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>From: 	Michael Heron[SMTP:michael.heron@utoronto.ca]
Sent: 	Tuesday, March 26, 1996 8:22 AM

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Subject:      pre 1968 westy roofrack question

(For all you people out there that care I am in the process of restoring =
an
old 1/3 length woodslat roofrack that was made by Westfalia Werke back =
in
1965.)

My question involves the  actual roofrack "members" (you know the three
curved "legs" that attach to the drip rail and that the woodslats attach
to). It appears that the "legs" or whatever you want to call them were
originally galvanized w/ a grey galvanixed coating (kinda reminds me of =
the
finish that minnow pails have on them). Anyways my question is do you =
know
what the original coating on the "legs" was/is?? I described it to my =
local
plating house and they thought it was zinc coating. Does anyone know =
what
the original coating was and how expensive it is to get redone??

michael

Hi Micheal,

I wish I had a Westfalia rack to restore!  I think the original finish =
was zinc plated.  Checkout  "Parts is Parts" web =
page(http://www.pipvw.com).  They have some info on roof racks, plus =
they have some repo parts for your rack. =20

Good luck,
Erik