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Subject:Re: vanagon Digest - 28 Jun 2007 - Special issue (#2007-659)
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:59:09 -0700

Oh now that's just plain silly.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

Keith Ovregaard typed:
> Mr Squirrel
>
> Try this:
> <http://www.nationalbuildingandroofingsupplies.com/skyaccess.htm>
> and then bolt on the hex socket part onto the skylight knob. Piece of
> cake!
>
> Mr O
>
>
>>> On 28-Jun-07, at 10:40 AM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm too short to reach the skylight knob when the top up. I used to
>>> just
>>> lower the top a bit when I needed to open or close the skylight, but
>>> now
>>> that I have installed a Buese Shelf(TM) on the crossbar, it's a bit
>>> more
>>> complicated because whatever's on the shelf needs to be removed before
>>> lowering the lid. What would be cool would be some kind of extension
>>> for
>>> the knob, dangled down where I can reach it.*
>>>
>>> *Of course I could haul something into the van to stand on. I like to
>>> keep the floor uncluttered though, it being somewhat small, so most
>>> floor items get moved outside when camping.
>>> --
>>>
>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>>> KG6RCR
>

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