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Subject:Re: Internal cargo hooks
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sat, 7 Feb 2004 19:13:47 +1300

>Who has added some type of cargo hooks to the inside of your
>Westies?  And ... what did you use and where did you put them?
>
>It sure does seem that there ought to be tie downs in various places
>to bungee down one's goodies when traveling.
>
>I always manage to hook to "things" that are already there but I'm
>thinking about adding dedicated thingies such as those in the
>luggage rack or D rings or something.

I used to carry large motorcycles in my Bay... I made tiedown points
out of angle-iron and bolted them to the seatbelt mounts (it was a
Kombi, so it had these... a panel wouldn't). Worked well.

My 86 Hiace has fold-up tiedown points in the floor.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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