Date:         Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:31:40 -0600
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: secure storage?
Comments: To: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>
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Why can't you secure the space under the drivers' seat as a safe? i know all
you lucky Westy folks have auxillary batteries and inverters, and HEAT...but
if available, that would be cool and accesiblle from underneath, also. ???

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> The "bad guys" will go from car to car looking for something interesting,
> like a laptop or purse. Then they will break in & search the entire car.
>
> The best solution is to keep anything valuable out of sight, including any
> large boxes or bags that might tempt someone.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> 256-656-1924
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Matthew Snook
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:05 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: secure storage?
>
> Has anybody designed a securable storage method for Westies?  I travel with
> a couple of instruments, a laptop for work and sometimes some camera gear
> that I leave in the rig.  Everywhere you go are signs "don't leave
> valuables
> in the car," but if I'm going to hike or play on the beach, or attend
> meetings, that means that all my stuff is in the rig.  Locking the doors
> just doesn't slow thieves down enough. I want something that only a thief
> with chop-shop tools could break.  Or at least something so that if they
> break the windows, they don't automatically get all the contents of the
> car.
> Insurance will always pay, but that's not the point.
>
> I noticed that when I pull the rear seat forward into a bed, there is a
> space under the seat on the cabin side.  I started thinking that there
> might
> be a way to have a fold-down board or something with a lock on it to
> enclose
> that space and secure it for items I really don't want to lose.  Then when
> I
> get back I can take the stuff out, fold it out of the way as the seat goes
> back into place and I won't lose any valuable cabin space.  Any engineers
> out there?
>
> Matt
> '84 Westy
>
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