Another 2 months of tracking expenses is finally done. This little project can be a bit daunting sometimes because, really, we spend way too much money. But it is great to see where the money goes and be able to talk about the money we spend on the van and the changing importance of where …read more
December 19 – December 27. I spent a lot time in New Orleans worried about rats. Worried they would get stepped on, worried they’d play with the cats too rough, worried they’d hide food in my bed, worried they’d get lost, worried they’d escape out the door. Their names were Buffy and Veronica and although …read more
December 3 – December 13. It was starting to get cold and rainy in NC. Every project we undertook took at least twice as long as we thought it should. We were itching to travel. We decided to delay building storage cabinets. We just needed to complete the galley enough to hit the road. We …read more
November 14 – December 6. If I had been working alone, my van build would probably look like some of the other “single dude†builds we have seen. They basically consist of a piece of plywood with a mattress on top. Some stuff is stored under the bed, and some is in racks overhead. Fortunately, …read more
October 19 – November 17. Remember when you and all your friends went off to college? There was the one guy who stayed with his parents, employable, but unemployed, tinkering with some dream vehicle in their driveway. Well, I waited until I was 57 years old to be that guy. After spending the summer in …read more
In my earlier post I said that about half the cost of WVO conversion kit (from a company like Frybrid or GreaseCar) is for delivering heated fuel to the engine compartment. I’ve come up with an approach that’s much cheaper. I can’t really test it, though, until I complete the whole conversion process. I need …read more
Why would anyone want to run a vehicle on Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO)? Well, cost is one reason. Restaurants have to pay to get rid of the stuff, so it shouldn’t be hard too find it for free. Another reason? It’s not a product that you have to buy from foreign regimes that don’t respect …read more