Vehicles as housing: 27-sq-ft bike home + rowboat shelter

"I don't know if I could have a car without a bed in it." San Francisco Jay Nelson has put beds into nearly every vehicle he's ever owned, including a semi-totalled Honda Civic (bought for $200) and a tiny rowboat (found on craigslist).

He's even made a moped into a camper, but his most impressive podmobile is the electric camper bike he built from scratch using parts "you can find at a hardware store".

He bought the PVC pipe chassis online, along with an electric motor (he discarded his initial pedal-powered design because of the San Francisco hills) and began to build the vehicle in his driveway.

He calls his tiny mobile home the Golden Gate and with an electric motor range of 10 miles, it can go basically anywhere within San Francisco (7 x 7 square miles) at a top speed of 20mph.

Original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/...
Music credit: Dave Warstler http://www.davewarstler.com/
Photo credit: Jack Halloway
Jay's website: jaynelsonart.com

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[40ny]

YouTube is so much more interesting than TV when you can see stuff like this.

[HuntHerKillHer]

If it was red it would look like the apple car from the busy world of richard scarry

[lilboone9866]

and i got to this video from watching a 240sx drift lol the fun of youtube!

[Andy Bracco]

Sounds like he stole it . Hes like its about... fet long, I dont realy know what that is, I dint even know what is in there, I dont know how long

[EpicGamez123]

Seat belts not included

[sargetech]

Boston Whalers are unsinkable! I will never forget the commercial where they cut a 14ft in half and it still stayed afloat!

Brings back such good childhood memories of Jamaica Bay, Rockaway Beach Queens NY!

[sargetech]

AWESOME!!

Caps intended!! :)

[ArcaneErudition]

He pees in his sink... with all of those windows.

[theknightlynews]

like, he is totally a surfer dude. 

[roykinn7]

Is this Portlandia?

[Wilson Scott]

awesome. I'm a neighbor in the Sunset. Nice vid!

[Warren Sal]

Goes 20 km especially down hill...LOL...