Interesting, thanks!  The parts are made of unobtanium anyway.  I think the
cover from a Subaru wagon could be adapted for a Westy. I'll work on that.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Alistair Bell [mailto:albell@shaw.ca]
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 7:38 PM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: Loose stuff inside vans.

Here you go

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/vanagon-behind-the-rear-seat-sliding-
cover/

Did I mention it's in German? ;)

Alistair

> On Dec 18, 2014, at 5:19 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Definitely post it on your blog and send the link!
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Alistair Bell
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 5:12 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Loose stuff inside vans.
>
> I can send, or post on my blog, the parts diagram for sliding cover.
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 11:33 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> That's a well-known urban legend, but the advice is good just the
>> same. I would like to know more about the optional folding-sliding
>> rear cover. Not that it would a lot for a transmission.
>>
>> In my westy, I carry a tool bag full of kayak tie-down straps for
>> that purpose. When I carry something heavy, I at least tether it with
>> one of those straps to the front table leg so it can't go flying around.
>> Some good tie-downs in the floor wouldn't hurt, say a recessed D-ring
>> in
> each corner.
>> I have that on a wooden trailer and it's pretty handy, doesn't get in
>> the way.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> He had
>>
>>> worked for a rescue squad and told of the time a box of tissues on
>>> the back shelf of an old sedan had flown forward and cut the neck of
>>> a passenger such that they bled to death.
>