Date:         Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:17:22 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Lighting ideas for cargo area?
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>Hello listees-
>
>I finally decided to start pursuing some serious solutions for lighting the
>big black hole of an engine bay/cargo area of my Westy. I was groping around
>in the darkness last night trying to unload my groceries, thinking... "why in
>the world didn't they put a courtesy light back here...what happened to that
>can of tomato sauce?!"
>Has anyone successfully added a light source back there that would not
>obscure the opening, be easy to turn on and off, and of course jive with the
>rest of the interior? I would be very interested to hear of any such
>solutions!
>


Surely there are plenty of aftermarket interior lights (eg Hella)
available. They could be attached to the roof siderails or bows (careful,
no butcherous jobs please) and wired either to a dash switch or the
courtesy system.

I fitted larger chesp domelights to my 57 in place of the originals, and
what a difference. I also added an engine-compartment light to my 66.

I will be looking at this too.


Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)