I've been following the "jailbar" discussion with some amusement. I picked
up a set awhile back along with a curtain set out of a Vanagon Jim DiGennaro
was  scrapping. I believe the original purpose of the jailbars was to hold the
rear  curtain in place against the back window, especially when the deck lid
was open,  as the aluminum bars seemed to offer little protection to the glass
from heavy  objects. I got the bars and the curtain set for $20 dollars. Just
goes to show  how things have changed in ten years. After letting them sit in
my basement for  sometime, I finally installed them in my '90 Basic Vanagon
(originally owned by  the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) along with the
non-original Westfalia side  table interior and curtains. Probably blasphemy to the
purists, but it works for  me.

Dale  Ward
LiMBO Club House Keeper