Samurai Motorhome Build Thread

[Riptide]

Mike, now you just KNOW I'm digging this, as I asked a while back, tongue-in-cheek, if you could scale down your ER mod to Sami-size...

You rock, man.

I just got my OME suspension for my own Sami a few days ago; am gearing up for another summer of trips behind our own Sprinter camper.

I' surprised you didn't fab up a set of drawers for the back area; I'm sure that's in rev 2.

[Gooseberry]

I had a 86 hard top and its amazing what can be done in a sami. Ok I was just out of High school and a bit more nimble.

I know I'm old and not the best judge of such matters, but I can't imagine many couples who could make useful progress in the back of a Samurai. Very short gymnasts, I suppose.

However, there are indeed straps on the trail cover that, if you cared, you could strap down for privacy or, in my case, to hold the cover down against the wind.

[theicecreampeople]

Wow! Now, I need to get out there this afternoon and do some measurements!! I had not considered building something OVER the front seats!

Thanks for sharing!

PS - You may want to rethink the idea of a lose cover over the Sami while you're inside with someone and getting it on. People might want to swing by and rip the cover off once they hear your activities. It reminds of a group of guys in a quiet part of the campgrounds who had to listen to a couple getting it on for hours. Finally, they had enough and talked among themselves into a solution. They got the strongest guys out of the bunch who grabbed one end of the tent (just a two-person tent) and dragged it behind them as fast as they could. They went into a dark area so they couldn't be identified as they ran away hooting and screaming. It took the lovers a while to get themselves out of the tent and get their bearings. Don't let this happen to you. Shhh...

that was you ..lol..love the sami always have they will go almost everywhere ,and now sleeping inside this is great ...and room for a frig behind the driver..

[mhiscox]

Mike, now you just KNOW I'm digging this, as I asked a while back, tongue-in-cheek, if you could scale down your ER mod to Sami-size...

That was tongue-in-cheek?! Now you tell me. I took it as a challenge.

I'm surprised you didn't fab up a set of drawers for the back area; I'm sure that's in rev 2.

Well, yeah, drawers and the fridge are the obvious right things to do. Unfortunately, I'll bet my wife thinks it's more important to stop screwin' around and get on with Rev. 1 of the XV-JP's interior, given that that truck is worth about fifteen times as much.

[77blazerchalet]

I'm sure that the audience for this tongue-in-check thread is vanishingly small..

Actually, you may have a bigger audience than you think as you develop this. Many wish to get out in the boondocks and bring along creature comforts such a nice bed. Now that my Chalet is gone, I'm still kicking around a similar idea but in a larger platform, as I mused about in my own "good mpg 4x4 Motorhome-in-a-phonebooth concept" thread a while back. I haven't yet ruled out long wheelbase Suzukis...

[AmericaOverland]

that was you ..lol..love the sami always have they will go almost everywhere ,and now sleeping inside this is great ...and room for a frig behind the driver..

Nope, I don't have anybody at this time.

[Sabre07]

Pretty close to what I have in mind with my Amigo. I have already harvested a second passenger seat and ripped everything off of it do the frame. My plan is a stuff platform to hold stuff (cell phones, guns, cameras, maps, etc.)while traveling in the wasteland ala Road Warrior's Interceptor dog seat, kinda-ish. The sleeping platform would be placed over the stuff platform and roll out the sleeping kit. Traveling alone has it's ups and downs...down side is lack of security from zombies while you slumber in the No-Zone.

[Squatchout]

I like it! Nice thinking.

[goin camping]

This thread is great!

[southpier]

nice solution on a maxi - fun scale.

i'm always interested which way the pillow goes. i would have the "head of the bed" at the dashboard.

should this be a poll?

Q: which way do you sleep?

and Why?