Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:38:09 -0700
Reply-To: Annie <lsandrsn@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Annie <lsandrsn@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Where to buy Limbo Hatch Stick?
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Let me know what you come up with for a slider handle - mine's been broken
since I before I bought the van and finding one for less than an arm and a
leg has proven unsuccessful.
Makes it very hard to get the kids in and out.
~Annie
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Craig Luke <cluke.aspire@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 turnbuckle. Best $3.49 i've spent in a loooong time. Price of a good
> coffee in this town. I love just aimlessly wandering hardware stores
> re-purposing things that could only be come up with by some crazed
> van-dweller....
>
> Working of building a better, stronger (more ghetto) slider handle. Broke
> two in the same number of years :(
>
> Craig
>
> life flows....
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Paul <wognacious@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Wow, those hatch lock extensions are expensive! Just go to your local
> > hardware and buy an aluminum turnbuckle, about 5 inches long.l Open one
> > looped end to form a "J". When that is hooked onto the latch pin on the
> > bottom of the opening, swung around 45 degrees, and the looped end locked
> > into the hatch lock, it is LOCKED. Sure is nice to have that air rising
> up
> > off the cooler ground on hot nights.
> >
> > If the temperature doesn't warrant opening the rear hatch, I've installed
> a
> > slider on the back right side window. It opens about 8 inches - nice
> > ventilation.
> > _________________
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In a message dated 15/07/2010 6:34:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
> > >
> > > Well, just go to the LiMBO website ! >>>>>>_The late Model
> Bus
> > > Organization, international- LiMBO_ (http://www.limbobus.org/)
> > >
> > > I saw one at a campout and can't find them on the Net. Anyone know
> where
> > > th=
> > > ey are?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Frank Condelli - LiMBO Representative for Canada !
> > > Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> > > '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
> > > (http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
> > > _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html
> )
> > -
> > > Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
> > > _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
> > > (http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm)
> > > _BusFusion_ (http://www.busfusion.com/) a VW Camper camping event,
> > > Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13, 2010
> > >
> >
>
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