Date:         Tue, 20 Aug 2002 15:18:22 +0000
Reply-To:     Mike Finkbiner <mike_l_f@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Finkbiner <mike_l_f@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: SURVEY - I need a metal fab. project
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Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM> said -

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What I'd like to see is a storage box running under the sliding door of=20
the van. I envision the door of this swinging down and stopping parallel=20
to the ground so that it could be used as a step up into the=20
van..............I've been dreaming of this for some time and had idle=20
thoughts of trying to do something about it this winter. I'm thinking it=20
would be about as high as the Westy propane tank (for ground clearance)=20
--- perhaps as long as the jack points and as deep as=20
possible.........think of it, extra storage and a step in the same=20
package..............every Westy owner's dream  :-)

Cheers,
Doug
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Doug -

I was thinking about that until I added a second propane tank.

Like a lot of other Vanagon owners, my rear bumper is bent, so I would like
to build a replacement rear bumper that has built in storage.  Nothing too
big, but if it were a couple of inches deeper and taller, a useful storage
box could be put between the frame bars, or possibly full width with the
frame bars as dividers.

This could be used for spare oil, wheel chocks, tire chains, etc., the sort
of thing that wouldn't be bothered by getting damp, and take up useful room
inside.  With a diamond plate lid, it would make a useful step for getting
up to a roof rack.  Built out of the right material, it would be a lot
sturdier than the stock bumper.

Multipurpose, the best kind of addition!



Mike Finkbiner
'87 Westy
Moscow, ID
mike_l_f@hotmail.com

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