Here are some photos of my Vanagon Hot Shower Contraption:�  http://picasaweb.google.com/richkoerner/VanagonShower?authkey=Gv1sRgCLy895SWoseFBg&feat=directlink

Since then, I've improved it:� I've hard-plumbed a swing-arm (90 degrees from tucked away on the passenger side to right in front of your face and body) shower nozzle with and off/on switch adjacent to the nozzle to maximize hot water and shampoo/soap efficiency.� No fiddling with a loose hose and shower nozzle like I used to; but still works when you need to heat up the water outside on a Coleman stove the next morning. � Can do indoors or outdoors.� Works like a champ!� I'm in the Ritz!� Goodbye hotels!� (At least for the night before; next day you might have to drive a few miles to reheat added water, close the curtains, etc.)

Come to BBtB in January to see it!� Looking forward to seeing your own novelties and inventions!� Hey, that's what This List is all about, right?� Improving our Vanagons beyond what the original designers and engineers ever conceived?� Yeah!

Well, based on the comments I might glean from the forthcoming BBtB, I might add some more specifics; but for now it works form me...mighty fine!� "Anyplace" is my 5Star Hotel with my Vanagon, even the middle of no-place with no shower facilities to be had....been there, want to go again.� Or even in the middle of civilization---check out the steam rising from the roof vent of that Vanagon you noticed parked nearby, it will probably be me!

My Vanagon is a tin top, so my hot water shower inside is a sit-down affair; with a Westy like most of you, it would be a lot easier regarding the shower-enclosure and Rubbermaid tub; stand up and enjoy and let the steam go out of your skylight vent.� Anyway, the possibilities of free hot water from a non-used rear heater connection are as abundant as the creative mind.

Rich
San Diego