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chazz79
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That's not for passengers, it's for selling crap out of. The passenger side drops down to the belt line-flopping out like a shelf. The only seats in it are in the front like a single cab. It's a professional hack job it was in the selling stuff out of your bus thread awhile ago. There's more pics of it posted somewhere around here. I think it got used as a coffee shop.
If someone where to use that for a basic model for a pop top but more of a roof over a roof (leaving the b and c pillars intact) this could work. That set up with a dormobile style top and maybe an air mattress to keep everything low profile? It would be nice to have something that can fit in normal garages and still camp a family of four.
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AMT
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If someone where to use that for a basic model for a pop top but more of a roof over a roof (leaving the b and c pillars intact) this could work. That set up with a dormobile style top and maybe an air mattress to keep everything low profile? It would be nice to have something that can fit in normal garages and still camp a family of four. |
I'm thinking the same thing, I think.
Are you saying use the existing metal roof as the lid of the dormobile-style conversion (like in the picture,) meaning cutting the roof, reinforcing the pillars and converting the C pillar to more of a Westy C pillar style, OR
leave the entire roof intact (excepting the cutout for roof access) and fabricate or source a camper shell similar to the dormobile conversions? In that case, you'd need some sort of frame to mate the bed platform to the tin top. Would this defeat the purpose of being able to fit it in a garage?
There's a thread here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=583436 where someone did that with a Wesfalia.
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AMT
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Chazz79, is this the type of conversion you've got in mind?
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chazz79
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Yes that would be nice or find a way to replace the fabric with a rigid panel for security. I'm just spitballing here but it would be nice to come up with something better. I'm lowering my bay now just because I'm getting tired of letting air out of the tires to squeeze it into the garage. I put a riviera top on it but it'd be nice to come up with a stealthier option.
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noganav
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| areas are designated R-1, R-16, etc. for a reason - if lots of people are camping on the streets that causes problems, not to mention the tax base issues |
Tell it to the 1%. The little guys living in their vans aren't the source of this country's tax problems. Besides, in a free country there should be no problem spending a night or two on public land if you're not bothering anyone. |
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Merian
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| Merian wrote: |
| areas are designated R-1, R-16, etc. for a reason - if lots of people are camping on the streets that causes problems, not to mention the tax base issues |
Tell it to the 1%. The little guys living in their vans aren't the source of this country's tax problems. Besides, in a free country there should be no problem spending a night or two on public land if you're not bothering anyone. |
public land is one thing - a neighborhood is something else
are claiming that economic inequity makes it ok to break zoning laws? or all laws? |
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