Good ideas - my thought was to make it a bit more collapsible for easier storage - maybe a couple of HD telescoping aluminum poles fitted with anchors of some sort (that mount to either the seats or the doors), and some canvas stretched in between. I think this is similar to the early Westy set up, n'est-ce pas? Brent Christensen '89 Syncro Westy "Klaus" ----- Original Message ----- From: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.Ca> To: Brent Christensen <bpchristensen@MINDSPRING.COM> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 6:39 AM Subject: Re: Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?)
> One idea is to turn the two front seats to face each other, then build a > bed/crib to fit that space (basically a padded board laying on the seats). > Build a bunk bed with the upper bunk sitting on the shoulders of the seat - > put pegs in it to go down the head rest holes so it will not slide off. Build it > thinking about how to store it too. Should hold kids up to 2 or 3 years old - > or a dog or 2. Malcolm S > > Brent wrote: > > > This reminds me - after camping for 2 1/2 weeks with our 2-yr old, I found > > myself wondering if one of these could be fabricated for the Vanagon. > > Anyone tried this? Having never actually seen an example of the early > > style units, I am a bit in the dark as to where to start... > > > > Brent Christensen > > '89 Syncro Westy "Klaus" > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:03 PM > > Subject: Re: Are your kids grown? > > > > > > > In a message dated 99-07-13 16:32:44 EDT, hhbolles@EARTHLINK.NET writes: > > > > > > << Does anyone want to sell one of those hammocks for kids to > > > sleep in over the front seats of a westfalia? My daughter > > > saw one when we last went camping, and thought it was > > > slick. >> > > > > > > unfortunately, they were only usually offered on the '79 down westys. > > > > > > chris > > > > > |
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