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Subject:Re: NVC: shower (WAS: Accessing the B or C pillar to run a water pipe)
From:Mike Elliott
Date:Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:49:03 -0700

Here ya go! A video from a local "About San Diego" TV show.

http://video.nbcsandiego.com/player/?id=100885

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 3/14/2008 11:33 AM Jake de Villiers wrote:

> I like it!
>
> And I'd love to see a video of the "hydraulic jacks for on the fly tire
> changes" in action.   :)
>
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Mike Elliott
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Build the shower on the outside like Louis Mattar did on his 47
>     Cadillac:
>
>     http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/06/room-with-bath-on-wheels/
>
>     and
>
>     http://trombinoscar.ifrance.com/cadcinquante/4701.html
>
>
>     Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>     71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>     84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>     74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>     KG6RCR
>
>     On 3/14/2008 9:25 AM Christopher Gronski wrote:
>
>      > Hi All,
>      >
>      > Has anyone had any success accessing the B or C pillars? I'd like
>     to run
>      > water pipe through one of the pillars then between the skin of my
>     AW top for
>      > a shower with no visible pipes. Is this do able at all? Or is the
>     pillar
>      > blocked horizontally?
>      >
>      > On a related side note, does anyone know where I can find a
>     really low
>      > profile floor drain setup? Preferably one with a cover...
>      >
>      > Thanks,
>      > ChrisTopHer
>      >
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27