Gary, looks to be work of good craftsmanship, thanks for sharing.  Hope you
generate enough interest to manufacture some of these.

JB

>As some of you may know, I have been working on a swing away tire carrier
for our vanagons.
Take a look at some pictures at my web site
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/swingtire/swingtire.htm