FOLDING AUTO CAMPING 
SEAT 
I F you have a touring car and prefer 
the camp bed made up in the ton¬ 
neau, you can construct a folding seat 
to fit between the back of front seat 
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and the edge of rear seat to fill in this 
space, at the same height as the rear 
seat cushion making a bed compart¬ 
ment of the tonneau. 
The width and height of folding- 
seat, will have to be determined by the 
space between your seats of touring- 
car, as different model cars vary 
slightly in this respect. If the seat 
is made in two sections it will be found 
more convenient in use and during day¬ 
time you have two folding auto-chairs 
for use. 
The base can be made of wood 
topped by a rim of one-eighth inch iron 
strip three inches wide with lower 
edge screwed into the top edge of wood 
rim. This makes a depression in 
which to fit the cushion and keep it 
in position on the seat. The same 
method should be employed in making 
the back for the seat. It will save 
much time and work if you can get 
cushions from some old seat to fit on 
to the base. Making a cushion re¬ 
quires quite a bit of detail to con¬ 
struct properly. 
The back of the seat should be at¬ 
tached at base by three good strong 
iron hinges. The longer hinge to be 
preferred. If the seat is to be used as 
a chair seat with the back in a vertical 
position, it can be held in place by 
leather straps, which can button on to 
both sides of seat and back. Any 
harness maker can put these together 
for you and supply you with proper 
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und admirers of our old corre¬ 
spondent A essmuh to make this de¬ 
partment worthy of his name. No man 
knew the woods better than Nessmuk 
or wrote of them with quainter charm. 
Many of his practical ideas on camp¬ 
ing and “going light ” have been adopted 
by the United Stales Army; his canoe 
has been preserved, in the Smithsonian 
Institution; and we hope that all good 
woodsmen will contribute to this de¬ 
partment their Hints and Kinks and 
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fasteners to screw into the sides of 
seat and back. 
A hinged strip of hard wood can be 
attached to the back of the chair so 
that when it is lowered into position 
for night it will support the back at 
the same level as the cushion of the 
rear seat. It might be advisable to 
place two strips on the back and make 
a two legged support rather than one. 
By making two seats you have them 
for use as camp chairs, or spare seats 
for extra passengers and at night they 
can be placed together to form the 
bottom part of the tonneau bed. 
Along this method of making a bed 
I have seen the front seat so cut and 
hinged that it could be turned back 
to the level of the rear cushion form¬ 
ing a bed. This gives a full length bed 
for a short touring car. In cars of 
longer seating-room bodies the above 
folding seats will form a bed of suf¬ 
ficient length. 
When using the auto for the bed it 
is advisable to take along a tent fly 
which can be attached to the auto top 
on either side of the car and make a 
sort of lean-to tent for dressing and' 
protection from rain. The running 
board under the tent fly makes a con¬ 
venient table and shelf when camping. 
W. A. Kimball. 
MAKING A TENT FOR 
AUTO CAMPING 
HERE are many good medium- 
priced tents of all descriptions 
now on the market, but if one pre¬ 
fers to make a tent of their own it 
is not a difficult matter with a little 
planning. 
In the drawing, I have sketched a 
tent that I made last season and find 
it serves every purpose well. 
You can use good grade of duck or 
a light weight Khaki cloth if you have 
it treated with waterproof paint. The 
latter tent is lighter and easier to 
handle. You can buy waterproof paint, 
for tents, in the open market at small 
expense. 
The particular advantage of the tent 
I describe is that it can be pitched 
independent of the car or if you pre¬ 
fer, the front flap can be attached to 
the top of the auto. There are times 
when you like to take a side trip and 
leave the tent standing. 
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