Date:         Fri, 3 Jul 1998 11:11:54 -0500
Reply-To:     Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject:      Re: HELP with EVC kayak racks
Comments: To: j <soreal@HOME.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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I was under the impression that Yakima made a set of plates that would
adapt the old style rain gutter 1A racks to your roof.  Not being real
failiar with the EV roof, Yakima makes abracket for relatively flat
surfaces and relatively vertical surfaces.  You will lprobably need the
flat brackets with the " plus nuts".  This will require drilling into the
roof  but won't require removal of the headliner inside.  I installed one
of these systems on a 91 Previa and it worked vey well desspite the very
thin nature of the Previa sheetmetal.  Yakima also makes a bracket kit w/o
the plus nuts(substantially cheaper) if you don't mind udoing the
headliner.  That would be a little more heavy duty IMHO.

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel  90 GL

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> From: j <soreal@HOME.COM>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: HELP with EVC kayak racks
> Date: Thursday, July 02, 1998 5:28 PM
>
> I KNOW this has been covered. Can someone direct me to the right archives
to
> hunt it all down or shoot off info to me? I have taken everything off my
> computer except bare essentials because I have friends house-sitting
while I'm gone.
>
> I bought an S-O-T Kayak today to play with on my trip. I have a set of
old
> Yakima bars that I used on the Westy, and was planning on going with
towers on
> the EVC. Then I found out that Yakima does not make an adapter plate that
> works on the EVC for the towers. What's the next best solution? I can go
with
> foam pads, but I hate the thought of running a strap through the doors to
> stabilize the boat.I have NO extra clearance on my garage door, so there
can't
> be anything permanent above roof level.
>
> Thanks,
> Joan
> SW FL
> '97 EVC