smells very bad to me.  the prototype would never have made it to the US.
would have been destroyed at the German plant.  the westfalia logo is the
older style logo.  too many questions on that one to go into all.  very
nice product though.  curious about who the real mfr was,
jimt

> CHECK THIS OUT:
>
> I saw this item on ebay. It is allegedly a proto-type from Westfalia. It
> is
> three separate fiberglass enclosed boxes. The system is for installtion in
> the
>  Vanagon Westfalia roof top luggage rack. The three of these cells match
> the
> contours of the luggage rack and can be strapped into the rack to keep
> contents  dry and in one place--according to the seller on ebay.
>
> The guy selling has only two for sale, but has a photo of a Westfalia with
> all three installed in the roof rack. If there were three available it
> might
> be worth paying a fortuen for. But I'm not too sure what use the one for
> sale
> would be without the others. the guy says he has another for sale at a
> future
> date.
>
> It's an interesting item to check out--even if only to look at the photos.
> It's a shame Westfalia did not go in to production with these.
>
> Normal disclaimers apply. I have no financial interest in the sale of this
> item. But if the soon-to-be buyer wants to send me a 10% finders fee we
> could
> work that out ;)
> Best,
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA,CA
>
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