We are based out of Northern MA for the time being but will be heading to points west, north and south.
1985 VW Vanagon Westfalia with a 2004 Subaru Forester EJ25 soon to be AWD.
Back in 2013 I got struck by van fever. I scoured ebay, the samba, and craigslist looking for vehicles in my price range that weren't total rust buckets. I found a 86 full camper in southern maine, loaded up my work truck with a trailer and headed out to pick it up. Once arriving I noticed that the photos were much older than they were advertised as. Rusted through seams and wheel wells, no exhaust were just a few of the stand out items I noticed. I declined and sadly headed home with an empty trailer. Later that night a new ad popped up on craigslist and I quickly emailed the seller. Making plans to drive the forty-five minutes to look at it the following day. The husband and wife greeted me gleefully in the driveway as I backed my trailer up to the van. Negotiations then took place, I countered his $2,500 offer with $1,200 seeing what wiggle room I had. His wife quickly elbowed him in the ribs and whispered something in his ear, followed by him reaching his hand out and saying "you've got a deal". Awesome I wasn't expecting that to be so easy. The following year was a rebuild of the vans basic systems, I went through the suspension and brakes and tuned up the engine which fired right up after some new gas, a fresh battery and new ignition system components. I have since gone through a few different engines, survived a catastrophic engine failure which cumulated in a fire from the crank rod that went through the block and metal fuel lines. Driven The entire eastern seaboard. Been on multiple ferry crossings(its not overlanding until your vehicle crosses atleast one body of water on a boat). I look forward to being apart of this community, and will be creating a build/travel thread soon.
