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Rodmullet Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2010 Posts: 196 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:24 pm Post subject: Cover for area behind rear seat |
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If anyone has built some type of cover for the space behind the rear seat to cover up to about the top of the rear seat, post a couple of pics....I am trying to come up with something to hide toolbox/parts box/curtain box/etc.
Something that would cover to just below window line. Obviously would have to be light and easy to move....any ideas? I have a few, but.....
Thanks,
Rod
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1967250s Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2007 Posts: 2137
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:36 am Post subject: |
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My 944 had a roll up sheet of vinyl, kind of like a window shade. Hooks to hold it over the rear storage area, then a small pull would release the catches and let it roll back up. Of course you would need a wider one. Or just use a blanket _________________ '72 Elm Green Deluxe |
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5780 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Yes, something like the roll-up cover that Subarus have. That could work.
I just keep stuff in cardboard boxes and throw a blanket over it. _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
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1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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Bala Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2003 Posts: 2613 Location: Austin, TX
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:37 am Post subject: |
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What about making a light weight frame out of PVC (kinda a rectangle with legs)? Then you could stretch some black vinyl over it. It wouldn't roll up, but you could just slide anything you want under it. Maybe paint the frame black as well. You could even get fancy and heat the PVC and bend it to fit the contours of the area. Blankets might work, but they also might just get potential thieves curiosity going. You want it to look as inconspicuous as possible. _________________ 1976 Westy
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PITApan Samba Member
Joined: November 09, 2014 Posts: 1058 Location: Northern Colorado
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:20 am Post subject: Re: Cover for area behind rear seat |
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Rodmullet wrote: |
If anyone has built some type of cover for the space behind the rear seat to cover up to about the top of the rear seat, post a couple of pics....I am trying to come up with something to hide toolbox/parts box/curtain box/etc.
Something that would cover to just below window line. Obviously would have to be light and easy to move....any ideas? I have a few, but.....
Thanks,
Rod
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A PO whacked off the top of the right side cabinet in my westy. It has no other cabinets except the panel under the bed (also hacked up). So I rebuilt the right side cabinet. I like the part where it ends just below the glass along the side and this is getting a hinged cover. The very rear portion behind the seat and opposite the spare tire is fixed. This piece is curved along the bus wall. I am up to making this panel now. I'll document the technique of capturing the curve if you like. Won't gt to it before next weekends warm weather.
If you make a hard deck in the back anything you put on it will want to slide into the back window. So the deck might want a lip at the rear or to be set slightly below the glass.
Soft covers are mo' simple as are curtains in the rear window. One trick with the curtains is to have a curtain bungie across the opening, not the door. The rear door opens but the curtains continue to hang as always. If you put that bungie low at the bottom of the glass spanning the opening then you have the rear support for a soft panel running forward. Another bungie just behind the rear seat becomes the front mount and the panel is pretty simple with goodly sleeves fore and aft to contain the bungies. If you are going camping mirror the setup on the ceiling for a cargo net.
You do not have to go all soft or all ridged. You might have a soft panel with big sleeves along the sides to contain contoured masonite panels that follow the bus walls. Such a panel would open side to side.
You might haves a ridged panel in 5/8 ply sitting on a frame. This is then covered with a stitched cover that has some quiltwork and plenty of batting to make it strongly three dimensional. Bet the better half would have fun sewing up that cover and it goes on wrapped and stapled, nothing complex there. |
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sixer Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2014 Posts: 88 Location: Charleston, SC
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:43 am Post subject: |
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FWIW, in my Ford Escape I took a Harbor Freight aluminum hitch cargo carrier and made a custom hitch mount for it that can be reversed so when stored it fits within the footprint of the carrier. Then when I wasn't using it as a hitch-mounted carrier, I'd reverse the mount, then I could mount the carrier inside the cargo area as a shelf like what you're describing. I used some barrel bolts to mount it to some holes in the plastic cargo are pieces. I just put some foam board I had laying around on top of the carrier to shade/hide things under it, and provide a second layer shelf. Just to throw out another possibility for a multi-use item. Worked out well for me since I didn't have a place to store the carrier in the apartment. I can't seem to find a picture of it mounted in the Escape (which has since died and been sold), but I could snap some of the carrier configuration if you're interested. _________________ 1976 Transporter, Stock 2.0L
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Rodmullet Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2010 Posts: 196 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for some good ideas....have a few myself, will post them if one of them turns out well....I've done the "blanket over the crap" deal....and it usually looks like I am trying to hide something.
Rod |
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