So, leaning more about this site as I go, although I had a page typed up, and thought I'd save it and continue before publishing it... but it seems to have dissapeared.... so retyping it....

Here we go, AGAIN.....

The "DSO" Dobbertin Surface Orbiter) that initially peaked my interest in RVing... now the property of a university in England, after a honeymoon trip and divorce soon after....

The GTRV poptop roof conversion, while nice, the price, possible leaks down the road, either from the gaskets or the canvas itself and the fact that the added headroom is only usable while parked and extended, which probably wouldn't be an issue as I couldn't move around in the back while I was driving it anyway.  But just pulling over into a rest area, or whatever, and not really wanting to spend whatever time and effort it takes to pop it up.

The Ramp Van we currently have, with the 10" lowered floor, would have been a great candidate for the pop top.  The lowered floor, with the taller doors make entering and exiting the vehicle much easier,  but I think with the gas tank being moved to the very back of the van, might make it impossible to mount a hitch, which I would need to pull the small cargo trailer that will hold the generator, propane and water tanks.

Possibly a better candidate would be a ramp van with the ramp out the back, with the floor lowered in the center, but unlike this one, one that has the lowered floor all the way to the front bucket seats, the ramp wouldn't be needed,