Date:         Wed, 19 Jul 2000 19:46:55 -0400
Reply-To:     Alain Pierre Hovasse <aphovasse@home.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alain Pierre Hovasse <aphovasse@home.com>
Subject:      Re: Additional Storage
Comments: To: Dianne L Gigler <dlg+@andrew.cmu.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <gtRFln_00Uw81ByyI0@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Speaking of which

Last year I came across a nice blue westy in Nova Scotia that had all kinds
of soft pockets hanging from the rear seats. Anyone have any ideas on
procuring such?

thks

Alain Pierre


on 7/18/00 11:11 PM, Dianne L Gigler at dlg+@andrew.cmu.edu wrote:

> I think many of us are looking for additional storage space in our
> vanagons.  I have been looking for used door "pockets" and have not had
> luck finding black ones to match my gray interior.
>
> I found a reasonable substitute in the J.C.Whitney catalogue. They are
> hard plastic like the one that comes with the vanagon and are available
> in three or four colors including black.  They cost under $10 each.
>
> I purchased two and installed one on each front door. The installation
> was simple.  The outer edge of the hard plastic shell has four holes and
> I was able to complete the installion with just a screw driver.  I
> installed them below the "silver" trim strip and just in front of the
> vent.  There is no interference with the seat or door and the glove box
> opens as it did before the installation.
>
> Dianne