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Date:         Wed, 19 Oct 1994 23:06:59 -0500 (CDT)
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From:         Gary Schmidt <gschmidt@bga.com>
Subject:      Re: wrecked westy person

On Wed, 19 Oct 1994 BSNICH01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu wrote:

> Does anyone out there carry a porta-john? Those available commercially seem > flimsy. I'm 6'4" and 215 lbs and I don't want to gamble on paper thin plastic. > As near as I can figure, the porta-johns are simply a receptacle to hold a > large plastic bag and some sort of sewage treatment liquid. If anyone knows > different please enlighten me. Anyway, If I'm correct, I'm thinking about > something that might fit in the flip-top storage stool that came with some > mid-70s buses would look better. Now, has anyone seen one of these items in > good shape in a salvage yard somewhere? Does anyone have any experience with > portable toilets?

Clausson makes a very nice, compact, reusable porta-potty. You do have to get rid of those rather nasty looking gurkins first, but after that miserable job, you're off and running (so to speak).

Got us through 4.5 months of European circumnavigation quite handily.

Gary in Austin, TX '70 Westy (original owner)


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