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VW Lounge => General Forum => Topic started by: Baha (Shawn) on March 11, 2014, 08:36:12 pm
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I've been chatting with Claire over in London. She & the family are doing well after about a year. Anyway she told me about an amazing local shop.
http://www.nefarious.co.uk/portfolio/jacks/services.html
(http://www.nefarious.co.uk/portfolio/jacks/images/office_large.jpg)
Everybody needs a Jack
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Way 2@@cool
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Any more I need one too. bawlin)0
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The bottom picture looked like my bus on the lift!
For the newbies, who's Claire?
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"Claire H" has a Champagne Westy named RoadRunner.
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/289457.jpg)
Her husband was transferred to UK on business. She and their two boys are with him. Be there for four more years.
Then they come back. Probably with something rare & Right-Hand drive **^bana0
She can help us get "unobtainable" parts. PM me if youre looking for something
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Damn Ant!
Theres your solution! A Roo Bar!
Mounts to the chassis & bumper & mounts tire!
We can make it or they sell em on Samba
I forgot all about it
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/835551.jpg)
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hmm...
Maybe. How much do they cost?
I was trying to figure out a way to mount a bicycle rack like the ones on the front of the Septa buses.
I have a an older version of this bike rack
http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1122106_-1_400170__400170 (http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1122106_-1_400170__400170)
I wonder if a cross piece could be welded to the roo bar under the bumper with a receiver?
Or would it not be strong enough?
I didn't really like the receiver that mounted to the tow eyes.
I didn't see any for sale on The Samba, but I found a post where people were talking about them. they had a picture that may even be that same brown bus, but I'm not sure. Anyways, i think it looks kind of weird from the side with the tire so far forward like that.
I kind of like this one because it tucks back closer to the body.
(http://www.graphicsgurus.nl/transfer/DSCN4928b.jpg)
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I kind of like this one because it tucks back closer to the body.
(http://www.graphicsgurus.nl/transfer/DSCN4928b.jpg)
doublethumb the tuck.
Cheers
Glen
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Thats easy... Spare tire mounted bike rack
(http://www.autoaccessoriesgarage.com/img/group/main/20/2086_1_md.jpg)
I wouldn't worry about something sticking out a foot or two...
Cars have 6' long front ends the bus' is 6". it has no bearing on driveability
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I'm more worried about it looking weird than affecting drivability.
I don't really like the pieces that go around the headlights either. I don't think my bus has a nerdy personality that goes with the Sponge Bob glasses.
But if something could be made for a reasonable price that tucks back closer to the body that was basically the middle piece with a tire mount, and a receiver under the bumper I'll start pondering it.
How much do you think something like that would be, and who fabricates such stuff?
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She can help us get "unobtainable" parts. PM me if youre looking for something
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I've been looking for a Headlight / Radiator Visor. It mounts above and across the front grill.
Want to Keep the sun off of my Radiator so it runs cooler.. Can she get them? :confused04:;
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Wonder if she can get NOS thermostats ?
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Wonder if she can get NOS thermostats ?
Yes, me too!
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Theres a difference between "not available in the US" & "Not available anywhere"
She's not magic.... Just local to the UK
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When you find somebody who sells Roo Bars let me know. I was Scammed on the Samba from somebody who claimed to make them.
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This is how you build things like Roo Bars if you dont want to pay a bender/fabricator
http://www.mcnichols.com/products/handrail-components/weld-on-elbow
Theyre cheap and so is the tubing.
The hoop uses 4 $10 elbows as does the mount/uprights so $80 bucks in elbows and $30 in tubing. (add $80 for extra elbows if you want it to curve around the bumper)
A TIG welder would make it beautiful but MIGing it would be sufficient
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When you find somebody who sells Roo Bars let me know. I was Scammed on the Samba from somebody who claimed to make them.
What a bummer! &(rage_ Were you able to get your money back?