my girlfriend is 4' 9"... and when the rear hatch is up, she can't reach it to close it.. also when im camping at night, and i have the rear hatch open w/ bug screen in place, and it gets chilly in the middle of the night and i want to close the hatch, i cant, without getting out of the van.. so here is the solution..its simple..and im suprised VW never did this on the bus/vanagon - look on the new Eurovans.. see the grab strap on the rear hatch? i put one on my vanagon.. i have a bunch of extra interior grab straps (you know, the black straps that are screwed into the headliner in the passenger compartment) and i installed one on the rear hatch - in the center, right below the top edge of the vinyl hatch panel. there is metal bracing behind there that you can screw into. it look like 4 minutes and is very handy.. i have some of these straps, if anyones interested..tho they are the same straps used on every aircooled vw since the late '60's...and all vw vans.. chris |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.