Honda Fit Conversion Part 2

things are slowly moving along with my "camper" car.

i wasn't able to find a fleece blanket at any of the thrift

stores around here so i finally just bought an inexpensive

full/queen fleece blanket at wal-mart for $10. i was able

to cut two long strips and two squares out of one blanket. 

here is one of the strips that will cover the side windows:

i glued velcro strips along the top with E6000 glue.

from what i've read it should hold up to the heat. (the

white showing is some parchment paper i put under

the glued strips so the window cover doesn't become

a permanent part of my kitchen floor) i won't be able

to tell if i need to put velcro along the bottom until i

see how they are going to hang. i really didn't want to

glue the mounting strips to my car headliner so i'm

going to try securing them with horizontal straight

pins to see if that will work...seemed to work fine

with a sample but we'll have to see with the weight

of the curtain. i've made velcro curtains for the side

windows and the back hatch window but have

opted to stretch a bungee cord across the front from

overhead handle to handle and clip the curtain onto

the cord with binder clips so i can slide the curtain.

i'm also planning to use binder clips in each of the

corners where the curtains meet. i'll post pics when

everything is in place.

meanwhile.... i'm going to spend my first night in

the car in my yard tonight....sans curtains. here is

a pic from the back of my couch pillow bed:

i've got my handy dandy window screens on the back

windows so i can leave them open if it's too hot. i'm

thinking of cutting a little drop down panel in the 

curtains over the back windows for when i need

them open but i did buy the battery powered fan for

comfort. you'll notice i left the passenger side back

seat up...here's why:

the seat part folds up leaving plenty of room for me to

stand stooped over in the car for when i need to potty. 

i purchased a freshette...

 

 

 

......which i totally

expected to cause tears of laughter and tears of

wee to run down my legs but was surprised to see

there was no learning curve....works like a charm.

(WHERE was this thing all those years i was on the

road in law enforcement????) i think after getting used

to sleeping in the car i won't need standing space

to wee in a jug and can leave both back seats

down for more storage space.

so....first night

wish me luck!