Snorkels on vehicles

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Originally Posted by COchief

So you do see a bump here and there it sounds like. I'm curious if you ever think about some of the absurd dollars that are being spent on trends that make sense to me. Like the overland thing can be overdone and people are going nuts with it, but if I had a couple young kids taking something like an 80s suburban and popping some cheap suspension on there and good tires and throwing a rack and tent up top would be an awesome vehicle to go exploring in. Some of the 4x4 van builds with custom simple RVesque interiors are going for big money, basically custom built American Westfalias. Really all they do is a bed with a slide out underneath with basic sink/stove config. This sort of thing is growing for a lot of simple reasons that make sense and with the internet opening pathways for SF millionaires to Kansas mechanics you ever consider jumping in or dipping your toes into anything like that? I mean shit people are paying $40k for clean Westfalias, a guy like you could easily buy a ford or chevy fleet van and do the drivetrain swap, lift it, build the simple interior (offer a couple packages), and make a minimum of $10k per rig if you plotted it out right and got deals from manufacturers. People in the right industries in the right cities have ungodly amounts of disposable income with tons of dual income no kids homes. Ever consider anything in that realm or typically keep it closer to whats worked?

yeah i usually stick with what i know.

i'm not a body guy and thats what it takes to make things like that look right.

i bet if you did a couple a guy could get pretty good at it i just really dont have the room to tie up for a couple months to figure it out.