I'd look though some marine hardware catalogs. Seems to me I've seen
very near the same thing on sail boats and it was in stainless.

JFF

On Nov 8, 2007, at 5:00 PM, roger sisler wrote:

The Westfalia Works in Germany? Did they go out of business, or get
bought out? Can I contact them some way? Im looking to have some
luggage rack tie downs made up in a style almost like OEM , in
stainless steel.Nobody makes this in stainless steel. Looks like it
is going to cost many thousands of dollars to do this. Maybe 5 or 6.
Have to get a tool and die maker to make the pattern and then get a
minimum order casted. I just dont like those GW style wire stamped
tie downs. Sorry.

   Anybody know if copying this pattern, like this OEM tie down, is
legal?  I mean a tie down is a tie down, and I dont think this
particular  one can be pattended. Just dont know, and I dont want to
look even bigger bucks in a squabble with VW.

   Go Westy sold the OEM style tie down, but now does not do so. I am
wondering why not. I managed to buy a new OEM tie down from my local
Vw dealer today. It cost about $8.25 without bolts. GW was selling
their OEM style tie downs for $3 each.The math dosent work if the tie
down they sold was  a VW tie down.Perhaps it was copyed and the
manufacture got pinched.Anybody know the story on this GW part?

   Thanks,Roger

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