Eric:

The battery on my Thing/Trekker (Type-181) and my old Ghia were also under the rear bench (likely were for all Type-1 derivatives).  I never liked having the battery there and, in the Thing, moved it up under the bonnet (I could not make enough space in the engine compartment).

> On 23-Feb-2020, at 11:32, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Yes,  But I also found that VW bugs rotted out under the battery and that was inside the car under the back seat. 
> 
> I kept my air cooled bus battery area inspected and It needed care but I kept it from rotting out. 
> It was a trouble spot for sure.
> Eric 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 23, 2020, at 10:29 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
>> 
>> Eric:
>> 
>> Yes, t is also where the battery is located on my ’66 (T1) and was on my bread loaf (’71) … the battery tray on those was notorious for rotting out. 
>> 
>> 
>>> 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
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
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