Date:         Fri, 17 Aug 2001 16:16:02 -0400
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Towing Hitch Solution
Comments: cc: vgonman@earthlink.net, Calwolfie@AOL.COM, pensioner
          <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
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> Are you going to have any pictures of this hitch on your web site?

I don't have any yet. But Pensioner, who posted the original reference to my
hitch, offered to send copies of pictures he took to people by email on
request.  Perhaps you could email me a copy and I'll post it on the
busdepot.com site??

> Is there any issues with the mounting points not lining up correctly for
> the fiberglass bumpers?

No. I'm using one on my '89 right now, which has fiberglass bumpers. It
comes with two sets of bumper mounts, one for metal bumpers and one for
fiberglass ones.  No instructions, unfortunately, as they were intended to
be dealer-installed (by VW dealers in South Africa) but with a little common
sense the installation becomes obvious.  If you have a metal bumper, you'll
have to bend a few inch section of it slightly on the underside with a pair
of pliers to clear the hitch tongue. If you have a fiberglass one you'll
have to notch it (the fiberglass bumper is already marked as to where the
notch should be, from the factory).  In both cases, the modification takes
just a few minutes and is completely invisible once the bumper is
reinstalled (unless you are lying under the ground under your Vanagon
looking upward).  All you will see of the hitch, once installed, is the
plate that the tow ball bolts to, sticking out from under the bumper.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  (215) 234-VWVW
  www.busdepot.com