Front Spare Tire Mount

[Randy in Maine]

Does anyone know who built this? I want a "drop down one" save my perfect bus nose.

Thanks!

Randy in Maine

[Hikelite]

I've got plans/hopes to build something similar for mine. The design I'm working on has the tire behind the metal frame and attachments for bikes. I might add an attachment for a gas can as well.
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My 1968 Campmobile

[richparker]

Looks like a Roo Bar.
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[jtauxe]

[OB Bus]

Years ago I had a local metal-bender make me a roo bar with a spare tire mount on the front. Could have been adapted to a swing down design pretty easy.

That roo bar sits in the back shed.

There is a huge roo bar thread somewhere on the Bay forums.
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[danfromsyr]

[Randy in Maine]

Another version....I really need to find someone who can build me one.

[vwwestyman]

Randy, did I inspire you?

The one on that green bus--it has two triangles poking forwards! Like they wanted to spear something! ha ha Yikes!
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1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
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[Randy in Maine]

Those are to support the bar when it is on the ground. I think that one used "hitch pins" to lock it into place when it was in the up position.

[nicketynick]

***BUMP**

Hey Randy, what did you ever come with for the front end/spare tire??
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[Randy in Maine]

Nothing much. The green bus was the most promising. It had the "roo bar" pinned into the front "tow hooks" and was configured to drop down with the spare. The plus was that it did not bolt to the bus nose.

My buddy "the Foxman", has a front receiver hitch on his 78 bus (that I think Jamie Rivers made) that also attaches to those front tow hooks and he mounts a bike rack into the 2" front receiver. I figure I could come up with a spare tire rack that could be mounted to a front receiver to allow me to carry the spare up front and still not damage my bus's perfect nose.

"Mr. Roobar" is no longer making them I think since he got his PE stamp and has a real job now .

[nicketynick]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm thinking along the same lines so I can have the spare up front but not on the nose. Let us know if/when/what you decide to do!
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[jtauxe]

How about installing a front hitch receiver? Then you could attach any number of things to it. That is my plan for the '78 DC. I have the receiver, but I want to powdercoat it first before mounting it.
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[vwwestyman]

[OB Bus]

If anyone wants a roo bar for an early (68-70) Bay, let me know........
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[jonpanic]

[OB Bus]

Email sent!
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69 Westfalia and 2002 Eurovan Camper.

[wintermute56]

Hi all! I'm in a similar quandary: I've have the nose mount on my '74 Westy for many years; not without its problems, but all in all better than in the cabinet, space-wise.

The new twist: I recently gave up trying to find 14" tires and sprang for the 15" Go Westy 15" wheels. That solved one problem but introduced another: the 15" wheel no longer fits on the nose mount, and the 15" wheel/tire combo won't fit into the cabinet.

Does anyone know of an off-the-shelf solution to this problem? Or should I just bite the bullet and have something fabbed up?

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

[vwwestyman]

[Randy in Maine]

If I recall correctly the GW alloys have a larger ET and therefor might just need longer bolts at the carrier. Same 5/112 bolt pattern.

Our you could just use the stock 14" spare on the front axle if you had a flat.