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Originally Posted by a8ksh4
I've been wondering about doing something like that, Freebeard. If I could find something with about the interior space of an old vw van, but with a slick front and a back that I could chop and taper in the aero profile, then I could slide a bed into the back where the roof is low and maintain usable space with way better economy... Any ideas on what might be a good starting platform for this? Maybe, literally, an old vw van, but I remember the shape of the front of those being really bad for aero...
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why not just convert a 3 or 4th generation Grand Caravan? They get well over 20 mpg, are bigger then a VW, and are plentiful, and inexpensive. The same kind of pop top on a westfaila could be built. If you really wanted to go crazy take off the back hatch and build a bed/khamback there.