Bradley, do you have a rack-specific shop in your area? They likely will know and may have the parts, or something that will suffice. I have had that same thing here in Salt Lake and went to my local rack retailer and they filled in the "blanks" nicely. Bob Stevens '91 Westy
>From: Bradley Flubacher Reply-To: Bradley Flubacher To: >vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: origin of a bike rack Date: Sat, 2 Feb >2002 14:28:08 -0500 > >On my '82 westy, there are two square metal tubes on the front that are >rivetted onto the body just above the upper grill, and the bolt on with >ruberrized hooks on the bumper. There are holes through the tubing, >presumably to hold hooks that might hold a bike or two. The hooks that >would hold the bike are gone. Anyone know where this rack came from? Some >German thing, or an aftermarket addition? Where might I find the hooks to >hold my bikes? > > > >Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '81 diesel rabbit '82 diesel westy '82 >diesel van '84 GL wasserboxer _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com |
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