Mark,

There is more of a crown there than appears.  I suspect that you might be able mount a rack using the 1A towers but if it cleared the roof it would be by so little that you would not be able to install anything.  While this is just a guess on my part as I have not tried this, I do use a Yakima rack on my GL with the 1A Hi-Rise and also have 1A regular towers from other vehicles I have owned, so am familiar with the issue.

Hopefully someone whom has tried will pitch in on this.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Pry <moblique@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sunday, May 20, 2007 8:07 pm
Subject:
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Does the Yakima 1A rack tower fit on a GL (not a Westie)? REI's
> roof rack
> configurator is telling me I need the 1A Hi Rise tower, and that
> doesn'tseem right; the GL's roof doesn't look that steeply crowned.
>
> Mark Pry
> 1990 GL
>