On my recent trip to Saskatchewan, I stopped in at Gary Lee's place in
Calgary, Alberta.  Gary built a terrific rack for my Syncro Westfalia that
holds a jack, shovel, axe, sand ramps and a 20L fuel can.  Over a year later
it still looks and functions great and I am still very satisfied with the
money I spent on this excellent product.  See
http://www.fastforward.ca/Gallery/1003SyncroWestfalia.jpg for a picture of
that rack.  The purpose of this visit was to pick his brains on building a
ladder for the back of my TriStar so I can get up and down from the canopy
where I store a lot of stuff a lot easier.  We spent the better part of the
afternoon looking at different ideas to make the best possible ladder for
the back of my TriStar and the end results that I received today are 110%
fantastic!  Gary also insisted that we fix a small problem with my exhaust
bracket that afternoon too - again totally fantastic and it was something
that he did not have to do - THANK YOU Gary!  A picture of this ladder can
be seen at http://www.fastforward.ca/GaryLeeLadder.jpg.  It is designed so
that it has two pegs that hold the bottom still, two clips on the top to
keep the top from sliding and when I want to store the ladder, it fits
securely on the top of the rack.  Ultra light weight so it isn't a chore to
lift up to the rack without a ladder!  The only complaint that I had about
both of his products that he has sold me is that it took me too long to open
the package when I got home with it!  :-)  Gary does a FINE job of
packaging!

Thanks again Gary!

Gary Lee's contact information:
email:    gary2a@telus.net
web site: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

Internet: www.fastforward.ca   Email: sales@fastforward.ca
Phone: (250) 992 7775          FAX: (250) 992 1160

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