For those not sure what a battery tie down looks like, I took pictures of one on my '85, both in place and out, but found I cannot send pictures to the list.  So, I posted them on Treasure Valley Vanagons at https://www.facebook.com/groups/tvvanagons/?ref=bookmarks  Hope that is useful ...

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