Jay Nelson's travel micro-campers: from bike home to tiny boat
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- "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.
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Jay's Honda Civic camper was a truly inspirational design which maximised the habitation module interior space without overloading the car with a heavy structure.
It was also beautiful and unique.
Prior to this, I had never considered this type of construction for a camper.
Learning about the many benefits of using the 'Stitch & Glue' method of boat building was quite an eye opener.
Thank you for bringing such fantastic designers to your excellent channel.
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!
Human beings can be awesome! I would love to live on a planet full of free & sovereign, creative humans!
you already do. you shouldn't pay so much attention to social media and media in general. they make a living on hating people
Clever work on those windows... he's definitely thinking outside of the box... impressive... even if the range is walking distance!
Don't apologize for what you are building, you are completing "Proof of Concept" designs. I have built many (11 two, three and four wheel electric bike designs), they don't always look great, but they do perform well. Keep up the great work.
Kirsten, you find quite possibly the most interesting people in the world. What a cool guy!!
Very cool, this dude's quite inspiring. I wish I had as much time on my hands as he appears to have. Another great video Kirsten enjoy your work as well. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing your unique concepts... Ignore the catty-comments... You know the importance of your vision ... And your designs have a place on the horizon !
Have a great weekend and God bless !
Both of my girls (11 and 6) said 'That's cool, I wanna see another one'... these videos are quite inspirational and informative. Thank you
RUclips is so much more interesting than TV when you can see stuff like this.
I think this guy is related to Willy Wonka,,,
Yeah he kinda looks like Gene Wilder! haha mostly the hair
Lots of good energy. I'm also showing this video to my two daughters.
❤ this guy's "beginner mind" energy!
This is, like, you know, like, an accident, like you know, waiting to happen.
its cool that all of his things have the same kind of look to them
they are not prototypes but works of art
Wow, those designs are absolutely fantastic. Those faceted windows look amazing. I also quite like the idea of calling them crystal windows, sounds nicer.
Looking forward to see a followup on that new project.
This is my favourite enclosed e-bike yet!! I'm thinking that body made out of rigid foam board would be fairly easy to do without a frame, especially with the fibreglass encasing it, and provide a fair amount of insulation here in Canada. Plus it would give me plenty of room for a large battery bank and solar panels.
Very talented and centered individual. It is something that I got a great deal of enjoyment from watching. Thanks for sharing, and god bless.
This young man's a hell of a good artist
Dude i really wanna drive that right now, he's like a kid in the neighborhood with a cool toy that all the kids wants to play with.
Clearly more a man of art than a man of words.
love it! and the study case is brilliant.
That housebike is awesome.
This guys is truelly amazing
I like his bicycle vehicles. And I love Artist-types.
Funny you should mention doing a video with Paul Elkins... he's up soon. He's been filming for me and I'll be editing his stuff soon. I think it will be good.. he's an amazing- and diverse- inventor.
At first I was like, yeah right, but after watching I think it's fun, creative and utilitarian. Could use a longer range, though. Thanks for sharing.
I like how the design of it is related to nature, wood materials and windows inspired by crystals shape, very interesting and unique! Very niice!!
You'll have a little more freeboard going to a 12' boat. I thought of doing something similar with a Penguin hull. Perhaps with a small weighted keel, or pour 20 lbs of concrete in the floor for stability. A Boston Whaler is a good idea, naturally stable and plenty of freeboard.
Artsy, and some of the ideas are quite clever! I like!
I think it's cool , nice to see people being creative than just a dreamer !
I've seen pics on google for a while now, really great of you to find him and upload a vid!!!! Props. :)
Love the creativity.
To much talkin' - to little action, we wanna see and hear it drive and sail...
Very Cool, I hope something like this comes to the market soon. I've seen a few other designs as well.
And this is the reason i love watching stuff online! Interaction. : )
Still love looking up old t.v. shows online.
And new t.v. shows too
If that car/bike was made of light weight material and lost the scuba gear, toilet, thick bedding, surf boards and rack but kept kitchen idea, put in some thin memory foam plus swap the electric engine with a gas 8-12 hp that thing would be beast... imagine having two people in it camping out down some nice peaceful back roads with meadows and big trees swaying back and forth and you just woke up, start the engine and begin doing a nice, easy 25km down the road well cooking some bacon and eggs..
The surfboard rack really ties it together.
You are very smart and your creations are awesome. Thank you for teaching me..
Love the design!
This guy is my hero.
i still really like this ALOT.
What did he use to make the windows?... plexiglass?... I'd love to learn about his technique... I didn't see him mention it... can I get some information on the glues and techniques please?
Ryan Potts it looks like clear acrylic probably bonded with an acrylic cement and with clear silicon sealing the water out
I would make a hull that's big wide and diamond shaped bottom so more of the bootom is under water and there less top over the water..then you can use the top to grow grass or weeds to better blend into an embankment
It looks great and interior is layed out great, but those blind spots.
Very unique concept but maybe adjust it be a pull camper for a motorcycle, just a thought :)
I would have loved this thing when I was 12 years old for all those "adventures" I went on.
Flintsones! Meet the Flintstones. They're the modern stone age family...
I always look for a sink I can urinate into. LOL Adorable dog!!!!!
Please do more interviews about shipping container houses
Great Idea... I am impressed!
Way to go on land and water! congratulations! PM
i think your a visionary and the things you build are awesome....
keep up the great work and post more vids
I was getting on-board with this, right up until the point he peed in the sink and totally ruined the idea of brushing teeth in the morning. TMI
He's definitely got a specific style to his designs. I can't say sleep would alwase be the best option to have. But that's to be expected from a hippy surfer. at least he's being productive when he's awake witch is more than I can say for most people these days.
Alot of people would like to live in a small home but there needs to be builders of them since most people simply dont know how to build it.
Great tube thanks
Johnny is the cutest dog evar!!!
way to go..Kook Aid Kid..very impressive..Indigo Child you are !!!
awesome. I'm a neighbor in the Sunset. Nice vid!
I want to build a totally collapsible house (about 6' x 10'). And even may have a tee-pee style outer structure made from bamboo. This would make it high-wind resistant. The house would be plywood and rectangular with a beveled roof (around the edge) and a smaller flat roof panel (with solar cells) in the center. Inside, there will be a couch (that turns into a bed) would be made of plastic milk-crates (lightweight) and they can also be used as storage (under). And cushioning on top. There will also be a plywood cup-board that has TV and stove and sink (all in one piece). It will be designed to dismantle quickly and be towed with electric assist (when needed). Just tow it by walking or bicycle. Maybe make the foundations out of light plastic pallets and ply over and carpet. When collapsed, it would be about 3' by 4' by (how long the bamboo has to be). Just an idea.
They already make these. They're light-weight and can be flown into places of disaster.
Impressive work! Great invention I like it.
WOW AND YOU CAN DRIVE IT INSIDE???! thats so cool and safe
So, like , I counted 78 times this creative and likable fellow saying "like" in this 11:00 video. And I guess, well, like , I probably should , like, ya know , find some , like , better things to do with my , like , time ... At the very least those 78 times he said "like" should be added to the "likes" on the video .
Very cool.
I have so much respect for this its ridiculous.
Travelers and artists...
Is this Portlandia?
Love that scooter hack @6:05!
BRASIL! parabéns pela arte e a bela iniciativa na realização de um sonho. Ficaram únicos!
How much for it name your price
very creative!
I want his sweater!
love the dog..
cool.. I want to go for a ride..!
Thats very neat. You should patent it and maybe sell a how-to instruction book.
turn something beautiful into corporate rubbish eh?
"this bucket could be a toilet." ok. thats weird enough for me. with thinking like that you can end up getting cholera if you're not careful. BTW that stove is a portable butane camping stove. that design is all over the world. i have one here in Oz as a backup, and i have seen them in vietnam as well.
A composite chasis and solar panels would be an improvement. And add some bigger and better wheels.
Will it go up a hill in San Francisco? If i see it in SF I'll record a video of it and post it on here.
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR IDEA! LETS GO!
One of the effects of long term pot smoking, is wanting to live in a tiny cave, curl up, and pretend it's a moose womb.and a camper and a boat and a spaceship and a bicycle and a time machine wheeeeeeee, I'm nuts!!!!!!!!!
William Burdon this brightens my day
William Burdon wait! How is a Moose womb like a bicycle? Just out of curiosity. 🙃
Very intelligent space design. Wish he has more money to make bigger and more pro vehicles.
I really want this for some reason
After using the word "LIKE" too much I LIKE bailed.
There's this guy in Israel who makes bikes out of cardboard and there waterproof. His..what is it? an electric trikehome. That is so on the edge. Post modern, really. If there were roads. even packed dirt roads to travel and camp. Lewis and Clark but with Chick Filets along the way.
Always Great to see someone doing what they dream up. So many let others squash their ideas. He has a nice life and a hot gf. Stop hating people. Love it!
10 miles of range : "this is better than a car", LOL
Couldn't you drive the trike sort of infinitely if you put a solar panel on the roof? Because you sleep at night anyway. Oh and are those windows made of fiber glass also or just normal glass?
+Cameron Mew I think Plexiglass?
quirky funny car. I would totallyride that to work. Live just over 3 block from my jb but arthritic knees prevent me from walking to work anymore so this would be fine for me and I WOULD DO IT! Question- what about ventilation for the car? Wally world is less than 2 miles. nice room for short trip. how is the electric accomplished? Thanks for posting. :-D
i like his first one with the bike wheels i would love to have one like that it might need some mirrors and a better window i all ready ride my bike all over the place even taking compost off with a cart hooked to my bike because i don't drive
The front steering is one of the hardest components to get worked out in a build like this. Do you have any more information on his setup?
Brilliant !!!
This looks like a nicer lighter deal than others....if it had a stronger motor though. An Over-Night Art Expedition Shelter
thanks for making the video and contents i am glad to see the art in here! my bike trailer will be different though sorry
I have that same exact green suitcase~ wow
In a good location , as he's says "It has all you need" so you could live in it.
He looks exactly like the kinda person who would do this. He should drive it out to Portland. Then put a bird on it!
very creative. would like to know what he does for a living
Awesome!