Re, hatch prop:

>> Doesn't every Vanagon Westfalia owner keep the rear hatch lock extender
in that small cube space?  It just fits there perfect, It's always ready
and  handy in a spot that you won't lose. <<

   It's up there somewhere, but we haven't used ours in the longest time
because it's not cat proof, and we have traveled with pretty smart cats.

  3 out of 3 of them have discovered the fact that Westy hatch screens
don't fasten at the bottom.

Geo, Jo & Ray the Mighty Hunter