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Old 09-26-2015, 08:13 PM   #1
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Greetings all. New Skoolie owner here, a 24' 1992 Bluebird Mini-Bird is about to be my home. I paid too much for a half-assed conversion done by another veteran, who was rather obviously desk-bound given the lack of common-sense ways of building things designed to go and bounce around. But that's another thing.

I was a submariner in the US Navy a few years back, and having become rather fed up with society and humanity, I am going to attempt to retro-fit the incomplete conversion into something capable of being lived out of full-time while moving around; maybe stopping for food once-in-awhile. I've got some really good ideas, and some really crackpot ideas rattling around inside my head, and I would hope that some of the more experienced you'sers here might be able to help steer me away from running aground in case you've tried something whack-a-doodle before.

Cheers!

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Old 09-27-2015, 08:01 AM   #2
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Welcome to the site. It's good to see another vet here. Where ya located?
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Old 09-27-2015, 09:06 AM   #3
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welcome, it seems more and more people are feeling with society (my self included)
good luck with your plans, keep us posted and lots of pics
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Old 09-27-2015, 02:40 PM   #4
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From the looks of things, I'm probably about 20 minutes SouthWest of Tango and his '46 at the moment, but I am hoping to change that pretty soon.
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Old 09-27-2015, 07:41 PM   #5
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Welcome home Navy --- To the land of the free, home of the brave and center of the Universe for crackpot ideas.
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Old 09-27-2015, 08:51 PM   #6
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Thank you, sir. All the crackpot ideas are kind of why I wanted to go the Skoolie route, although I have seen a fwe crackpot things on some more typical motorhomes.
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