You Guys!  Sheesh!
 These are just vehicles.  With plastic tops.  Not Stradivarius violins or
irreplaceable pieces of art..The top is like a Porto John...molded from
plastic and easily repairable...If you make a mistake, get out the bondo and
the touch up rattle can of spray paint...no one will ever know...
  Maybe I am callous, but if I should damage my 84 van, I know I can fix
it.  Yes, taking your time and being careful when you do stuff like mount
some roof racks will save you work.  But I am amazed at how big a deal it is
for some to (gasp!) put a hole in The Vanagon...
  Sorry Steve...no attack on you is meant...Maybe I am just a little
cavalier, having worked on million dollar yachts....and drilled holes in
them, near the water line (above, I hoped) or cut into $40k carbon fiber
masts to mount hardware, etc etc.   "What a man builds can also be repaired
by man...or even re-floated, I guess..
  Don Hanson

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:34 PM, steve <nuts4photos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Ok i'm off to get some sharp drill bits at the hardware store - i'm going
> to mount the back Thule bracket about 12" from the back of the top, of the
> pop -top, so just in front of the four screws for the pop-top bracket.  Has
> anybody had an issue or success with this.
> thanks
> Steve
> 310-200-8056
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