On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Bob Paul wrote:

> Good for you Bruce.  Don't let the bulls**t naysayers get to you.  You're
> going to accomplish a dream, with a lot of hard work.  Wilder's mouth goes into
> gear well before the 3 brain cells he has start working.  He also has lots of
> experience being an A**hole, he may have a worlds record at being that,
> probably nothing else.  Over the years we've seen them come and go, most slip back
> into the mire, never to be seen again.

I dunno.  I think Wilder makes some good points, but I suspect this van
isn't being built for any logical purpose, but because the person building
it thinks it'll be fun to put it together.  That's fine.  Doing something
with no real purpose but fun is what most hobbies are all about, and if
Bruce has the money for a hobby this expensive I say more power to him. ;)
Some people have boats or airplanes to dump money into, or summer homes.
Bruce has his uber-van.

I am curious about the roll cage, though.  Are you trying to meet the
specs for SCCA-sanctioned events, or something?  I missed the original
conversation.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si