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I suppose if you knew how to specify what you wanted you could have the home body built to your spec and then mount it to your frame. Seems like even the basic showhauler frame could be built by many other shops if they had a good plan to work from. I am having a hard time deciding if I want...

I may not go super old. If I go just old enough - say 75-80, lots of those had air ride by that time. I would have to be picky and pay a little extra. I think I could find an appropriatly upgraded truck for easily under 20k. Here is an interesting twist. In my state, over 25 years old...

Anyone have further input? 2k PSD F-250 dually conversion Alpenlite Durango Camper Thinking Retro - Needlenose Pete KW or early Freightliner Conventional - Pre Diamler Benz

The Turbocharger takes a lot of the obnoxious noise out of the picture. You can get away with far less of a muffler and still keep your sanity and not annoy others too much. Old unmuffled 2 stroke detroits are about the noisyest thing out there. Not too many left running like that. 2k PSD...

Well this page sort of got me on the Retro kick. http://www.hankstruckpictures.com If you dig around on there if you haven't already there are quite a few Mack photo's from shows. Out here in the West the Macks are less common. Far more KW/Pete/Freightliner's. I think there is a significant...

I have been through 3 variations on RV's. I have always loved big trucks. Been around them quite a bit as a kid. My Dad was in the trucking industry for 35 years and still kind of is even retired. I currently have a F-250 Superduty and a Alpenlite Durango truck camper. Very well made but a...

Well you cited a couple of the issues with them. Ride being a significant issue. The mechanics of making the cab accessable from the living space are probably fairly tricky. On the positive side you can get superior manueverability out of a cabover. You could just not connect the cab and...