For that cash, I'd get a Sportsmobile. For a small one the Honda Element conversion is nice, though not in the same league as a Westy.

1980 Westy, vanity plate "WAIT4ME"

On May 25, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> Rumor anyway.  The smaller made-in-Turkey Ford Transit Connect has been a
> success here (has same engine that the Bostig conversion uses).  Here is
> what (bankrupt) Westfalia is doing with the larger Transit in Europe in case
> you have not seen it:
> http://westfalia-ford.co.uk/elevated%20roof/index.html  This sells for about
> �50,000 in the UK or $78,000.  That includes significant VATs.  Both the van
> and conversions would have to be made/done in the US (or Mexico) to be
> reasonably priced.  Maybe Sportsmobile will step up.
> 
> 
> 
> At 16� in length it�s almost 7� shorter than the 22.6� Sprinter 2500!  The
> US needs a modern small camper van again for the thousands who don�t want a
> motorhome, including my kids.  I hope someone figures this out.
> 
> 
> 
> Stuart
> 
> �84 Westy