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Our previous van was a VW T5 conversion (a Bilbo’s Nexa) so, when we ordered our MURVI Pimento, we looked forward to having much more space and we treated ourselves to some more comfortable, high-backed, folding chairs for outdoor use. However, when we collected the Pimento we could not find a convenient place to put the chairs when travelling. The only simple possibility seemed to be in the shower room, but this made the toilet difficult to access when travelling!
There was also a suitable looking space behind the driver and passenger seats but I cold not at first see how to secure the chairs in place. Then I noticed that low down at the back of each seat there is an open-ended metal tube that runs across the seat width, and I had an idea which required just a length of rope and two ordinary bungee chords with hooks on the ends (about 80cm long).
First I tied a loop in one end of the rope (which happened to be colour-coordinated with the seat material!). Then I threaded the other end of the rope through the tube on the back of the seat and tied a loop on the other end. I subsequently discovered that the loop could be pulled back into the tube and could not be easily retrieved. To prevent this, I made a hole about the same diameter as the rope in the middle of two plastic bottle tops and added these to the rope between the loops and the tube – as shown in the first photo.
Both ends of one of the bungee chords were hooked around the height-adjusting pillars of the head rest, giving a loop that hangs down the back of the seat. I leave this permanently in place.
To secure the folding chairs when travelling, place them upright behind the seat and behind the bungee loop. Hook one end of the other bungee chord into one of the rope loops, then pass it up through the hanging bungee loop and back down to hook onto the rope loop on the other side. JOB DONE!
Steve Butler