I wrote to Jonce (the awning guy over at The Samba) to see if he had any
inclination to make a cargo net to hold stuff away from the rear hatch
so it would not tumble out when the hatch is opened. He writes to say:

Hi

I have seen that post but did not have time to respond to it since I am
out of Town till the 1st of August.
I do have sources for commercial netting for all sorts of things and
could fairly easily make something up. I would have to do a time study
and cost out what it would take to make it. Using the existing snaps
might be an issue since it will have a negative pull on the stud.
Basically the angle is wrong for it to hold much of anything BUT we can
always install 1 lift a dot or maybe a lashing hook.
When I get back in town I will be able to post to the list and toss in
my 2 cents on how to make it work.
It should be doable and could also adapt to Bay / Eurovan as well.
You can contact me on this forum if you need to contact me but I can not
send to the Vanagon list till I am back in town.
C-ya Jonce
BTW
Feel free to post this to the Vanagon List if you like.
Thanks

So maybe he'll feel inspired to bang together some functional item that
a few of us might find useful. I know I could use one.

Troy: eggs before they are hatched and everything, I'm still interested
in what you're drumming up.

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RJS