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Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:08 pm

Your right my rack only goes on one way. Thank you for the complaiment on my panel.
I was talking about the vertical legs. Not gutter to gutter distance but from leg to leg from the side view of the bus. If your standing looking at the bus with the rack on. Two legs on the left are closer together then the legs on the right. And vise versa. You definatly have to bend the legs to get the rack to fit right.

If anyone has a pair of the flat 4 roof rack clamps I'll buy them. I just need 2 more to make a set for my rack.
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:47 pm

Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:12 pm

From another thread.

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Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:12 pm

EverettB wrote: On that same note, all those people selling the 1/4 HWE racks that say they fit a Double Cab:
This is not true.... unless you bend in the 2 front legs.

Otherwise my Truck would have a roof rack on it as I have a super straight rack that doesn't fit.

i have a 1/4 rack everett from a mutual friend but i believe the rear legs were bent to allow it to go back farther for an so-42 poptop

..... or it was the front legs were bent to fit a doublecab,

Heck i dont know. It fit behind my poptop

fit in rear corners

Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:20 pm

Yes, they must be bent in a tiny bit but the back isn't that much narrower.

But must be twisted to be on the corners like that.

Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:54 pm

I was trying to figure out if thats a fridge on top but got distracted by the front hubcaps
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Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:07 pm

cdennisg wrote: From another thread.

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Awesome!!!

Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:21 pm

"A la yonke, a la muerte."

Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:02 pm

derluftwagen wrote:

Why do you only have hub caps on driver side?
Nice 15 though.

Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:14 pm

Aaron wrote: "A la yonke, a la muerte."

Translation for the less traveled?

Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:50 am

Aaron wrote: "A la yonke, a la muerte."
"A la casa" is more like it in That part of the world

Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:27 am

derluftwagen wrote:

5 leg double sloper??

Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:41 am

mannys66 wrote: "A la casa" is more like it in That part of the world
Casa? Si para los cabritos.

Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:57 pm

daddymac1vw wrote: Why do you only have hub caps on driver side?
Nice 15 though.

Thanks! Someone stole the two beauty rings from the passenger side, and no only 3 hubcap clips per wheel is not enough to hold on caps.

lieferwagen wrote: 5 leg double sloper??

Yes.

Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:08 pm

derluftwagen wrote:
lieferwagen wrote: 5 leg double sloper??

Yes.

Real or one of those old PIP repops? Looks great btw, nice bus.

Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:18 pm

I really miss that bus. One of those " I should have never sold " buses.

Still have the rack an the ladder. Been told the ladder is a Hotdog Fred re-pop.

Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:19 pm

buseric wrote: Real or one of those old PIP repops? Looks great btw, nice bus.

Thanks. I dont think there was a full length 59-67 westy rack ever produced by westy so I made one myself. I originally had a full length empi rack but crushed a few of the legs with too much weight so I made new legs and reused the uprights, clamps and wood. I am now getting some longer length ash in the correct width and finish and will be putting some repro tags on it to make it as "correct" as possible for a 61 double sloper (if one was ever made).

Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:49 pm

derluftwagen wrote: buseric wrote: Real or one of those old PIP repops? Looks great btw, nice bus.

Thanks. I dont think there was a full length 59-67 westy rack ever produced by westy so I made one myself. I originally had a full length empi rack but crushed a few of the legs with too much weight so I made new legs and reused the uprights, clamps and wood. I am now getting some longer length ash in the correct width and finish and will be putting some repro tags on it to make it as "correct" as possible for a 61 double sloper (if one was ever made).

Cool. I think Greg's july '55 camping box has some photos with a purportedly real full length westy rack. I think it was real? Might even be in this thread somewhere?

Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:56 pm

buseric wrote: Cool. I think Greg's july '55 camping box has some photos with a purportedly real full length westy rack. I think it was real? Might even be in this thread somewhere?

Yes, I believe his is the only one known to exist

Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:30 pm

Made a double cab rack today. Next is a full length double cab rack with 8 legs....