>So is mine. Do you also have the partition between the >cab and the passenger compartment? ? You got me there. I don't know what you mean, so I guess that means I don't have it.
>Not necessarily. Did you consider flipping the middle >seat (backrest forward)? It's really easy with those >slideout rails. Then you gain huge space, although >your passengers will be facing backwords. I did that once, but there is not enough room for the legs, plus my son said riding facing backwards makes him think he is going back in time :-) >It's about 6 foot till the middle seat backrest, Yea, just a bit too short for a real mattress...... >BTDT. A pain in the &^$%%^... Its not that hard. Its only 6 bolts. I suppose its all relative, but it beats any other way I have come up with. >And you still have to find a place where to leave it. I guess if you have no garage, that can be a bummer. >potential storage space, and if you don't have a seat >back in the rear hard breaking tends to make things in >the storage area fly in your direction... Another reason I keep the middle seat :-) Its only in my case of course, but I don't need to carry too much stuff that needs to lay around in the back cause it only me and maybe one of my children. >I have cut 3 smaller mattresses that sit on top of >each other and rest against the middle seat backrest. >They can be spread out to cover the whole back area >when needed. You lost me on that one too. When you cut the mattresses, how did you close up the "wound?" >Actually, it's not too difficult installing some >homemade curtains. Curtains I got. Screens I am working on. Just need to get to the craft store and do the flexible magnet thing. I often stare at the rear hatch and try to think of a simple way to do it with a screen. Simple meaning cheap :-) It seems that a decent rope and one bungee cord would hold a piece of screen in place (till I kick it out with my foot) >Like the song says, "try to look at the bright side of >life <whistle>"... >You're just doing that...:-) Its a Vanagon, gotta look at it that way! Thanks, John |
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