That is an excellent idea, especially if you can buy the washers by the pound!!

Max

At 10:26 AM 4/25/2005, Paul Guzyk wrote:
>This is an idea from Jasper K. in Flagstaff, the buyer of one of my vans.
>
>He didn't want to mount a Yakima rack onto his Vanagon using the
>Yakima tower extenders so he went to the local hardware store and got
>a bunch of stainless steel washers and longer bolts.  This is the
>result:
>http://www.californiavan.com/yakima/
>A simple and effective solution.
>
>P.S. information on his rear Gary Lee hatch rack is here:
>http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm