Date:         Sun, 24 Aug 2003 05:40:42 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Jailbar kits
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>You need the hyphen. the site lists jailbars for 1950-1980:
>
>http://www.creative-engineering.com/cgi-
>bin/shop/web_store.cgi?page=sambatrim_jailbars.html
>
>Make sure you get the whole URL. When was the Vanagon / T25
>made in 1980 in the UK?
>
>Thanks,
>Chris
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 06:39:32 +1200
>>From: Andrew Grebneff
><andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
>>Subject: Jailbar kits
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>
>>In VolksWorld (English rag) July issue there's a feature on
>jailbars
>>by Creative Engineering, apparently available for any Type
>2. This
>>should mean Vanagons, though the magazine doesn't cover
>these vans.
>>
>>www.creativeengineering.com>
>>or possibly
>>www.creative-engineering.com>
>>(there was a hyphenated column-break there, stupid editor
>should've
>>caught that)
>  >--

I didn't look into it beyond the surface, as I'm not interested for
myself (my Caravelle has factory jailbars anyway, and if it didn't I
wouldn't be interested).

But if the bars are too short for the Type 25, perhaps they'd sell
just the cast center/end fittings, and you can source aluminum tube
to make the bars?

Another option, for making kits from scratch, would be to mill pieces
of extruded square-section or thick "strap"  to make center & end
sections. These could retain the extruded surfaces, as the square
appearance would not conflict with the van's styling.

The first year of Type 25 production was, I believe, 1980.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut