Ditto for me.  It's the only place I've found where they are in easy reach
and are truly never in the way - and I have long legs.
Just make sure to give them enough vertical clearance.  Get a large fountain
drink cup or the tallest thing you want to put in there and make sure it
clears the dash overhang above before you mount the cup holder.  Also make
sure the shifter has enough clearance side to side, although normally it
never gets forward that far.
Hans
87 syncro

----- Original Message -----
From: "TJ Hannink" <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] where to put OEM cup holders?

> Mine are on the lower heater cover on each side of the shifter.
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/photos/ShifterSeenFromPassengerDoor.jpg
They are easy to reach while driving without having to take your eyes off
the road.
>
> If you put them on the sides of the battery wells like they were in my
Carat, you will kick them off everytime you go thru to the back of the van.
>
> I have taped over the front of the heat vent inside the duct to keep the
heat from blowing directly on the beverage. But then again, if you want a
beverage warmer...
>
> Good luck,
>
> TJ
>
> Dan Barrett <nullpointer@POBOX.COM> wrote:
> Folks,
> I got my hands on some of the fold-out cup holders that Bus Depot sells.
The
> question is, where did these attach in those fancy-shmanzy Carat /
Bluestar /
> Wolfsburg / whatevers -- to the sides of the battery wells? To the dash?
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> Best,
> d.
> 1990 GL -- "Mudskipper,"
> Now featuring a non-leaky coolant distributor
>
> TJ Hannink
> Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
> Winter Park, Florida
> http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
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