Ultimate Tiki Ride and what would you do to it? - General Tiki

AJ Aloha John Member San Bernardino, CA Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 143	AJ Aloha John Posted posted on Thu, Oct 5, 2006 11:15 PM OK well better late than never... Since I decided to get rid of this- because I have too many projects already... My "Ultimate Tiki Ride" has been bumped to eventually being my '48 Willys- I haven't worked out the complete plan yet. When the hardtop (which will get my tiki/surf sticker collection I had compiled for the van) is off I will have a bikini top with thatching over it. Probably decorate the front tube bumper with bamboo and rope. Some tropical seat covers. Tiki shift knobs (since there are 4 total!) Something I may experiment with would be making the roll cage look like a bamboo cage. I could lash split bamboo canes over the padding...but that obviously would take away from the protection of the padding. Perhaps I could have some tan colored vinyl covers made that close with velcro (like on bicycles frames) and paint faux bamboo nodes onto them, and add some rope to the corners...hmmmm. Any ideas? Lots of the earlier pics from this post are gone so this may have already been posted, especially since it's probably owned by a member, but I took these at Tiki Oasis VI.

OK well better late than never...

Since I decided to get rid of this-

because I have too many projects already...

My "Ultimate Tiki Ride" has been bumped to eventually being my '48 Willys-

I haven't worked out the complete plan yet. When the hardtop (which will get my tiki/surf sticker collection I had compiled for the van) is off I will have a bikini top with thatching over it. Probably decorate the front tube bumper with bamboo and rope. Some tropical seat covers. Tiki shift knobs (since there are 4 total!) Something I may experiment with would be making the roll cage look like a bamboo cage. I could lash split bamboo canes over the padding...but that obviously would take away from the protection of the padding. Perhaps I could have some tan colored vinyl covers made that close with velcro (like on bicycles frames) and paint faux bamboo nodes onto them, and add some rope to the corners...hmmmm.
Any ideas?

Lots of the earlier pics from this post are gone so this may have already been posted, especially since it's probably owned by a member, but I took these at Tiki Oasis VI.

Post #259318 by Aloha John on Thu, Oct 5, 2006 11:15 PM