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highroller
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Location: High Rolls, NM
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 Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:49 pm Post subject: VW Bug camping. |
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| I've been wondering about camping in my 67 bug. Remove passenger seat, and rear seat bottom. Cut plywood to take place of rear seat cushion. Make platform to make passenger seat area same elevation as back seat plywood. I could stretch out on such an area in my sleeping bag. Of course you'd need to cover platform w/ some foam padding. Stretch tarp off of my top luggage rack for noonday sun. Here I come southern Utah! |
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Semper_Dad
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ach60 
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Location: Santa Maria
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I find sleeping is a car, any car, painful.
Buy a good tent, sleeping pad, sleeping bag, and a light.
Bring warm clothing, and someone to sleep with, and you're all set.
I've camped a lot, and good equipment makes all the difference.
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highroller
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Location: High Rolls, NM
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| Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| sleeping on the ground SUCKS! |
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tacochris
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Buy yourself a Jer-Dandy roof rack and sleep on it...Lol
But in all seriousness I bought an original set of Volmac seat recliners for this very reason. Its not the Holiday Inn but my bus isnt on the road yet so this will have to do.
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blarneyman
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You could always build a light weight trailer. This ones not complete yet but it only weighs 570#.
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Jon65
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Or you could try and find one of these.
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Semper_Dad
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kingd33
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:32 am Post subject: |
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We have a Combi-Camp sport that weighs 300 lbs,Someone had it for sale on here years ago and we bought it. 
But I do like the looks of the American Outback Teardrop |
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Envious
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My Carback roof tent. We had this at highway speed and it was surprisingly stable.
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coad
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Desertbusman
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Karmannut
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my 64 Beetle set up using a Dove Lodgette with the add a room option my grandparents bought the tent new in June of 66 it has been all over the country but never on a Beetle till I got it but it works!!
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Hugo Stiglitz
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Glenn
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Let's keep it in one place... thanks
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