Date:         Mon, 10 Jul 1995 01:04:15 -0400 (EDT)
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From:         william killian <killian@gcr.com>
Subject:      Re: Rear hatch ... inside openers?



On Sun, 9 Jul 1995, Alistair Bell wrote:

> 
> I did install a very sophisticated opening device on my '72 - a short
> piece of "stout line" that tied into a spot in the latch mechanism which
> had a wee hole in it.

My father did the same 'improvement' on our '72 Westy (in '72) and 
perhaps on the '69 before that (but I can't remember I was 11 when the 
poor '69 became a target for an early Honda Civic.  IN mid vacation trip 
we had to unpack one Westy and load up another - boy did I digress...

bill killian
'93 EV MV
'73 Orange Thing His
'73 Yellow Thing Hers

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