Originally Posted by
Fummins
I wonder if 7milesout would be wanting to cool off instead of keeping hot? Someone needs to come up with a compact diesel burning ac unit. Which is stupid cause it's snowing here right now.
Yes, stay cool. It was cool at night this weekend, and it was awesome. That temp would have slept good inside a car too. Might have fogged the winders maybe. But very soon down here it will be a sweat-fest. And in a car at night with the winders up would be very unpleasant. Maybe I could consider the canopy thing, but my idea related to the Mirage, is to make the car as "original" during the day for use (meaning, have it look totally normal, all seats in place, etc), but be able to convert to a cute little huggable camperette at night. Which, I don't think is possible. As I understand, removal of the rear seat backs is almost a must, so the back seat would not be useable during the day.
That is, unless a person were willing to do the assembly/disassembly of the rear seat backs daily in order to make the conversion. Which I think most would not. Me too. If I were going to use the Blueberry as a camperette for a few days (and had already figured out my sleeping layout), I believe the rear seat backs would have to come out for the duration of using it as a camperette. If I did remove the rear seat backs, then I could likely carry the canopy, put it up, park the car under it, and strap the canopy to the car. Then the winders could be left open on warm summer nights even if it rained, and the breeze through the car might keep a person alive. My canopy is about 5 feet tall when folded up and bagged.
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