It's the subject that gets the eyeballs!  I was more concerned about what the POs might have stored there since I want to be able to get on ferries, cross the border, etc. without alerting the drug sniffing dogs.  

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: mcneely4@cox.net [mailto:mcneely4@cox.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 7:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; Stuart MacMillan
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Under the rear folding seat

Guess I was lucky when I got my
91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile.  The space under the rear seat was not pristine, but it was pretty clean.  Certainly nothing like yours sounds.  But the stuffing makes sense.  Maybe I'll do that.  

I thought you were going to describe what you carry there.  

mcneely

---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> Ah yes, deep into the cleaning phase on my "new" '85 Westy.  Pulled 
> out the rear seat today and found 27 years of accumulated crud, mostly on the sides.
> Pens, pencils, crayons, playing cards, game cards (probably a 
> McDonald's winner too) puzzle pieces, food, spoons, nickels dimes and 
> quarters, all in a sort of goo from lots of spilled pop over the years.  No dead mice though.
> 
> 
> 
> It's not difficult to get the seat out, and those of you who are 
> fastidious may want to.
> 
> 
> 
> I stuffed scrap pieces of foam down the sides to keep this stuff from 
> dropping in the gap on my '84, and I'll do it again on this one.
> 
> 
> 
> Stuart

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David McNeely