I am also working on a design using off the shelf cheap "U" bolts &
wing nuts, baltic birch plywood shelf w/ a hinged vertical plywood
piece  attached  w/ holes for the U bolts/wing nuts that could  be
suspended from the cross bar for use, but folded flat & stored when
not in use.

Tom B.-stay tuned for pics/drawings

On Jun 1, 2007, at 11:03 AM, neil wrote:

> Wood this (pun intended):
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil/iWeb/Site%205/U%20bolt.html
>
> hold a piece of galv steel tube to struts? If mounted, um, criss-cross
> across new tube to struts?
>
> If there's a size that fits diameter of strut/tube combo, and threads
> long enough, you could use wing nuts for **relatively** quick removal.
> Or if it's possible to leave in place, then mount with threads
> pointing toward rear of van.
>
> Neil.
>
> On 5/31/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>> When the poptop is up, I'd like to hang a shelf between the top's
>> upper
>> struts -- a flat piece of wood, maybe, hung by ropes from a new
>> crossmember (piece of PVC pipe maybe) which mounts horizontally
>> between
>> the upper struts near the top. I can't quite picture what I'd need to
>> mount that new crossmember to the struts. Some fitting that clamps to
>> struts, I reckon?
>> --
>>
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
>>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil