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Date:         Wed, 11 May 2005 15:57:02 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Trailer hitch on 83.5 Westy front?
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@adelphia.net>
In-Reply-To:  <42827A81.5020903@adelphia.net>
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The bumper on the vanagon is nothing but a decoration in the front and the
rear.  The difference between the front and the rear is the inner bumper on
the front. A little over 1/8 inch steel 4 inch box tube attached directly to
the front frame.  Remove the end caps of your bumper on front and take a
look what the decorations are hiding.
jimt




On 5/11/05 3:34 PM, "Michael Elliott" <j.michael.elliott@adelphia.net>
wrote:


> My Vanagon is not here right now, being worked on in the shop. But according
> to my squirrel-sized memory, the bumpers on that thing appear to have been
> manufactured from 24-gauge pot metal. Not very strong. I don't know if I would
> lever a bike rack with two bicycles off one of them. See
>
> http://www.ageebike.com/images/Allen/Allen540.JPG
>
> Opinions?
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