On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski <
kupcinski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Don, that's a really clever way to use the Yakima mounts on the hatch.
> Never thought of mounting them vertically like that. Did you make your own
> attachment clips or use Yakima ones for attaching the towers?
>
> I'm not going to give up my Gary Lee hatch rack, but I'm sure your setup
> is waaay lighter than mine. Plus, it would be a great when I need to throw
> a bike on the back quickly for local trips, as the big rack doesn't
> normally live on the van. I think I've got an old set of towers around here
> somewhere...
>
> -Jarrett
>

   Another pic...
https://picasaweb.google.com/112899774170781374478/VanagonMods?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnj78ukqaPufw#5494928757106192962

   I used some of the Westie curtain track that I didn't use for my
curtains.    I suppose you could easily use Yakima's designated rain gutter
attachments....I did use some of that to put this rack onto a Wells Fargo
utility trailer....

   I do, as a 'belt AND suspenders' thing, put an additional bungee cord
across my top tube on the bikes, just in case the fork clamp should ever
come loose...which it never has.   You can keep an eye on how things are
riding using the mirror, too.

  Page around on my Picassa web album for some more of my dorky but
workable vanagon mods.

   Don Hanson