Cargo to Go

[william ballard]

I just now got around to arranging the cargo area of my PT Cruiser so  
that tool boxes and other containers would be held in place instead  
of flying forward on slick carpet every time I stepped on the brakes.  
The goal was that the solution 1.) be flexible for different  
configurations of containers, 2.) be quickly removable come time to  
put one or both rear seats back in, and 3.) be anchored to the car  
bed with minimal fastening (ie., no unnecessary holes drilled).

The strips of 3/4" plywood have interlocking slots, the median strip  
has a second slot (closer to the camera but out of view, the two  
laterals have a second slot for moving the median to the left (when  
the larger of the two rear seats is installed). The median hooks into  
one of the welded handles which anchor the seats, using a j-bolt in  
its bottom edge, and the rear (closest to camera) lateral slips into  
slots in the car's molded interior side panels.

I  turned the larger toolbox on the right 90º, the direction it would  
be most prone to tipping with the car brakes. (The box is ~10" high,  
with a try at they top, and the lateral is 4-1/2" tall. At 30mph, I  
jammed on the brakes, the car screeched stop, but the box didn't  
tumble over the "retaining wall" (half it's size). Admittedly, that  
deceleration is mild compared to that in an accident (DAMHIK). But  
I'm satisfied that normal driving won't be dumping my tool boxes over.

Mr. Bill

"Gentlemen, we have a blind date with Destiny and it looks like she  
just ordered the lobster
     ...........William H. Macy in "Mystery Men"
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