Forgot, the bikes do get real dusty if you do much dirt road travel with
them back there.  We recently did a 50-60 mile dirt/gravel section with the
bikes on and before we could ride em I went to a coin high pressure wash and
cleaned em, right there on the rack.
  Don Hanson

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have my Yakima rack mounted on the hatch of my 84.  I used a couple of
> sections of Westie curtain track to land the gutter tower in.  I screwed
> that track onto the hatch so the towers would not slide off and for some
> extra support.  Then you can hook the gutter clamps right over the edge of
> the hatch and tighten them down.  When the rack is off, you still have two
> little sections of  track on the hatch.  I painted mine black to blend in
> with the dark brown van.  Mine works very well and keep the windage down.  A
> bit of a grunt to open with 3 or 4 bikes on the hatch and I have a
> suplimental support (an oak stick) that holds the hatch and bikes up..too
> heavy, of course, for the struts.
>   Don Hanson
>
>   On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Greg S <sorkilmo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone see a problem with doing this to a Vanagon? Besides having to
>> butcher the back hatch a bit.
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/sorkilmo/VanagonStuff#5369145191194401426
>>
>> Thanks
>> Greg S.
>> 87' Wolfsburg Van
>> Ottawa, Ontario
>>
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