Could you explain the perforated black metal beam on the pop-top. It looks cool, but what is it for?

Todd
'88 Westy

----- Original Message -----

From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@SHAW.CA>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 11:28:53 AM
Subject: Lantern hanger

Felder industries' recent announcement of a lantern holder caught Bell Enterprises totally off guard.

I had to pull an entire design team from an ongoing project and set them to work on some sort of response.

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/vanagon-totally-superfluous-lantern-holder/

Alistair