At 08:24 AM 8/17/99 -0400, you wrote:

>Now before everyone goes stomping on this GTRV thing, has anyone driven one
>or owned one? I think it looks pretty clever. Everytime I see a big Ford
>Econoline van, I think about the unique possibilities in what this company
>has achieved.
>
>Granted, I LOVE our VW Westy, and this Econoline thing could never replace
>it. But GTRV seems to have cured many of the ills of the VW without being
>substantially horrible. I would like to see how well engineered/quality of
>fit and finish before I drew hasty conclusions. The base van, the ford
>Econoline is rugged and solidly built. It looks like the designers of the
>camping gear did a good job of designing as a small yacht, ala Westfalia,
>rather than as a small house, ala Win-or-beg-o. Except that tacky apartment
>style kitchen faucet and the stupid microwave...what's up with that?
>
>If it is built as durably as our Westy, and costs in the "high $30's" as
>advertised, I wouldn't be so quick to blow it off.
>
>Please issue receipts for $.02.
>
>G. Matthew Bulley
>
And Ed Anderson is doing his 1st class Adventurwagen conversions to Fords
these days - there's one in the neighborhood & he's maintained his yacht
quality work.

Austin