Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:17:27 -0500
Reply-To: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
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From: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Subject: Re: Searching For (ORTEC) Spare Tire Carrier
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Dear Ken,
Several of us planning on going down to Tierra del Fuego are also interested
in obtaining these spare-tire carriers. Winkler in Germany has one version,
but I'm sure there are other brands out there. I've got a metal shop right
down the street that could probably make one IF I could get my hands on one
to copy -- perhaps good photos would do?
Cheers,
MJS
At 02:29 PM 1/4/99 EST, Ken Herman wrote:
>Hello List,
>I have been looking for a spare tire carrier for my vanagon for several
years.
>My van has larger than stock tires and the spare no longer fits under the
>front. Visiting my local 4x4 parts store did not pan out either, nothing
they
>had came close to being adaptable. I have seen pictures of vans with rear
tire
>carriers in the Syncro section at vanagon.com but never in person, until
last
>month. While on vacation in Florida I spotted a vanagon at a campground
that
>had one. The silver camper had Ontario plates and the carrier had the word
>"ORTEC" stamped on it. The van was in storage and the owner was not around.
>Has anybody on the list heard about this company? I'm assuming ORTEC is a
>Canadian company. I took several pictures of the swing out carrier so if
any
>builders out there want to make bunch of these I'm sure a few folks on the
>list would want them. Thanks in advance for any information you folks might
>have.
>Ken Herman
>86 Syncro Westy
>
Michael J. Sullivan
Director of Catalog Design
Open Market, Inc.
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<bold>Michael J. Sullivan
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Open Market, Inc.
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