I've always pondered the idea of putting rods in the heating duct inside the
drivers side door. It seems thats a long enough chanel... I'm not sure if it
goes all the way back, havent had the bus working enough to actually take it
fishing and find a problem related to rods, but this would be my idea.

Just my .02cents

-Craig
'85GL

On 9/5/07, Todd Olson <todd.olson@charter.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
> I have been using bungee cords for my fishing rods hooked to the AC vents
> and the rear shelf for over 10 years and it works great. I have not broke
> any vents doing this. I purchased several of small bungee cords around
> 6-8"
> in length so it holds the rods tight to the AC unit. I go salmon and
> steelhead fishing in Michigan and you can put a 9' rod in the van and it
> there is plenty of room for it and it is not getting stepped on or broken.
>
> Hope it works for you. Good luck fishing!
>
> Wishing you many miles of smiles!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jeff Michal
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:14 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Fishing Rod Storage
>
> Hello everyone.  I am wondering if anyone has come up with a good way to
> hang fishing rods between the passenger's side ceiling ac ducts in a 2.1GL
> with ac.  The duct comes down a good 5 inches and there are vents on both
> sides so I stuck 2 bungies in the vent holes.  This works, but I think it
> is
> foolish because my vents might break or get yanked out.  I dont want to
> put
> holes in the head liner with screws or anything, and I want a good sturdy
> solution that will keep my rods safe.  One thing I have considered is
> building some heavy guage steel wire stringers to go along the roof
> profile
> that attach to the factory pegs for the blinds.  Then I could attach a
> ceiling rod holder to that.  Can anyone advise as to the sturdiness (or
> not)
> of those pegs or as to the wisdom of just screwing the rod holder to the
> head liner?  Fishing rods are light, but I'd like room for 4 or 5 at
> least.
> Anyone tried anything like this? If you have other ideas or examples they
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> 90 GL
>
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