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Subject:Re: third brake light and curious
From:craig cowan
Date:Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:00:37 -0700

Eric is alive and well. Just heard from him yesterday on our Pittsburgh
Vanagon Club emailing list. He's a great guy, helped me put my Bostig in
during the month of May. Without him and Walt Spak, our local branch of
vanagon nuts wouldn't exist to nearly the extent that it does (we're
growing).
I can't thank these guys enough, though i'm not sure if Eric's on this list
again or not.

-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY
BOSTIG in the back.

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Warren Lail <wklail@gmail.com> wrote:

> Although not LED, that is as close to perfect as one could want.
> Remember where you got it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Warren
> 88 Westy
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Geo & Kathleen
> Hahn<ahwahnee@cybertrails.com> wrote:
> > Not claiming it is perfect, but here is what I use:
> >
> > http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/3rd%20Brake%20Light%201.JPG
> >
> > http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/3rd%20Brake%20Light%202.JPG
> >
> > Powered by a single wire snaked into the hatch thru the same rubber boot
> > that the wiring for the rear defroster uses.  Grounds at the mounting
> screw
> > at the base of the lamp (as I recall I used the existing screw for the
> > curtain rod).  Was a typical after-market lamp trimmed to match the slant
> of
> > the rear window.  Nice in that I can still fully close the rear curtain
> over
> > it.
> >
> > I did this in the days before LEDs were widely available so the
> brightness
> > is perhaps less than an LED would offer but still much better than those
> low
> > mounted brake lights we have.
> >
> > Geo Hahn
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Lail" <wklail@GMAIL.COM>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 2:00 PM
> > Subject: third brake light and curious
> >
> >
> >>
> >> While searching the archives for the perfect third brake light setup
> >> (didn't find it - help me out here please),...
> >
> >
>