Tom, Why do your posts come in twice?

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

> I think that the sight of a locked storage area will tip off potential
> banditos that there might be good stuff in the secured area. There
> must be a way to lock the bench seat like Gregor did, w/o having an
> exposed lock visible from the outside?? A wrecking bar, etc. will be
> able to pry the bench seat open w/ a lock in any event, so why
> advertise that there is something valuable in there?  The bench area
> is ideal as it is big enough to hide laptops, suitcases full of cash,
> etc. unlike areas such as under the front seats, secret area next to
> the water tank, etc.
>
> I'll think about a hardware solution for the bench seat.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ
>
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Gregor Brandt wrote:
>
>   This is what I did:
>>
>> http://personal.marionette.ca/Gregor%20%26%20Janice/Blog/851AE0C2-9B8A-4BC8-9CB3-54986A73867C.html
>> part way down the page.   Just a big hasp and a padlock.
>>
>> Gregor
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anybody designed a securable storage method for Westies?  I
>>> travel with
>>> a couple of instruments, a laptop for work and sometimes some
>>> camera gear
>>> that I leave in the rig.  Everywhere you go are signs "don't leave
>>> valuables
>>> in the car," but if I'm going to hike or play on the beach, or attend
>>> meetings, that means that all my stuff is in the rig.  Locking the
>>> doors
>>> just doesn't slow thieves down enough. I want something that only a
>>> thief
>>> with chop-shop tools could break.  Or at least something so that if
>>> they
>>> break the windows, they don't automatically get all the contents of
>>> the car.
>>> Insurance will always pay, but that's not the point.
>>>
>>> I noticed that when I pull the rear seat forward into a bed, there
>>> is a
>>> space under the seat on the cabin side.  I started thinking that
>>> there might
>>> be a way to have a fold-down board or something with a lock on it
>>> to enclose
>>> that space and secure it for items I really don't want to lose.
>>> Then when I
>>> get back I can take the stuff out, fold it out of the way as the
>>> seat goes
>>> back into place and I won't lose any valuable cabin space.  Any
>>> engineers
>>> out there?
>>>
>>> Matt
>>> '84 Westy
>>>
>>>
>>>

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