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Thanks. It was a lot of fun. I made plenty of mistakes but found that the great part of metalwork is you can just cut it apart and redo it. 🤣

I put a Jensen 710 in my Bar-B van. It supports wireless or wired Apple Carplay / Android Auto, touch screen. Head unit alone is around $300. I did pay for installation and I had new speakers installed as well. It works great for my purposes but I'm not an audiophile. I listen mostly to...

looks like there is plenty of room under the slide-in and above the boxes to add more storage or at least some structure to make sure that thing doesn't wobble up there. Maybe that's not an issue but certainly something I'd be concerned about.

After a month traveling in the van, what did I find? 1. I need passive solar. This means panels on the roof. I've actually ordered 2 100W panels. That's about all I"m going to be able to fit up there. They are Renogy flexible panels. I'll attach them with 3M double sided sticky tape...

Something I didn't mention - what did I use to fill the hole where the AC was mounted? I found a boat hatch that I was able to adapt and use. It is actually really great because it allows a lot of natural light into the van. This photo is lighted completely by the natural light coming in...

I had been storing my Jeep and trailer in Moab but I had received a letter stating that they were raising my rate from $85/month to $125/month. Well, as I guy with no income I decided that just wasn't going to work. So, while I was out there I closed out the storage unit and hauled the Jeep...

A couple of years ago when I first started traveling in Galahad (the Transit), I had driven to the bottom of Long Canyon Road. I was considering whether I should take the van up that road. I decided to scout it by riding my bicycle from the Colorado River to Hwy 313 and back. I rejected...

I departed SC on sunday of Labor day weekend, spent the month of September and early October in Utah to test the systems. My first overnight camp (not counting two sleeps at rest areas along the interstate) was in the Snowy Range, west of Laramie, Wyoming. I had camped here in 2022 in my...

I think all of that covers the main elements of the build. Here's a brief tour.

I still needed to finish plumbing the grey water tank but none of the local hardware stores had a drain to fit my sink. I finally found and ordered one online. Then I was thankful to find a guy at ACE hardware who knew something and was able to help me with the parts I needed to make the 90deg...

Time was starting to get short for me on my build so it seems I took a lot less photos once I got into design and build of the kitchen. I managed to get the base of the kitchen sized properly for the fridge and it accommodated the bulge from the gas tank fill. In building the base I focused on...

The kitchen is going along the wall behind the driver seat. It needed to have a countertop, sink, faucet, stove and fridge. Plus I needed space for the grey water tank and I needed to consider where I would be storing the propane tank. Regardless of any other design consideration, I needed...

Next I spent a lot of time trying to solve the problem with the bed platform on the passenger side of the van. The challenge here was the forward cabinet which covered the cooler and the electrical box. I needed to be able to remove that cabinet in case I needed to get in depth with the...

The next thing I began to work on was how to fit the bed in there. I had measured from the base of the window to the base of the window and found it to be 74". That just happens to be the exact length of a twin sized mattress. Further, when considering the size of the countertop, a twin sized...

The first stop after picking up the van was at a Buddy's house near Los Alamos, NM. At that time I had both the Transit and the E-350 at his house. I made appropriate arrangements to get both vans back to SC. In the meantime, I was ordering parts and tools so I could modify the interior to...

It's already gone. The way I travel I would almost never have an opportunity to use it. I basically live in the van so if it is too hot wherever I am, I fire up the van and move somewhere else.

In June of 2023 while driving down Montezuma Canyon road in my Ford Transit 'Galahad', I encountered a creek crossing. That creek crossing resulted in the purchase of my new Bar-B van. I've named her "Bar-B the Barbarivan". Owners Name & City - BlackSheep. My residence is in South Carolina...

i don't think it is that lady. This lady conspired with her 3rd child - a 22 yo woman to knock off the husband, oldest child (brother) and nearly killed the oldest sister. They had plans also to knock off the 11 yo, youngest sister. They were slowly feeding the anti-freeze to the victims in...

This true-crime podcast episode is about a woman who poisoned her husband, son and one of her daughters using ethylene glycol. https://www.swordandscale.com/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-251

I’ve just increased my adventure potential. Thanks to @Gravy for the recommendation on the XT250. This is a 2022 model with 25 miles on it. Mostly sat in their barn so the disks have rusted. I’m going to try sanding them to clean them up. If that doesn’t work I’ll buy new. A great deal. It still...