At Canadian Tire, I purchased some stretchy rubber coated cable that I used
for some of my curtains and it worked real well for me.  Malcolm

Ken wrote:

> Hey Vanagonauts,
>
> I've been discussing curtain cable replacement with a few breadloaf and
> vanagon owners.  After examining the original curtain retaining setup,
> we speculate that one could use the exterior shell of a bicycle brake
> cable with the cable removed as the curtain holder.
>
> To attach to your van, screw an eyelet screw hook into the end of the
> cable, fasten this onto the van by drilling a small hole and using a
> small phillips screw to attach to the van frame.
>
> These cables shells are flexible, strong and are basically the same as
> the original equip.  Of course this was garage chatter and hasn't been
> tested but visually it looks quite possible.
>
> Maybe I should put a kit together, : )
> Thoughts, Experience.
> Ken
> 82 westy