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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