under seat storage ideas?

[austinmark]

does anyone have any good ideas (and pics!) for helpful or clever or useful under seat storage ideas? i know kevinmrowland went all-out with his custom storage system -- and did an amazing job -- but that is WAY beyond my capabilities. does anyone have any simpler ideas.

here's kevin's thread with some pretty neat pics:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/172397-under-seat-storage.html#post2456002

-mark

 

[tonkota]

I'd like to have two drawers (like an 88ish dodge caravan had under the passenger seat). I don't have pictures though and am sort of waiting until I replace the seats.

They'd probably rattle

 

[austinmark]

what brought this to mind was using tow straps and my mechanix gloves over the weekend. i could put them in the back, but i don't use them much but like to keep them in the car. plus, there's a huge space under the front seats.

even something as simple as a plastic shoe box with some velcro on bottom would probably do the trick.

anyone? bueller? bueller?

 

[Lugal]

Probably smaller than you're looking for--it certainly isn't big enough to hold your tow straps--but I've got one of these Sears boxes for my tools and gloves. It's cheap, sturdy, and holds most of my day-to-day hand tools. It also fits snugly under the driver's seat without bouncing or rattling around. I just slide it under the seat from the side, on top of the jack tools.

Craftsman 17 in. Compact Truck Box

 

[RockDoc]

I just shove stuff under mine, and it stays put without any restraint. Can't remember if the underseat floor area differs between a 60 and 62, but I suspect it does.

 

[wengejor]

x2 on that...I just put stuff under there. I do have my extinguisher right under the drivers seat but mounted in the front for easy access.

 

[mwood5]

Probably smaller than you're looking for--it certainly isn't big enough to hold your tow straps--but I've got one of these Sears boxes for my tools and gloves. It's cheap, sturdy, and holds most of my day-to-day hand tools. It also fits snugly under the driver's seat without bouncing or rattling around. I just slide it under the seat from the side, on top of the jack tools.

Craftsman 17 in. Compact Truck Box

Funny, I was just in Sears yesterday and had this box in my hands and was thinking about the same thing...putting together a little tool kit. I was going to measure the space under the rear seat to see if it'd fit. If it does, I think a couple of them would do the trick.

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[austinmark]

that's a great idea. oh, and i didn't mean tow straps, rather tie-down straps. but, for stuff like gloves and non-tool items, that should be the perfect size.

 

[sirenmoses]

another one that just piles stuff in. Those 50ish piece tool kits fit pretty well under drivers seat, w/room for gloves, battery terminal cleaner & a coupla smaller fluids (brake, etc). Passenger side I have tow strap, rope for tieing stuff to the rack/trailer, and spare set of gloves.

Don't forget the rear seat: I keep a buncha less used stuff under there, like jumper cables, x-style tire wrench, small shovel, potty paper and some trash bags.

 

[Lugal]

My Hi-Lift fits perfectly under the rear seat of my 60. So all the crap that used to live there now lives in a Rubbermaid storage box in the back.

 

[Tofudebeest]

I just shove stuff under mine, and it stays put without any restraint. Can't remember if the underseat floor area differs between a 60 and 62, but I suspect it does.

Just the heater location. Otherwise the same. There are no clips under my driver's seat because they moved the tools to the rear cargo panel. I keep my extinguisher under my seat and nothing else.
If you need more storage, build drawers or go with Kevin's stuff.

 

[mmw68]

what brought this to mind was using tow straps and my mechanix gloves over the weekend.

OK - your out of control now!!! There has to be a story behind this!

 

[austinmark]

OK - your out of control now!!! There has to be a story behind this!

hey, just because you leave town doesn't mean s**t stops getting done around here!

 

[kevinmrowland]

Under seat storage? just plain silly, that'll never work.

 

[austinmark]

Under seat storage? just plain silly, that'll never work.

especially not with useless posts like that!

 

[Lugal]

It's actually wedged under there really good, with the hinged front legs of the seat between me and it. If I hit something hard enough to knock it free, I think I'd be hurting in a bunch of other ways than just from the jack hitting me, because it would basically have to take out the whole bottom part of the back seat.

 

[Lugal]

...the RubberMaid box, though, could certainly use some tie-downs.