No worries. It's great to hear from someone that's done this before. Some random thoughts based your posts- axle placement- Agreed- It would need to be mounted pretty far back on the a-frame (ie. under the deck) or the a-frame would need to be modified to make trailering possible, and the wheels wou...

Wow! Lots of food for thought here. The ePlaya provides. Thanks so much for all the feedback. Ygmir and Capt Goddamit - great info about the MV innards, particularly steering, brakes and drivetrain. Nice to hear it could be possible to have a side-mounted motor with a conventional drivetrain. Defini...

Should have elaborated more on the aesthetics. I had a more art deco look in mind- aerodynamic, lots of chrome. More like this, but hopefully not too much like an Airstream trailer. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_074AjHs8wkU/TRLtA4WYo-I/AAAAAAAAC3I/N-B8tZgPrs8/s1600/kalakalpointwhite_resize%2B-%2BCopy.jpg

Greetings from semi-near your neck of the woods.

Here's yet another MV idea for you grizzled veterans to shoot at. I searched on MV-related threads and did see anything quite like it, so sorry if it's duplicate/redundant, or has been done before. The basic idea is a ferry boat with two decks. The lower one would be a bar/lounge area and the upper ...

Thanks y'all. tamarakay- I'm in Austin. Really like you're neck of the woods though. I signed up for the Flipside mailing lists and attended the Makers & Muses event yesterday. It was nice to meet and connect with some people the community.

I love the Burning Man idea and would like to connect with burners around here and participate in the local regional burn (Flipside). I always thought of BM as a music festival like ACL or Jazzfest until my kids and I 'discovered' it on youtube. The little guys love watching anything mechanical- tru...