Date:         Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:24:31 -0500
Reply-To:     TieDye <boomin@EPIX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         TieDye <boomin@EPIX.NET>
Subject:      Rear Carpeting/Customization...
In-Reply-To:  <LOBBJODKJFILOGCCEFDKCEBOCPAA.asbury@telepak.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

         Recently I had purchased new carpeting for two rooms in my house,
after installation I had a piece large enough to fit the cargo area of my
GL. I took two layers of the foam backing, a thin piece of canvas (army
tent material) and a traced out piece of cut carpet, and with an industrial
stapler... stapled all 4 layers together, and placed in my GL perfect. I
removed the wall panels, and rear seat (middle seat was gone for a while)
and used these items to firm up the carpet and give it a professional look.
I also did something a little different with a sheet of plywood and some
wood trim to enclose the bottom of the rear seat, I cut out a square where
the heater blower pushes air, and two ovals on each side of the board to
hold speakers, under the seat with the ample room there... I placed a
hundred watt amplifier, and secured the works in place with a board behind
the seat posts.

the O's below are the seat posts, and will show how I secured this...

           =====================   <- board 2 inch longer then the space of
seat posts
            O   =============== O
===============================   <-panel where speakers are

I placed carpet over the panels, cutout the speaker and floor vent slots...
and have closed in that compartment of the van. The board in top of drawing
was 2 inch by 1 inch trim boards, and if this is placed above heater
cutouts, will hold the panel there firmly... how I attached all of this
together was with 4 bolts from a swingset, with a butterfly nut on the
inside... making it easy to remove the panel to get inside (i keep a pouch
of tools, and spare tubing and stuff behind on the side with no amp)

If anyone would like to see what I've done... I will take pictures
tomorrow... I plan to anyway :)

TieDye
( E-Mail - boomin@epix.net or tiedye@webtrek.org)
1984 VW Vanagon (1.9l) Owner

Http://www.usa20.com - Boomin HTML Design - Affordable Website Design
Http://www.VWTrek.Com - FREE Volkswagen Website Hosting! - Webmaster
Http://www.webtrek.org -  Webmaster

Do You IRC? /server irc.worldirc.org then join #HippyZone!