On my old '75 I had a lockable ammo box in the side bench seat that was
bolted to the floor through an unused seatbelt mounting hole.

I used a bolt from under the van, and the nylock(sp?) nut was inside the
locked ammo box.

Dave,
'91 westy.

on 2/28/00 4:27 PM, Steve Sandlin at ssandlin@LCC.NET wrote:

> As a locksmith and Vanagon owner, I, too, had the same problem.  I put a cam
> lock in the spare battery compartment behind the driver's seat.  It's just a
> $5 lock, but I could have used a better one.  My thoughts are that with the
> carpet covering it, Nobody but a fellow Vanagon owner would know about it.
> Just an idea.  Good luck.
> Steve Sandlin
> www.steveslockshop.com
> '84 Wolfsburg Westy
> '79 Transporter
> '00 New Beetle