Date:         Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:53:26 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: What Did You Leave At Home?
Comments: To: joel walker <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <4B7103D8B7D840119C050BDAE681E6A8@gp207joel>
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Hmmmm,

Just  attach fold out seats to the sliding door which could also be
attached w/ a slide out unit to gain the floor area!? The seats are to
the left of the opening slide out area for access to the interior when
open. Piece of cake?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ


On Aug 24, 2009, at 3:35 PM, joel walker wrote:

>> I like the idea of this: has anyone fabricated an extravehicular
>> mount for
>> Vanagon chairs? Thinking rails on a plate with short folding legs
>> that
>> extend outward for stability, or perhaps a rocker mount? Any
>> fabricators
>> like to think sideways like this?
>
>
> not exactly the same thing, but semi-sorta-kinda-somewhat in the
> neighborhood. which i've not seen actually done ...
>
> there was a german guy who wrote a book about traveling around the
> world in his 69 vw bus.
> and strangely wanted to do it again.
> so he was designing (in the back of that book) his next vehicle: yup,
> a vanagon/T3.
> with a slide-out.
>
> he intended to take the passenger side 'wall', where the sliding door
> would be (if it were in australia or the UK)
> and make it into a slide-out, like you see on these big $$$$ RV's. he
> intended/designed it to slide out only a couple of feet, just to move
> the stove/sink/fridge/cabinets out so he could have the entire normal
> width of the bus as 'floor'.
> he had some pictures of some work he'd started, but i've never seen
> the finished product.
>
> anybody seen anything like that??
>
>
> as to the seats, what about something for the Carat/Multivan jump
> seats? just a sort of metal stand that they could be put into ...
>
> unca joel
> p.s.
> i sure wish it was friday ... already got my silly song just waiting
> ... thanks to the squirrel and some other folks. :)