List Your Mods:

My recent additions:

Half-way through installing a rear shelf, as Outbound did here.  I used strips of plywood for supports.  They look a little crooked here but the top edges are basically level.

Here with the shelf in place.  My goal was "functional" and not "pretty" yet, since I have two trips in the next two weeks.  Pretty will have to come later with some trim on the front and stain.

I notched the inside corner, there is an outlet at the edge of the bed and this will let me run an extension cord directly up to the shelf.

I also added a shelf up front.

I have an old entertainment center that I was going to trash soon, by chance the finish on it almost perfectly matches the 'pod, and also by chance one of the shelves fit this spot without modification.  I cut pieces off another shelf to make the supports.

I had curtains made a month or so ago, the mini blinds that came with the 'pod didn't block much light and made lots of noise when I kicked them in the middle of the night.  So they were gone after the first trip.  I found material that went well with the existing material on the header.  I also purchased black vinyl material which I had incorporated as a middle layer to make them completely light-proof.  It is now very, very dark no matter how bright it is outside.  We like to sleep in!

A final addition, three tubs.  One for shoes, one for trash, one for recyclables.  For a while we allowed shoes inside but there was always a huge pile in front of the door.  So we banished them outside but didn't have a good solution if it rained.  Now we do.  We also used to tie a trash bag to the door stop outside and put a collapsible container next to it for recyclables.  This should be neater.

Here are the promised pictures:
Used decorative rails along the 'breakfront' to enhance usability for storing books, games, binos, etc. The little oak box has a board with vertical holes for pencil and pen storage. It was installed by the previous owner.


Above the window we didn't need alot of storage, but needed to gain a little space for those lightweight things that need a home. Used the left-over piece of the rail and a piece of 1/2" plywood with an oak banding on the edge.



No picture of this, but we also put a piano hinge along the back edge of the large panel under the mattress of the 171 to allow easy opening and closing of that storage compartment. We use the 1x4 that I described for mountain mist and Hodge-Podge to hold up the lid and mattress.

I use #8x 1/2" sheet metal screws to fasten to the walls of the pod for light weight fastening. So far nothing has pulled out. The walls are 1/8" plywood with a coarse grain center ply, so the coarse threads on the selftapping screws seem to grip well.

minor change but major effect for viewing

Do you have a pic of the front wheel mod ? Would be interested in seeing that.

Thanks in advance   ...

MJ

Nice touch on that 12 Volt receptacle. Don't think I've ever seen one in CHROME before !

MJ