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Date:         Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:03:39 -0600
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cupholders
Comments: To: C B <cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <176e7f501001011541m4b6b8f29tc6e6382ca9b1e5f5@mail.gmail.com>
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And they look cool too. Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 5:41 PM, C B <cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com>wrote:

> After several years of frustration and replacing the cab carpeting due > to rotting spilled lattes (ewww, but so Seattle), I found some > cupholders that don't obscure the front view (I'm 5'2") nor unduly get > in the way. Cheap also, as in "free". > > The rigid plastic units hold a tall travel mug, beverage can, or 20oz > plastic beverage bottle; plus two pens and two skinny cellphones/iPods > without covers/calculators/casette tapes (for the period music to > match one's old vanagon)/paper pads. > > Our cupholders were sourced from some busted grocery carts; they > hooked over the top rail and bolted with two phillips head/locknut > bolts. I mounted them by using EMT's shears to cut the back flange to > hook over the top of the cab center plastic footwell heater vents > cover, widely spaced to clear the shift lever, but not interfering > with either the driver's right leg nor the glove box. No reaching down > is required to grab a drink (at least, not if one has the driver's > seat set forward as I must) A tall mug or bottle in the driver's side > holder slightly impinges the lowest heater control slider. > > After a few more trips to test their location and utility - the > cupholders were flawless carrying hot beverages and iPods as we slid > and bumped around the snowy Oregon western Cascade Mountains this week > - I have to figure out more secure fastenings than the friction fit > plastic rails that hold the cover on the vents. > > Photos of the cupholders in place, and how I modded them: > http://picasaweb.google.com/Cunegonde.Van.Westfalia/CunegondeInteriorMods# > > Here's the manufacturer's webpage: > http://caddyproducts.com/medical.htm >


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