I owned 3 VW vans. I owned them at different times in my life. I had a ’72 with the pancake engine. That was the first car that I owned. It was kind of a turd of a car. I … Continue reading
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You learn by doing. When you live in your van, you figure it out. Or….maybe you just watch a bunch of videos and imagine that you know what you’re doing when you finally get around to doing something a little … Continue reading
Here’s a Dylan Magaster profile of a couple from New Orleans who traded a big apartment in New Orleans for life in a VW Westphalia. “A whole apartment in a van” isn’t really accurate. Who could do that? These guys … Continue reading
Here’s a camper conversion….and another YouTube video. Man….we can film everything. This is down in Australia. This time, it’s a van conversion in 5 days. If I could buy a van, surely I could convert it to something in 5 … Continue reading
Here’s another “van tour”…this time with Cyrus Sutton,filmmaker and founder of the website Korduroy.tv . I think about these kind of vans a lot. What would it take to accommodate a big family in one of these things? A box truck? … Continue reading
What would we be able to accomplish if every thing we did had a measure of passion attached to our efforts? Could we turn a passion into a business? Here’s a short film with Cyrus Sutton where he talks about … Continue reading
Lots of folks running around in vans. This couple is going down the Oregon coast down into California. Man. There’s lots of beautiful stuff to see in the world. Where do you get these nice vans? … Continue reading
There’s no hurricane where I am. There’s no ferris wheel, either. I’m afraid of heights….so a ferris wheel isn’t a joyride for me….but it would really stink to be one of the forgotten up on the high part of the … Continue reading
This is a short documentary about the Blue Ox Millworks woodworking shop out in Eureka, CA. Eric Hollenbeck is the man who runs the shop. This is 10 minutes long. This is 10 minutes of wisdom and possibility….and it’s one of … Continue reading
We have robots doing it now. You design it with CAD….and then have a robot build it. That’s how you roll now if you’re going to build anything that requires precision. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY4RZ-FEi6M This is a black and white documentary about … Continue reading