Date:         Thu, 6 Jun 1996 09:25:47 -0500 (CDT)
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From:         "Joseph F. Fournier II" <jfourni@comp.uark.edu>
Subject:      Re: [vanagon]  Westy DIY conversion

On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Tim Smith wrote:
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>         The front anchors take some fiddling, I put double sided tape on the 
> bottom of them, bolted the VERY loosely to the rack and carefull set the 
> rack down on the roof. If happy the take out the bolts and lift off the 
> rack, hopefully the anchor brackets have stuck to the roof in the right 
> position. Drill through.  I peeled back headliner above windshield for 
> access. Remove sunvisors. Went back together fine.

Tim, FYI, on the '71 Westy, there is a galvanized plate with built-in nuts
for the front brackets. Sounds like you're just bolting the brackets down,
which may be fine, but I didn't know if you'd had a chance to look at the
stock westy anchoring system.

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