September 17, 2002 (Post #2)

September 17th, 2002
The Ditchfinder has once again at lunch lead me to Home Depot. But this time I am thinking about Cupholders! I have pondered the cupholder problem many years now. Many thoughts have come up. Where do you place them? How do you mount them? What are they to be made of? Why doesn’t Magic Shell setup when applied to human skin?The obvious answers always escape us when we need them. With this in mind I ask the infinitely wise Ditchfinder, “What do you think?” Ten minutes later and ten Land Rover cutdowns endured, he suggests mounting them to the seat. To the seat? Is he insane?

Humm, does the crazy Ditchfinder have the perfect solution? Look at your Rover. Not many places to mount a cup holder with the current design of the cockpit. The area near the shifters is the only logical place. But my leg rests there when I drive. Adjust the leg placement? No way.

As much as I hate to admit it I think he has something in this crazy thought. I purchased two 3 inch end caps for a pvc pipe. I went home and showed my wife the crazy German Superhero’s idea. She said, “…just weld it on there.” I told her if this was a Series truck that would be in the true spirit of adapting the vehicle to my needs. “No, they must be Burled Mediteranean Poplar and look great! That’s leather your sitting on don’t ya know.” I climbed down from my soap box and thought about it more. I took my lovely naive wife to Home Depot and bought one 3 foot long piece of flat iron. I shall shape it and mount the cap on it in the perfect place.

I bent the bar and experimented with the location. I think I have the perfect location. Now how to mount it? The seat position switch has two well place and reasonably accessable screws. I shall mount it there. The next day I was back at the hardware store to match the bolts used with longer ones to accomodate my iron bar. Back at the house and some more bending and drilling and there it is. Wow, That’s the perfect location. It’s not in the way of the shifters. Wow, I can still use the parking brake. Wow, the seat can move still be in all the positions.

Wow, I think I’ve got it. Hummm. That looks like crap. I told myself it is only an experiment. I will test the location for a week or so as I contemplate how I will change it to fit the interior and make it more asthetically pleasing.

 

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