Glad it's working out.  I am going to add some more info to my
instructions to avoid ouches to vanagonauts & the vanagon itself ,
such as the ones you just mentioned! Thanks.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

On Jun 12, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Richard Golen wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> My BZ shelf arrived on Tuesday evening. Was going to post its
> arrival yesterday, but had a bunch of "honey do" projects around the
> house to take care of. I installed it last night. Did a slight mod
> (based on the pictures on the Vanagon-wiki) of putting some clear
> tubing on the u-bolts to keep it a little more stable. Workmanship
> was excellent, took more time to slip the tubing on the u-bolts than
> it actually took to install the shelf! (less than 30 minutes)
>
> Word of warning.....be careful if you use the "indentation" on shelf
> to lower the roof...the indentation is there so the shelf can clear
> the skylight mechanism when the top is down and the shelf is
> "stowed"...OUCH!!!!
>
> To "Mr. BZ" ..... Thanks for your design, work, shipping, etc.
>
>
> Ric
>
>
>
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