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Subject:Re: NVC: shower (WAS: Accessing the B or C pillar to run a water pipe)
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:58:38 -0700

Thanks Mike, that's fantastic!!

I love the old guy out there on the catwalk taking the wheel off that
Cadillac, going down the street - the kind of guy you wish you'd met.    :)

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>

--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27