I'm still learning about the nuts and bolts of vehicles and buildouts. My strength is in the aesthetics so I'd love to buy something simple, make it shine, figure out what's important to me, maybe resell and repeat.

My hobbies include music and hiking

If any shops are looking for an apprentice or anyone is driving through the DFW area I'd love to connect!

 

[eDJ_]

Welcome to the Van Living Forum pcwftw.

If you could just find a used Van with short wheel base for your first rig it could be built simply and provide you with evey thing you are speaking of. It could get you to parks for hiking or Civic Centers for music concerts. If events were several hours away you could overnight in it. That was so much of what the sixties was about in those old Vans that were tricked out.

The first website below may be of interest to you. The one below it could be quite helpful to plan trips or use when out on the road.

Custom Van's are still around and they have meetup's and Facebook pages too. You would loved the later 60's and early 70's when these rigs were party wagons that could double as a camper if needed. This link may take you back there for a visit. Aesthetics such as air brushed murals on the sides of the Vans were awesome back then.

Van Life: The Coolest Vans of the 70's

 

[user 22017]

Welcome pcwftw

 

[user 22017]

This link may take you back there for a visit. Aesthetics such as air brushed murals on the sides of the Vans were awesome back then.

Van Life: The Coolest Vans of the 70's

Loved the link. An excerpt:

Like Icarus flying too close to the sun, or Rod Stewart singing show tunes, the van experienced a hard landing after the birth of the minivan. While #vanlife is a thing on Instagram, but it’s a collection of pretentious photos from absurdly photogenic people, who have spent gazillions outfitting $50,000 Sprinters and Transits with every spendy device known to man, from composting toilets to solar arrays, all to photograph themselves in exotic locations, all paid for by the sale of hemp t-shirts and farm-to-table vegan cat food.

Not a KISS mural in sight.