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RE: [VAL] Bored?



Hello,
I can answer the insulation question, spray adhesive! I used it to hold
the insulation in place before I installed the interior skin in my 59.
It worked great.
Ed
VAC President

> OK, I've got a few questions:
> 
> How do you get batt insulation to stay put before the inner skins go in?
> Doesn't it just slide/fall down?
> 
> What's the best detail to use at the threshhold to try to keep the edge
> of the subfloor from getting wet?
> 
> The black tank in my '59 Overlander sits on the floor in the back
> corner, with a box built over and around it, toilet on top. The tank is
> only ~5" deep, top of box was ~6" off floor. If I made the tank ~2"
> taller, it'd give me 40% more capacity. Do you think having the toilet
> 8" off the floor would be awkward? Or that this would be too much weight
> in that corner? Or that it would create some other problem?
> 
> Anyone have a good source for 12v outlets shallow enough to fit in an
> Airstream's walls?
>