Seatbox lids
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Hi all
Barney lost its seatbox, while spending 14 years in a hedge, so I’m not sure what goes on top of the seatbox to stop muck and noise coming up. I have managed to find a tool box for the middle hole and am going to put a standard lid under the passenger seat, as I want to put a lock on to secure the battery. What I really need advice is what is best to put under the drivers seat. My Dormobile is a 1970 and has the drivers seat that has the fixed seat pad. To change a gas bottle, I have to remove the whole seat. Don’t want to have to do that every time I want to turn the gas on and off? Very interested in modifications people have made to make getting to the gas bottles easier.
All advice gratefully received
Cheers Mick
Hi MIck,
My 1969 Dormobile has confusing origins and may not have the original seatbox. It had no toolboxes at all. Each underseat opening had a view to Mother Earth (except the far left, which had a battery of course). Each had a normal cover that was cut a bit to fit under the Dormobile seat frames.
I also had to remove the seat to replace the gas bottles. But to turn them on/off I could crawl underneath the car.
My “new” vehicle that’s nearly completely converted to a Dormobile, now, is left-hand drive, so the front seats are switched. I can lean the passenger (right-hand) seat back all the way for better access to the gas bottles. It’s easier than removing the driver’s seat on the old RHD, but the access to the hatch is not as good.
There is a toolbox under both the center and righthand seats. To have enough clearance for the toolbox under the right seat, the PO moved the fuel pump over to the sill. But now the fuel pump is in the way of the gas bottles, and there’s no easy way to get 2 gas bottles into the cage. As yet I only have 2kg CampingGaz bottles, and it works just barely. But if I want to put in proper large gas bottles, I might have to put the fuel pump in its original location and lose the toolbox.
With the center toolbox, it’s a pain to check and refill the overdrive!
-Jeremy
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