Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:45:44 EST
Reply-To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: [vanagon] NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts
vendors are selling
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what i find kinda sad is, there is no mention at all in the on the new parts
vendor(s) websites that these are not actual vanagon jailbars, nor close to
the correct design either... they are just repro '79 down bus jailbars modified
to fit the vanagon.
its not like a brake caliper, or a alternator, where there were a few
different manucaterers and a million different re-manufacturers and who cares if
their shape is slightly different, as long as they function.. the jailbars are a
hard to find decorative accessory.. not crucial to you van.. they are a
conversation piece. so whats the sense of taking something from another vehicle,
just because "it works" and trying to pass it off as the real thing?
its like, "Hey, look at my cool Just Kamper repro jailbars that were really
made for a bus but if you bend a few parts this way and tweak a few that way,
they fit the vanagon too" LOL
kinda like Cubic Zirconium vs a real diamond. or a color xerox copy of the
Mona Lisa hanging on your wall in a 4.99 wal-mart frame. .. whats the sense?
if anyone wants the REAL DEAL...correct factory german made jailbars for the
80-91 vanagon..highly polished aluminum . . i have 2 pairs of them.. $75
each. i'd sure as hell would pay $15 more for originality..
chris
In a message dated 12/22/06 9:19:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
JORDANVW@AOL.COM writes:
> just a heads up.. the '79 down Bus rear "jailbars" have been reproduced,
> and are being sold by Just Kampers and some other online vendors. NOTE..
> these
> are not the same jaibars as the vanagon jailbars..
>
> aside from having longer horizontal polished aluminum tubes, the center
> vertical post for the jailbars is completely different from the '79 down bus
> versus
> the 80-91 vanagon.
>
> the 79 down BUS center vertical post is completely vertical, and the bottom
> part where it screws to the hatch has 3 screws and the base is a "spade"
> shape.
>
> the vanagon center vertical post has a SQUARE shaped base and uses 4 screws
> where it mounts to the hatch.. and the upright part that supports the tubes
> is
> on a angle to conform to the angle of the vanagon rear hatch glass. the
> original jailbars are solid highly polished aluminum, not chromed metal.
>
> just a heads up..
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