I kept emergency supplies and tools under the seats in the cab …. ironically, same thing occurs in the LT Doka.

> On 23-Feb-2020, at 11:23, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Thats really interesting. 
> 
> I think that is where the battery was for my air cooled busses., the side of the engine compartment.
> 
> Do you have a vanagon with the battery there?  If so you must have a available storage area in the front for a spare house battery or storage compartment behind the driver’s seat.?
> 
> Eric 
> 
>> On Feb 23, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
>> 
>> For some of us, that is where the battery is located.
>> 
>>> On 22-Feb-2020, at 20:23, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>> yes... it's where the battery's located in my Doka...
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 4:10 PM vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> VW didn't quite miss it. Starting in late 81 models they used it for the
>>>> battery location in diesel engine T3 with about 600,000 built that way.
>>>> These made up about half of the total production of T3 vehicles from
>>>> that point.
>>>> 
>>>> Mark
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Dennis Haynes wrote:
>>>>> One of those VW missed opportunities. This could have been a place for a
>>>> battery.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dennis
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>