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• Re: Anyone got a bike rack or towing hitch?
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 09:22:58 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I am not familiar with Thule, I personally never liked them because their bars are square, so with an arching roof all the angles...
• Re: racks?
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 23:22:38 -0500
  I have been using a Thule roof rack for about 10 years to carry my canoe. It mounts on the 'rain gutters' and is...
• Re: Roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:16:00 -0500
  ...cart, painted > > it black, and mounted it to the cross bars on his roof to carry HIS gear > > along...It actually looked pretty allright...
• Re: Bar's Leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:43:09 EST
  ...he attributed that to the PO's religious use of bars leak.. who knows.. :<) chris
• Yakima Rack Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 6 May 2002 13:05:24 -0700
  ...1.) Both rack bars were on top mounted to the side of the pop top. This worked well but it was really hard to...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:06:26 -0800
  The SB "Ebay guy" you refer to is a long time Vanagon and Syncro list member. I'm sure he will reply if he...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Liberte, Joel
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:23:46 +0000
  ...to support from the actual roof racks. I have the yakima rain gutter racks with 72" cross bars and can carry two canoes no...
• Re: Roof Rack width survey
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Lundstrom
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:36:04 -0800
  ...So I'd need new bits.=20 Just fyi, a lot of Thule accessories do fit round yakima bars (and mine). However, Yakima does...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Roof top Racks
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:51:38 -0800
  I will be mostly hauling bicycles, but I thought the 72" bars were also overpriced, so I did this: <https://plus.google.com/photos...
• Yakima Rack Pictures (wrapped text)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 6 May 2002 13:26:29 -0700
  ...1.) Both rack bars were on top mounted to the side of the pop top. This worked well but it was really hard to...
• Bike Racks
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 21:37:25 -0500
  I have a Yakima roof rack on my non-westy Vanagon. I have never had any = problems with it and would recommend one to...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:33:15 -0800
  > Once again - another need for that sliding door bracket extension that > kicks the door out to clear anything sticking out around that rear > wheel...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:52:48 -0700
  ...roof rack on my vanagon, > having to carry some long stuff. It's a full width two-bar rack, with the > cross bars made...
• Re: FW: Car top carrier?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:02:25 -0700
  ...the uprights that accept the cross bars) that will attach to the gutters. Getting stuff into a roof pod on a vanagon must be...
• Jerry Cans
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sun, 7 Jun 2020 03:06:57 +0000
  ...Alternatively, I already have Yakima bars and a cartop carrier with room for a slim basket next to it. So, I am thinking I...
• Fwd: Re: Roof top Racks
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:29:06 -0500
  ...72" bars are the way to go but they are hard to find. I think 48" is the bare minimum but I can double...
• Re: crashing....
  Historical mailing list - Ian Astbury
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:45:45 +1000
  ...There are many older 4*4's around with homemade steel bars, made from what was lying around in the shed at the time...
• Fwd: High top
  Historical mailing list - Gregoire Blachon
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:04:21 -0600
  ...roof is made of 2in foam sandwiched by glassfiber resin) *cons:* 1/ Height sucks in europe you have a lot of 2meter height bars...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:38:08 -0600
  on 12/15/05 9:14 AM, Tim Demarest at tim.demarest@POBOX.COM wrote: > I notice they show the arches on the side...
• Re: Looking for a Hardcore roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 12:16:22 -0700
  ...Looking for a Hardcore roof rack > Hello, > > I am looking for a permanently mounted roof rack for my 88 GL. Not a Thule > or...
• Re: Camper Roof rack questions..
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:04:26 -0700
  ...Lee" <gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET> wrote: > > Yakima load bars are 1 1/8" OD (outside diameter) > including the plastic > coating. This is an uncommon size...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:39:24 -0500
  ...As far as those ROO Bars go, I searched for those too. The company that makes them has no website that I could find...
• Re: Roof rack for kayaks on 91 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 16 May 2010 22:33:26 -0230
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > I am installing a set of standard bars ("Gary-Lee roof rack") on my > Westy and am wondering who else has...
• Thule Roof Racks with 3 bars
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:25:38 -0700
  I goofed and ordered a "good deal" on used gutter mounts for a Thule roof rack from someone on Amazon. Turns out I only...
• Re: easy.. Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:42:46 -0800
  ...bars over the sunroof so > you can still use the luggage rack, and enough room tho open the sunroof to > the > vent position.. > eehhhhh...
• Re: Suggestions for Fuel expansion tank hose repair?
  Historical mailing list - Adam Thacker
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 19:44:51 -0400
  ...I was able to do it by removing the holding bars and keeping the tank supported so it only gave me just enough room...
• Vanagon Roof Weight?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:45:46 -0600
  ...The added plus would be that I could mount some Quick and Easy brand roof rack brackets and wood bars and get the canoes...
• Re: yakama bar length
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:51:48 -0500
  ...I had 8 on top and then one each suspended under the over hanging bars. Had to enter the van through the sliding door...
• Re: New tires and wheels
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:10:49 -0700
  ...Looking and thinking, is there enough room on that nut tool to weld support bars on each side of bar shown? https://shufti.files...
• Re: easy.. Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:07:33 EST
  ...bars over the sunroof so you can still use the luggage rack, and enough room tho open the sunroof to the vent position.. chris
• Re: Roof Racks for Westy Poptop
  Historical mailing list - Carter
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 06:17:33 -0800
  ...Next, I took an old roof rack system for skis or surf boards, eliminated the old straps and fabbed kayak cradles out of 10...
• Re: bike racks.. Any home made solutions?
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Thu, 14 May 1998 10:11:25 -0600
  Bill and all roof rack folks.... very recently, there was a post about bolting continuous channel to the poptop. the cross section of the...
• Kayaks Roof Mounts poppytops etc
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:16:56 -0800
  ...Put the tubes back into the bars for storage. The technique is to park one end of said boat on the front extension, lift...
• Re: Thule box weight, pop top issue?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:27:15 -0500
  While there is often little choice for needing to carry kayaks and stuff like that putting storage on the roof just doesn’t make...
• Re: Roof racks on non westies
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:42:59 -0400
  ...cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > I am looking to purchase some roof bars for a sunroof syncro. > > > I need to know what systems work...
• Re: The Great Roof Rack Debate
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 11:12:38 -0600
  ...I'm pretty sure the distance between the towers/bars will easily be ok for boats...but not bikes ;>) Bob Stevens '91 Westy http...
• Re: Drivetrain Movement Question. Video.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:50:01 -0700
  ...83 DV bars and mounts are the good ones. Sometimes the brackets need to be moved on the bars ...not a big deal. scott...
• Re: SURVEY - I need a metal fab. project
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 15:18:22 +0000
  ...With a diamond plate lid, it would make a useful step for getting up to a roof rack. Built out of the right material...
• Re: Adding a pop top question??
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 12:29:38 -0500
  ...Do I need to fabricate the flat bars on > > the sides of the roof for support and so the hindges close properly or can...
• Re: Draining/refilling oil of the Vanagons transaxle?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:46:24 -0600
  ...Gives me more room to get under the van and drops the wheel/suspension to move it a little more out of the way...
• Re: Thule stuf
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 08:22:58 -0400
  ...With 65 inch bars mounted to the luggage rack area of the roof rack you can mount one fork mount bike (or upright bike...
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
  Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:24:23 +1100
  ...m working on the ground, so long cheater bars are out. Just not enough > room for that much moment-arm. > > Where brakes are concerned...
• Westy Roof Racks - carrying kayaks
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:16:29 -0700
  ...One guy told me he stands on the bars regularly without any signs of stress appearing in the fibreglass. Although this looks like the...
• Re: Pop top side bar lift?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:33:23 -0700
  ...able to put a canoe on the roof, > lifting the roof > > just with empty canoe rack bars was causing My back & shoulders to scream...
• Re: Adding a pop top question??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 08:33:58 -0800
  ...Do I need to fabricate the flat bars on > the sides of the roof for support and so the hindges close properly or can...
• Roof Rack Mounting
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:00:13 -0800
  I have decided against the Garvin roof rack due to its weight of over 50 lbs . and instead purchased a Sucro Safari rack for...
• Re: Homemade roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:59:12 -0400
  ...of a roof rack. >>> >>> >>> >>> I agee with that assessment. >>> >>> I use the QNE brackets with Unistrut channel for the cross bars. It >>> provides >>> easy...
• Re: wisdom of strapping surfboard to westy roof, no rack
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 4 May 2004 22:55:49 -0700
  ...Is 57" wide enough to fit across the width of the camper poptop? Or, do I need to get the wider bars. http://www...
• Bars leaks
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:22:52 -0500
  ...costly than ginger root. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: jon <jon@kenneke.com> Date: Feb 16, 2007 4:35 PM Subject: Re: Bars leaks To: vanagon...
• Re: Roof racks for Westies and Eurobagos
  Historical mailing list - Felix Martel
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 20:20:51 -0400
  ...Roof racks for Westies and Eurobagos > >In a message dated 4/28/98 2:22:01 PM, felixm@TOTAL.NET wrote: > ><<64" bars and...
• Re: bike rack
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 14 May 1998 09:38:01 -0400
  My bike racks are attached to Thule load bars and gutter mount uprights which are in turn attached to Thule's "artificial rain gutters...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:09:08 -0700
  ...roof rack on my vanagon, having to carry some long stuff.���It's a full width two-bar rack, with the cross bars made...
• Re: Vanagon seat replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 13:53:06 -0800
  ...Then fabricate some bars to attach the tracks too. You can see what we have done on slowcarfasthouse. Easy job. Go now. Because LATER...
• roof racks for wide kayaks
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:42:43 -0700
  ...Alternatively, I could use Yakima�s 77 inch bars and their Mako Aero saddles to hold the kayaks flat on the roof racks, with...
• Re: [Westfalia] roof rack mounting tabs
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:48:28 -0700
  ...Cheers, Jeff 1984 Westy Tiico ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Brideau" <dan@HOBBYETC.COM> > Greetings, > > My '85 Westfalia has metal brakets attached to the roof...
• Various Items for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 11:09:59 -0500
  ...trip to New Mexico and Arizona!) Roof Rack (Machine-O-Matic) 14" towers 2 sets of cross bars 55" (from my 1979 camper) and...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:09:47 EST
  Good plan. Is there a website with a picture of these flares or arch covers installed on a Vanagon? And what's the difference...
• Re: How to get to stuff on camper luggage rack?
  Historical mailing list - William Warburton
  Fri, 27 May 94 9:15:36 GMT
  ...The main purpose of this is to allow me to use it as a normal roofrack for windsurfer masts, bikes etc. but without raising...
• Re: Westy Roof Racks - carrying kayaks
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:09:19 -0700
  Thanks for all the replies on my roof rack dilemma. For the record, the 9 replies were broken down as follows: 4 � had drilled...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:38:17 -0500
  Chris we'll see where this goes. It may be possible that John may be able to modify the syncro 16 arches so they...