Valencia I agree with you regarding the cost to build a van, unfortunatley I don't think to many people will ever recoupe the money that they expended. My project is coming to a close with my van hopefully on the road very soon and when I sat down to add up my spendings to date I was a little surprised. Financially I would have been better off buying a van in decent shape and benefitted from someone else's time and effort. Don't get me wrong I have learnt so much from the project and in the main it has been enjoyable, however money wise I don't see topping any list of investments.