My Vanagon has always felt 'nose heavy' to me. What I recently did was
move my spare tire to the right rear corner (inside) and I felt a
dramatic improvement. Now, since I don't want to give up my bed or
access to the engine cover I'm thinking I'd like to move it outside on a
swing out carrier.

My research has turned up two possibilities so far. It seems there is a
Winkler (Ortec?) available but I haven't heard anything about the
durability of this model. The other lead is the Syncro Multi-van, but I
certainly can't afford the near $2500 USD that David Marshall is asking
for the ones he's bringing back from Germany (that's $500 more than I
originally paid for my vanagon). I'm sure they're durable
but................

A third option might be to build one locally but I haven't been able to
turn up any good pictures of them. The more I think about it the more I
like this third option. Maybe even aluminum. Or stainless. I have a
friend with a lathe and a mill. For $2500 I could buy a real nice TIG
welder. Hmmmmmmm............

Any ideas or pictures floating around out there?

Arlen