At 16:54 16/12/1996 -0600, you wrote: >I have seen some Caravelles (Vanagon in USA) including my 1984 GL with a >sort of grille across the rear windscreen. Two horizontal aluminium bars >about 2" apart covering the bottom part of the windscreen. > >What are they for? Dogs? Luggage? Decoration? The PO said they were for >nothing. > >Lionel Tun >lionel@ark.prestel.co.uk > > >Hi Lionel, I have a '89 Caravelle GL, and aluminum bars also. They aren't just there for nothing but to avoid breaking your rear windscreen in case of big cargo in the rear part of your van. That's it. At least, that what it's written on the instruction manual. Philippe Oudot '89 16" Syncro Caravelle GL TD Oettinger
|
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.