Date:         Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:19:47 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Cain <jcain@MINDSPRING.COM>
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From:         Jim Cain <jcain@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lockable Cover for the Westy Luggage Rack
Comments: To: Jeanne Maly <traveller57@CABLEONE.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <010a01bfa653$f2544a90$6b05a8c0@jordandrews.com>
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>I've just come from meeting with a fiberglass fabricator with whom I
>discussed making a lockable lid for the luggage rack.  Since most of
>the cost of this would be in the building of the initial mold for
>the shell, I was wondering if anyone else would be interested in
>purchasing one?
>
>I want the leading edge of this shell to be rounded so as to
>minimize wind resistance but the shell would have to be tall enough
>to allow enough room for cargo, probably 10 inches maximum.  I
>expect that it will be hinged in the front and accessible from
>inside the van with the poptop up and the window open.
>
>Has anybody else thought about this idea?


I think we talked about that last week, but was just that, talk.  Let
us know what you come up with.  I would like one that did not stick
up so far, maybe even flat.  Know you can't get much in there then,
but It is catches the wind enough as it is.  I had a box on my '71
Westy and it was a pain going across the plains to Colorado.

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<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param>I've just come from meeting
with a fiberglass fabricator with whom I discussed making a lockable
lid for the luggage rack.  Since most of the cost of this would be in
the building of the initial mold for the shell, I was wondering if
anyone else would be interested in purchasing one?



I want the leading edge of this shell to be rounded so as to minimize
wind resistance but the shell would have to be tall enough to allow
enough room for cargo, probably 10 inches maximum.  I expect that it
will be hinged in the front and accessible from inside the van with the
poptop up and the window open.



Has anybody else thought about this idea?

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</fontfamily>I think we talked about that last week, but was just that,
talk.  Let us know what you come up with.  I would like one that did
not stick up so far, maybe even flat.  Know you can't get much in there
then, but It is catches the wind enough as it is.  I had a box on my
'71 Westy and it was a pain going across the plains to Colorado.