Great ideas except:
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1) Having to remove the headrest in order to free the rucksack for use�might be mildly troublesome.
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2) Having the tools so "at the ready" might prompt the van to insist that occasions arise in which you need to use them.� Best to keep them hidden away so as not to arouse the van's more sinister inclinations.
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Stephen

--- On Mon, 1/17/11, Mark L. Hineline <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET> wrote:

From: Mark L. Hineline <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET>
Subject: Working on ...
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 5:34 PM

... two things. One is a dedicated Westy/Vanagon rucksack with an
extension that attaches to the back of the passenger seat - basically,
a piece of finished cloth with two big grommets that you put the
headrest through. Instead of or in addition to the hanging strap,
there will be a mechanism -- a zipper or something -- that attaches
the rucksack. This puts everything in the rucksack in a dedicated
place, and you release to go for a hike or whatever. If I were doing
this for a business I would dig up enough seat material to make the
pocket flaps match the seat.

The other thing is a tool organizer that hangs on the back of the
Westy closet, with a pocket for each tool, and a zippered cover to
keep it covered lest prying eyes see it.

Mark