gary, that looks *great*... the only thing i would consider doing different is welding a piece of longer tube to the latch tube, and match it with a piece of tube welded to the bumper bracket...and put a neoprene pad between the back of the carrier and the hatch, just in case of rear-ending damage. great job. bill
On Monday, August 19, 2002, at 11:41 AM, Gary Lee wrote: > As some of you may know, I have been working on a swing away tire > carrier > for our vanagons. > Take a look at some pictures at my web site > http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/swingtire/swingtire.htm > > It looks simple enough, but actually it's a difficult thing to make. > For those of you into tools, I used just about every major piece in my > shop: > milling machine, lathe, tig welder, plasma cutter, oxy acetylene torch, > carbide dry saw, tubing notcher, tubing bender etc. > > Comments and suggestions welcome. > > Thanks > Gary Lee > http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm > |
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