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MetroMPG · 05-14-2018, 10:17 AM

I'm pretty sure I'd be further ahead to just remove the hatchback for kayak trips, no?

But I'm tempted to do something like this:

Cut a hole in the hatch and pass stuff through the opening, leaving the hatch (and Kammback) in place!

Above pics from thread http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ded-23346.html -- though all the pics are busted because of the stupid 3rd party image host.

Now I need a junk hatchback for my hatchback junker.

05-14-2018, 10:17 AM	#182 (permalink)
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