Also to simply stop luggage tall enough  to make contact with the
rear window glass from shifting backwards thru said glass when you
roar off the mark with neck-snapping acceleration... ;)

Actually,my jail bars really did save the back window once when I had a
lot of gear in the back,but if truth be known,it was really due to driving up
a very steep track at the time...

Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'68 Beetle
'00 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab
'03 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab (work truck)

At 12:00 AM 9/04/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>They are to keep objects in the back cargo area from scratching the window
>defroster grid.
>
>Ed Shotwell
>
>86 GL
>
>-----Original Message-----
>  Loren A. Busch
>Subject: Re: vanagon rear hatch jailbars on ebay.de
>
>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.