When VolksCafe made my tube bumpers I had them put in a front
2" receiver hitch with the same intention. I got the idea
from a Red Westy that lurks arount Toronto's Annex area, it
had stock bumpers but a small (1 1/4"?) recievr poking out
the front. I never did track down the owner...

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 16:56:21 EST
>From: Andy Zappe <Zapvw@AOL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Front Bike Carrier
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>I was thinking about putting a receiver hitch on the front
so I could use one
>of those cargo trays to mount the bikes on.  Have not done
it yet, just keep
>in mind you don't want to disturb the air flow, but bikes
should be fine not
>much to block air flow!
>
>andy
>85 westy