In a message dated 4/8/03 9:50:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM writes:

> OK, I'll bite.  Are the so-called Jail Bars decorative only, or do they
> have some function?  Based on the picture on eBay.de, I have to ask

carryover from the splitty deluxes.  theyre mainly just decorative but
supposed to protect the glass..(like i said theyre mainly docorative)  :<)
look cool tho..give your van a retro look.. :<)  dont have anything to do w/
defroster wires (since they first started putting these on '51 deluxe micros,
which had no rear defroster (or heat for that matter) but i suppose it would
help protect the wires on the newer vanagon..
chris