Date:         Tue, 30 Jun 1998 21:49:06 EDT
Reply-To:     Ssittservl@AOL.COM
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From:         S Sittservl <Ssittservl@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: wanted: hard case to fit in luggage compartment
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>I'm looking for a water/rain proof hard case that fits into the luggage
>compartment above the cab of my 1984 Westy. I would prefer that it locks or
>has a hasp so that I can put a padlock on it.  Does such a beast exist?

I've been using an extra-large, extra-deep plastic under-bed storage
box.  It's worked out pretty well.  It stayed dry inside during the
tornado-warning-flood-watch-rainstorm I drove through in Iowa yesterday.
I'd really like something a bit bigger, though - the luggage area's a few
inches longer and wider than the box, and I could probably go a few inches
taller.  (I'd probably want something a bit more aerodynamic in that
case, though.)

I did discover that bungee cords aren't enough to hold it down -
it danced around an awful lot at highway speeds if there was much
wind.  Adding one non-elastic strap did the trick.

                                                       -Steven Sittser