1 turnbuckle.  Best $3.49 i've spent in a loooong time.  Price of a good
coffee in this town.  I love just aimlessly wandering hardware stores
re-purposing things that could only be come up with by some crazed
van-dweller....

Working of building a better, stronger (more ghetto) slider handle.  Broke
two in the same number of years  :(

Craig

life flows....

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Paul <wognacious@gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, those hatch lock extensions are expensive! Just go to your local
> hardware and buy an aluminum turnbuckle, about 5 inches long.l Open one
> looped end to form a "J". When that is hooked onto the latch pin on the
> bottom of the opening, swung around 45 degrees, and the looped end locked
> into the hatch lock, it is LOCKED. Sure is nice to have that air rising up
> off the cooler ground on hot nights.
>
> If the temperature doesn't warrant opening the rear hatch, I've installed a
> slider on the back right side window. It opens about 8 inches - nice
> ventilation.
> _________________
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 15/07/2010 6:34:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
> >
> >        Well, just go to the LiMBO  website !  >>>>>>_The  late Model Bus
> > Organization, international- LiMBO_ (http://www.limbobus.org/)
> >
> > I saw  one at a campout and can't find them on the Net. Anyone know where
> > th=
> > ey  are?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Frank Condelli - LiMBO  Representative for Canada !
> > Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> > '87 Westy &  Lionel Trains (_Collection for  sale_
> > (http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
> > _Frank Condelli  & Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html)
>  -
> > Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa  Valley
> > _Vanagon Stainless Steel  Exhaust Systems_
> > (http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm)
> > _BusFusion_ (http://www.busfusion.com/)  a VW  Camper camping event,
> > Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13,  2010
> >
>