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PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:17 pm    Post subject: 69 - help ID these brackets please Reply with quote

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Any idea what these are for?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:27 pm    Post subject: Re: 69 - help ID these brackets please Reply with quote

The van is an ex Deutschepost van per the mcode options.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:34 pm    Post subject: Re: 69 - help ID these brackets please Reply with quote

Prop mounts for the screened in rear canvas to leave the window open in hot weather.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:49 pm    Post subject: Re: 69 - help ID these brackets please Reply with quote

Any pics so that I can visualize? The window it is on now has a fixed glass.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 3:48 pm    Post subject: Re: 69 - help ID these brackets please Reply with quote

Sorry not the window but the rear hatch (with the window in it), no pictures but it was a screened in tent like assembly that snapped around the inside of the rear hatch (to keep the bugs out) and the angled supports fit into those brackets to help support it. Sold the 71 Westy 5 years ago as it was getting time for a total refresh.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:08 pm    Post subject: Re: 69 - help ID these brackets please Reply with quote

I wonder if these brackets which are next to the middle non-opening window were used to hold canvas bags for mail...

I've not been able to find any period or reference pics of these Deutschepost vans.
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