In the fall of 2018, my wife and I were living in Idaho and we both wanted to move somewhere else. The problem was that we didn't know where we wanted to end up. We talked about it and decided that we would buy a truck, put a slide in camper in the back, and take the year off to figure out where we were going to move next. I had owned quite a few jeeps during high school so when we found a Jeep Comanche for sale for $800 we jumped on it. The drive back from the seller was not an uneventful one. It resulted in three blown tires, catching the side of the road on fire, and blowing up the engine.

There are multitudes of older vehicles that have seen a rise in value years after their first birthday. The Jeep Wrangler, Porsche 911/944/924 … and on and on, and more recently, the Toyota Landcruiser FZJ80. Factors such as limited production numbers, a strong cult following or, in very rare instances, performance value help to keep a few good cars going long after the days of Cash for Clunkers.

Texino was originally setup to buy, convert and rent classic 4WD vehicles. Due to the difficulty of routinely finding good donors, and the time necessary to get them ready to rent, the company has decided to sell their classic rigs to focus on renting their fleet of Mercedes camper vans.  Please see the bottom of this post for full details and contact information. The price is currently set at $35,000 USD, but Chase tells me that it’s negotiable.

I’m being hit from every side by a refreshingly cold wind as I drive my delightful 1942 Willys MB up the windy roads in the Spiti Valley, one of the most sensational places in the Indian Himalayas. The sun is just setting, and it’s lighting the entire valley with the Spiti River down in the middle in that warm evening glow, making the already pretty sight, that much nicer to look at.

Jeff and Missy of Expedition Essentials have been making dash mounting solutions for over three years now. Their first mount was created to solve the issue of inadequate dash functionality in production 4x4 vehicles. The _PAM (Powered Accessory Mount) was originally developed to work with Toyota vehicles such as the Tacoma, 4Runner and Lexus GX470.

An Overland Odyssey Why the challenges of the Trans-Americas so turn us on.

Second Daily is proud to offer this 1984 Land Rover 110 Dormobile in Limestone/Keswick Green, updated from the original powertrain with the highly desirable 300tdi diesel and mated to a R380 manual 5-speed in U.S. friendly left-hand drive configuration. Originally ordered and then sent to France, this 110 began...

Erin and Tyler, proprietors of Hiatus Campers (briefly called Rogue Campers) met while attending the University of Washington. After graduating, the couple decided to take a much needed brake to travel around BC and the West coast. Like many folks, they started out with a traditional truck cap and drawer system. After a rainy Autumn season, they grew tired of cramped interior and dreamed up plans to make a pop up truck camper.

Before you is a digital render of a project created by Vantaggio. Previously an architect firm, the VDS is the company’s first dip into the world of off road camper design, and I’d say they knocked it out of the park, at least conceptually. VDS stands for “Veicoli Di Spedizione”, which according to Google translate means “shipping vehicles”. Certainly not the best descriptor for what the VDS is, perhaps something is lost in translation. Either way, we’ll just stick to calling it the VDS.