Ruby Tue: Who could hang a name on you?
I bought Ruby Tue from a local dealership in September of 2017. The plan was to pay her off in 6 months so I wasn't burdened with a car payment. I had a rough plan on how to accomplish this, but even with the best rough plan, 20k in 6 months is still a tall wall to climb. I won't bore with the specifics, but I missed my goal by 2 weeks paying it off in 6½ months. To me, the lesson here is that you aim high because to land lower is still pretty damned good.
Building a van into a camper is surprisingly very similar to renovating a traditional house. The foundation, walls, roof and siding is already done, all you are doing is creating your living space. Throughout the entire process I kind of just put my nose to the grindstone seldom looking up to enjoy the view. It was similar to running up a hill, just keep going and eventually you’ll be at the top. That analogy may make it seem unappetizing to most, but I am good at embracing the suck as some might say. When I believe the ends will justify the means, I can be very committed to a task. It was an incredibly engaging process.
I have given quite a bit of thought on how to write up this build. After going back and forth a dozen times I had landed on breaking it up in to different categories. I will details the electronics, the woodwork, the bed/galley, exterior, and appliances. I am sure there will inevitably be some bleed over in these different areas, but I will try to keep it to a minimum. Concise well laid out documents would be ideal, but I will be doing my best to ramble and hand out unnecessary information.
