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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

theres 2 people.

doesnt that make it a demand for a product now? haha..

but im def keen for one. anyone?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I built one several year ago for my 51

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

not bad at all, any specs on it? where did u get the ball end from?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't remember where i found the ball end but easy to find

I used a late split window tow hitch as model but mine is longer than split's.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was a Barndoor hitch for sale at Ben Pon. I will dig out some photos.

Was keen but was a lot of money.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:40 pm    Post subject: Barn Door tow hitch Ben Pon Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thats a heavy duty looking tow hitch there. i think i prefer the swan neck westy look instead of the industrial look.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you are looking for a Euro type ball end - they are sold new all day long on German ePay. All types as well from bolt on fish hooks that you see later to that flat plate type that bolts on. They are out there from Euro sources.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Notchboy - Do you have a link to the ebay auction?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.ebay.de/sch/AutoAnbau-Zubeh%C3%B6rteile-/82099/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=kugelkopf
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Notchboy - Do you have a link to the ebay auction?



You should have way more access in the UK to this stuff. As Geraldcrewcab posted - finding such parts under Anhänger on German ePay will yield pages of results.

This is where Ive found three Westfalia - original 70's hitches for my baywindow stuff. So the old stuff is out there if you look hard enough.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This tow bar came with my barndoor ('54) ~10 years ago. No marks anywhere to indicate where it was made. Anyone know whether or not this is a homemade piece or factory?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That one looks amazing!!
Def not a home job.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:09 am    Post subject: HAHN Barndoor tow hitch Reply with quote

To answer Dr Pete:

Your hitch is indeed an original and highly desireable Barndoor only towhitch, made on behalf by VOLKSWAGEN Wolfsburg by the German manufacturer HAHN. It was their ref. 179.1. Your hitch is missing the manufacturer´s tag, so you had no chance to define what it is:

A very rare and HTF piece.

Here two fotos of it during installment, actually I already posted some more on page 1 of this very thread:

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... and installed:

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... og literature:

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...og tag on that hitch:

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome tow hitch Pete. I guess the hunt for the ID tag begins now. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, Originalo, for the info. Sorry to admit I skimmed over the first page of this thread without carefully looking at your pics. Your bus and trailer rig are outstanding.
I need to restore this bus.....and find a suitable trailer to tow. No small task, either of those!!! Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

so any word if someone is goin to repop a barny hitch?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:07 pm    Post subject: Nz barny tow hitch Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

drpete wrote:
This tow bar came with my barndoor ('54) ~10 years ago. No marks anywhere to indicate where it was made. Anyone know whether or not this is a homemade piece or factory?
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Have found the same tow bar for my SC but the rear holder is missing.
Is anybody out there who can give me some measurment of this part?

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