Thinking of turning the rear seat area of my sidewinder into a storage area,have looked at some of the buggies on here to get some ideas,any advice on the best materials to use and any helpful tips would be greatly appreciated.

Loads of ways to do it, I have used 3/8 marine ply to make one up the present buggy has light weight aluminium angle Crossbars with 6mm mdf sheet that has been sealed with resin and covered in a thin aluminium sheet with an embossed pattern. Wil have to find some pictures out.

Hi

I have done this to mine then sold it on but have also done it to our yellow buggy. Most os it is quite easy if your ok working with timber. Mine I did with timber from B&Q as it tends to be square and straight compared with builders merchants. This was covered in shutter ply but the yellow one has been done in MDF.

The sides are easy as well as the support from side to side, the bit that needed sculpting was the back section. A power planner worked very well. I think I cut the top part first by lying it over and drawing the rear shape from underneath.

The coverings were bought from Dunelm, leatherette and a thin foam underlay. The locking mech is a garage door handle with an adapted locking catch.





















Testa

Sorry, meant to reply to this before the weekend.

I'm the one that bought Testa's "Blue" one off him. Firstly, he did a really great job on it and am really pleased with it indeed. It really fits like a glove and you can't appreciate the "sculpture" he did to the top panel to fit the top of the sidewinder with the shape. If you are to repeat this it will take some doing to get it just right and fit so tight.

I have adapted it for my roll bar and CB Aerial, I have since added a hook to support it when opening as well as a set of speakers. Here's an old photo of it:

Hey Billa... Did you ever do this and if so, what advice can you add to that of Testa?

I'm not sure that the back seats of our buggy are going to get enough use compared with the practicalities of having somewhere to store the "stuff" you inevitably end up taking with you when you go somewhere.

I'm intending to fabricate something that is interchangeable with the seats (i.e. can be easily detached & replaced with the original seats when necessary) but haven't even yet started to investigate how the rear seats are currently fixed to see whether or not I'm being over ambitious. Any tips you (or anyone) can pass on following your experiences?

Haven't started yet was waiting till its tucked up for winter