You can also add one of these if you want a lockable secret compartment�

http://www.rockymountainwesty.com/Locking_Storage_Drawer_Front_Drivers_Seat_p/rmw-lsd01dr.htm

On Aug 29, 2013, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:

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> Topics of the day:
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>  1. how to access the area under the front seats
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> Date:    Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:04:18 -0400
> From:    Mike <collum@MYFAIRPOINT.NET>
> Subject: Re: how to access the area under the front seats
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> First ... the swivel plate on a Westy is welded over the tracks used by
> 7 passenger type buses.  You can't get there without cutting and grinding.
> 
> Now, with that said, what I did on my '85 Westy is I pulled down the
> carpet on the front of the box that the seat sits on and I cut through
> the metal at the front of the box ... but just down to where the floor
> of the box is ... (it's pretty high up).  Removing that few inches of
> metal gives access under the seat and with the carpet put back in place,
> it provides a "Secret" compartment.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 8/29/2013 10:19 PM, Eric Caron wrote:
>> Hi listers,
>> 
>>         Under the driver's seat of my bus is a space with wires leading to the empty compartment for the second battery.  Is there a way to access that space by removing the front seat?  I would like to more easily reach that area for sound proofing.  I can easily take the seat out by removing the 4 nuts on the swivel but then I'm not sure if there is a way to remove the next panel.  Perhaps it is welded in place but if removable that would be helpful.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Eric Caron
>> 85 Westfalia GL auto
>> 
>> 
>> 
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