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Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 23 May 2017, 09:21
by itchyfeet
Can't find them, anybody know who sell them now?
thanks
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 23 May 2017, 09:39
by CJH
Keith made some a couple of years ago. No idea whether he has any left though.
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 23 May 2017, 10:03
by Mocki
gail wayman off t25 "club" on bookface had some recently
brickwerks used to sell them, fritz had the first ones 15 years ago
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 23 May 2017, 10:06
by clift_d
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 23 May 2017, 12:25
by nsjtaylor
I swear you lot are mind-readers; with the weekend *possibly* being pretty hot, I was just thinking about sourcing one of these this morning on the drive in... So, thanks!
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 23 May 2017, 18:53
by itchyfeet
Thanks chaps

Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 24 May 2017, 04:47
by Titus A Duxass
Brickwerks sell them but they're out of stock.
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 24 May 2017, 06:44
by itchyfeet
Titus A Duxass wrote:Brickwerks sell them but they're out of stock.
ahh yes
https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/t3-parts/a ... ff-t3.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 27 May 2017, 17:52
by jpennington
I got one from Serial Kombi in France a couple of years ago.
Seems to still have them in stock.
https://www.serial-kombi.com/en-GB/tran ... 2-n311315#
jp
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 28 May 2017, 07:59
by SamsBus2012
not the cheapest.....
http://www.ventlock.com/tailgatelock.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 30 May 2017, 14:31
by nsjtaylor
I bought one and used it on Friday night when it was hotter than Hades in Dorset.
It was great. The cool breeze and air-flow through the bus were fantastic; it made for a most comfortable sleep...
...
...until it LASHED down during a storm at 3am in the morning.
Of course I went and recovered it and closed the boot so we wouldn't experience torrential water ingress and a miserable missus. And of course... I got soaked to the bone in the 20 seconds or so that I was outside the van.
Moral of the story? Naw, there isn't one; it's still a fantastic gizmo when it's hot and you need the air-flow, but you can count on the English weather to throw a curve-ball or two. Or three.

Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 30 May 2017, 16:06
by itchyfeet
Mod your rear hatch so you can open from inside

Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 30 May 2017, 18:13
by crazyhorse
itchyfeet wrote:Mod your rear hatch so you can open from inside

Great idea
Ace is that just Cut out with a drill piece
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 30 May 2017, 18:26
by itchyfeet
take panel off and measure up, peel the covering back first, then cut the hole, cut the covering to make tabs, use contact adhesive to stick the covering around the back to cover edge.
Re: Tailgate ventilation standoff
Posted: 30 May 2017, 19:22
by itchyfeet