Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:51:58 -0800
Reply-To: Earl Smith <earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM>
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From: Earl Smith <earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM>
Subject: roof rack tips
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At 10:01 PM 10/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>From: Earl Smith
>To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Proud New Owner needs roof rack tips
>Date: 1998-10-28 21:55
>Priority: 3
>Message ID: 92ABA8C9CF6ED211A6700000F804F63C
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>Hi Christine. Here is what I did because we haven't the $ to buy fancy roof
>racks and I wanted to use our old ten dollar racks we bought from Sally Ann.
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>Made up four four inch long brackets shaped like a <J>, out of 3/16
>aluminum plate. At the rear I used one of the bolts that holds the top onto
>the hinge. Then I drilled through the bracket top and hinge and put in a
>second bolt. Thus the weight on the rack is transferred to the steel hinge
>plate and directly onto the roof. No stress on the pop top.
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>At the front, I mounted the brackets on the luggage rack over the cab. I
>took this off for other reasons and installed the brackets then. For this
>one, I used a second sheet of plate inside the cap so the fibreglass became
>the meat in the sandwich so to speak.
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>The system has worked well. Our kayak weighs 130 lbs. and we have had no
>problems. I have also carried lumber but not too much. Don't want to
>become top heavy.
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>Also, I keep the rear mattress in the basement unless we are taking a trip.
>Have an old piece of carpet over the engine lid and "stuf" goes back there
>where it won't slide around too much. If I have a long load, fold the back
>seat down and put a piece of cardboard over the seat cushions. Have carried
>a couple of sheets of plywood that way for short trips.]
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>Earl from Sunny Sooke, B.C.
> At the tip of soon-to-be-overloaded-and-sink Vancouver Island
>84 ex-California Westie
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Earl from Sunny Sooke, B.C.
At the tip of soon-to-be-overloaded-and-sink Vancouver Island
84 ex-California Westie
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