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HOW HARD CAN IT BE to SAW A HOLE IN THE TOP OF A DODGE OR VW and MAKE SOMETHING APPROXIMATING A BEDROOM, A LOFT FOR SLEEPING.Two wonderful builders Mechanics http://zenseeker.net/AdventureVans/
and http://octopup.org/sportsmobile both offer GREAT and inspiring photos/ graphics, even PATTERNS for VAN CONVERSIONS that you want to print out and take to your local metal worker to see if you can have a vacation home on wheels.Who knows, you might get lucky and be free to travel. You might want to buy an old VW & convert it to a mobile home. A van must have a LOFT up on top with ventillation. Go to the LOFT SITE See the different kinds of lofts they can build into a VAN? HE offers the nitty gritty internals of the average CAMPER CONVERSION up to and including SHOWERS!
Another site offers VAN PERMANENT LIVING concepts as inspiration for you.
http://ronaldtanner.com/blog/?s=ron&paged=8Another site offers a charming ARTICLE: "HEAVENLY TRIP, SIX PEOPLE TRAVELING in A VAN"
If you get a rhythm going, you can convert one van after another, and even start a business, leasing them for people's vacations. A FLEET of VANS. (Sell them tie dye shirts and brown rice too)
YOU CAN READ BLOGS where conversions are discussed.
You want to listen to their experience.
KEWL! TREMENDOUSLY KEWL!
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