Post #408387 by coruscate on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 11:04 AM

Hey Psycho Tiki D, I'll have to keep an eye out for that Tiki on SFD, I don't remember seeing it.

Mostly out that direction are the MOO-eye (er, I mean cows)

I try to keep a little tiki appreciation out here, contrasts with the Scottish Village romanticized naming of the streets and towns.

FYI, There is a Tiki bar space at the Broadway in Fairfax on SFD blvd, but I haven't grooved with it enough to justify the regular drive over the hill.

You can see some pictures of the work in progress on my trailer on this thread:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26479&forum=1

Currently I am trying to find my own glass float/floats (next big storm) to add to the layered effect and maybe a puffer fish light.

I've fleshed out the library with a few classics like Aku-Aku, Kon Tiki and a few Beachbum drink guides and a full set of MAKE magazines. Saving up for a BOT.

The bakelite art deco radio will be converted to a windows mobile operating system with a VGA screen and about 10 gb of flash memory. It will be the Tiki-Media-Center. As a juke box it will play tiki podcasts, Martin Dennny and Waitiki of course, and about 55 different covers of Girl from Ipanema all while running a screen saver of vintage tiki with a drink database. Finally it will continue to operate as an internet device for email and checking Critiki on the road.

The Tiki-Lander will get an A frame bamboo pole canopy at the entrance in the next couple of months, still working out the mounting hardware and aquiring outdoor leopard print sunbrella fabric for the scalloped edge.

Saving up for a little Honda eu1000 generator and some solar 12 volt wiring improvements.

I just put new wheels and brakes on it in case I need to stop in a hurry to admire some Googie-tecture on the road.

At least it currently can run on propane and there are hand crank blenders to carry me through the dark ages.

I have yet to figure out how to travel with the 2x8 foot painted SHAG inspired tikis made of plywood, I may need to carve a stout 4 foot tall one out of redwood and mount it on the tongue instead.

I reached the "one thing in means one thing out" threshold yesterday, a little earlier than predicted (getting back to the thread topic here) and now anything new means something else has to go.

So I would have to put myself in the "clean lines degenerating into unintentioned clutter" camp.