FYI... the spare tire is part of the crash protection design of the Vanagon.

We usually put a rear swing away tire carrier on the Westies we refurb, but we always leave a stock spare in the clamshell.

Cheers, 

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Meyermann
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 2:25 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Need a shower? Got tools?

I am kicking around the idea of using my modified clam shell for tool storage, thinking my 215/75/15 bfg all terrain may be restricting air flow through radiator. Thinking on how to  build my own swing away spare tire carrier.
On Apr 9, 2015 12:05 AM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Geneva,
>
> Thanks for posting those two blog articles. Pretty darn interesting.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alistairs
>
>
>
> > On Apr 8, 2015, at 10:46 AM, Geneva Saint-Amour <
> genevasaintamour@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there-I recently did a couple of blog posts that might interest 
> > other
> list members.  One is about a portable, hot water unit.  I 
> photographed and described how we use it for an outdoor shower on the 
> van.  Here is a link to that story.
> > http://slowcarfasthouse.com/2015/03/20/hot-water-to-go/
> > I also wrote up a bit of info about the tool box, front skid plate,
> spare tire modification that we made.  There are some photos here too.
> >
> http://slowcarfasthouse.com/2015/04/06/front-tool-boxes-for-storage-an
> d-safety/
> >
> > ? ? ? PEACE ? ? ?Geneva Saint-Amourwww.slowcarfasthouse.com
> >
>