Just amazing! I predict that the J8/JK Habitat will be the hit of the SEMA show. Please drive safely!
REX
SEMA 2010 is firing up, and many of us from ExPo are here for the week. We will use this thread to link images and articles.
Our first business for the event is to get the Jeep J8 with Habitat placed in Mopar Alley. Here it is, deployed, and ready to get placed.
More article, images and updates tonight. We will have three editors working throughout the week to provide the most comprehensive overland coverage on the web.
I have been lurking here for months watching the progress and imagining how I would layout the interior of the jeep for use as a camper. I am curious as to the layout of the windows in the rear portion of the tent above the rear doors. Why are the windows so high? It appears that if one is standing inside in the "pass through" area (aligned with the rear doors), there is no ability to see outside of the tent. I am also wondering why there is no window in the back of the tent.
Same questions and there is supposed to be an exterior entrance capability as well. I could be wrong, but my guess is the production units will have some changes here and there as this is just in time for SEMA release and likely not a ton of time to get everything perfect. AT will do it right with tweaks they deem worthwhile. Sure is awesome to see something of this caliber come to life! Wish I could have mine in time for Santa but I suspect more likely 1Q11.
The people who made the tent were under the gun to get the tent sewn in a short period of time.
The production tent will be the RTT style windows with "awnings" over the windows. Two windows on each side and one on each end (total of 6 Tacodoc :sombrero.
The final design is now on CAD and the panels are ready to be cut on a CNC fabric cutter.