sleeping in a disco

[worane]

I have just lowered the rear seat in my Seven seat wagon. I also moved the front seat runner all the way forward and rolled the seat back forward as well.
I have found I have six foot seven for a bed base.
I figure, if I remove the back seat and build a base, with the usual draws etc. I could build a bed base with the front piece on a hinge which when folded back would allow for the front seats to move into their normal position.
My question is, Has any one else tried this before? Will it work for weekends away? It would save all the trouble of putting dew soaked tents away.

[Epic_Dragon]

sounds like you have plenty of room there. i have not slept in the disco, but a gu patrol wagon i had did a similar things with draws in the back, and then the rear seats folded up it was a nice level sizable bed. with a 2 inch thick foam mattress. you sound like you have a good plan. was good sleeping in the back of the patrol as everyone was setting up tents my bed was pre made haha. on cold cold nights it did get damp in there though, dew on the inside of the windows.
ive found a roof top tent that opens and closes with solar power, so will be saving my pennies for one of those rather than turning my disco into a bed :)

[p38arover]

Something like this (seen at Cooma in 2008).

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=59221&stc=1&d=1366110739

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=59220&stc=1&d=1366110688

[NavyDiver]

I have just lowered the rear seat in my Seven seat wagon. I also moved the front seat runner all the way forward and rolled the seat back forward as well.
I have found I have six foot seven for a bed base.
I figure, if I remove the back seat and build a base, with the usual draws etc. I could build a bed base with the front piece on a hinge which when folded back would allow for the front seats to move into their normal position.
My question is, Has any one else tried this before? Will it work for weekends away? It would save all the trouble of putting dew soaked tents away.

Got lazy up in the snow last year when arriving at about 2am. My double swag fits well in the back of my D3.

[justinc]

Mmmmm, music would be a bit loud for sleeping, wouldn't it??? and all those flashing lights ! :0 :wasntme:

70s Disco Hits - Part 3 - Disco Music Videos from the 70's - YouTube


JC :p:p:p:p

[sheerluck]

Mmmmm, music would be a bit loud for sleeping, wouldn't it??? and all those flashing lights ! :0 :wasntme:


We need a 'groan' button......:p

[worane]

Thanks heaps Ron. Just what I am looking for. Great, it will work.
I am six feet long so I have a few inches to spare.Regards Nick.

[justinc]

We need a 'groan' button......:p

Yes a groan button would certainly be a useful addition to deal with people like me:angel:

JC

[steveG]

Here's a thread from a few years back, with some photos of what I did for our D1: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-1/66944-sleeping-d1-3.html

Steve

[Epic_Dragon]

thats a really cool set up!

[1976_michelle]

nowhere near that room in my d2; going to have to make a fold out platform for my damn feet to hang out the end lol

[worane]

Hi Michelle, Is your disco a seven seat wagon or a five seater.
Mine is the former and I think they may be almost a foot longer.
Regards, Nick. (worane)

[1976_michelle]

7 seats, I keep the dickie seats folded up (no use for them) and when I fold the 'back' seat up its around 140cm, im around 180 cm long. Was thinking Id get my old horserug maker to make a canvas thing that will attach to the roof bars via ropes, and have a corner tent pole roped to the ground, something to tie the door open with so it doesnt blow shut and shorten my length (though at least ill still fit in), and ill have an enclosed area at the back of the car, long enough to sleep in (with the simple fold out platform im planning0 and also stand up in comfortably for changing etc

[worane]

No Michelle, you have it wrong. You build a platform that goes over the folded forward backs of the back seats.
The platform then runs from the closed back door to the backs of the front seats. That is how you get the room you need.
Just to reiterate, the back seat backs are the only folding you do. Not the second fold of the base. It stays in place.
If you look at the posts above you will see a platform..
Mine will be made of three sheets of ply one will stay permantly in place behind the rear seats with storage bins under it.
The other two sheets will run fore and aft with a hinge in the center and store, when not in use on top of the one in the rear compartment.
Michelle, email me at nviner@iinet.net.au and I will email you a photo or look up steve G further up this set of pages. His pics and info is what he passed on to me. Regards Nick.
The front two sheets do not need support as the sit on the top folded surface of the rear seats.
I hope this all makes some sense to you.

[1976_michelle]

ah yep that makes more sense, the second motion for the folding is handy for bit of furniture moving or something but not sleep

I used to have that in my D1, as it had a platform over the lpg tank, its just that these seats dont seem to sit down quite as nicefolded in half as the d1s did
below is how i had the d1,

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/545.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/clumper_club/media/discogas.jpg.html)

[worane]

Isn't it strange how every one has a tool box in a landy.
I have had and still have a Jeep J 20 for twenty years and I have never had nor needed a tool box in it. Not having one in my disco would feel like driving without my seat belt on.

[wrinklearthur]

Isn't it strange how every one has a tool box in a landy.
I have had and still have a Jeep J 20 for twenty years and I have never had nor needed a tool box in it. Not having one in my disco would feel like driving without my seat belt on.

Don't you take you Jeep out?

As for carrying a tool box in 'Fred', I have stopped doing that, it's a sure way to get to break down, best no tools at all and then you can travel anywhere with out any trouble.
Beside having to lump a dirty great big heavy tool box around the countryside, I always find that the tool I need, has been left at home.

I have been watching this thread for ideas about sleeping in a Disco and do like the idea of, the not having to climb a ladder when it's past my bed time.
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[sheerluck]

What you and your wife sleep in bunk beds Arthur? :D

[1976_michelle]

had that toolbox in everything except the d2. Dad bought it for me for a birthday near when I got my first car (74 toyota crown). trailer plug adaptors, screwdrivers pliers whatever, nothing really useful and even if so Id not have known what to do with it). Clothes pegs (for propping open the crowns automatic choke so it would start), tiny shifter (to disconnect its battery when some power drain thing was going on), soap for handwashing when there was none in toilets,armour all, padlocks Id long lost keys for, mallet,hammer etc, nippers and wire for horse fence patchups....most the crap still in there thogh it now lives in the garage lol

[worane]

Yes Wrinklearthur, I do all the time. I have owned it since 1977 and all it has needed in one clutch and one set of brakes, both last year. It has done many runs between Brisbane and Tasmania and has spent a good bit of time towing a thirty foot folding house boat around Victoria.
It happens to be a very solid and well designed bit of kit. It is a V8 360 ci running on gas/ petrol. No it does not poo it's self like my Landy does all the time.
Mind you the Landy is a much nicer thing to pilot.

[wrinklearthur]

Yes Wrinklearthur, I do all the time. I have owned it since 1977 and all it has needed in one clutch and one set of brakes, both last year. It has done many runs between Brisbane and Tasmania and has spent a good bit of time towing a thirty foot folding house boat around Victoria.
It happens to be a very solid and well designed bit of kit. It is a V8 360 ci running on gas/ petrol. No it does not poo it's self like my Landy does all the time.


Is this the same as your Jeep ??
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=59535&stc=1&d=1366792632 ??


Mind you the Landy is a much nicer thing to pilot.

Unloaded I would much rather drive the Discovery, but my Defender is what I use with a load up to a ton, anything above that weight I would be looking for a truck, There are still lots of single axle Inter's around here for loads up to eight ton's.

That Jeep model is scarce as hen teeth here, there are lots of Ford F100 and F150's though.
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[worane]

Yes a 1981 J 20. Mine is fawn and has tray back. Manual 4 speed V 8. 2 ton capacity but now maybe be more like 1 & 3/4 ton.

[justinc]

I had a J20 once, a 6 cyl manual, fawn flat tray ex SA government I believe.

What a fuel guzzling, gutless piece of gorilla snot.Giant cart springs and no turning circle.:mad:

BUT, it was unbreakable, reliable and TOUGH. Dana 44 and Dana 60 diffs, NP transfer case and 4 speed box with crawler 1st gear.

Still hated it though:D

JC

[worane]

Yes Justinc,
The six cylinder had no power to weight ratio thing going. The V8 is fine.It does eat petrol but was far cheaper than my BMW if I run it on gas which I always do. As for the turning circle , I don't think it is any worse than my Disco.