Gary this is truly a thing of beauty! I was just wondering
about the air vent side of the instalation. Are the air vents
on later vans removeable? On early Vanagons the side air vent
is not removeable so the backing plates would all have to be
done through the rear tail light. I guess you could get high
ones with a LONG screwdriver...

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 11:41:24 -0700
>From: Gary Lee <gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET>
>Subject: swing away tire carrier
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>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/swing
tire.htm
>
>It looks simple enough, but actually it's a difficult thing
to make.
>For those of you into tools, I used just about every major
piece in my shop:
>milling machine, lathe, tig welder, plasma cutter, oxy
acetylene torch,
>carbide dry saw, tubing notcher, tubing bender etc.
>
>Comments and suggestions welcome.
>
>Thanks
>Gary Lee
>http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm