There is an aluminum strip threaded through the upper curtain loop, affixed
on both ends with a screw. The bottom is restrained by an elastic cord
anchored by a screw at each end, one cord per side running the length of the
curtains save the sliding door curtain which hangs free.

On 6/28/06, Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> spent a few hours this afternoon installing the later type curtain/
> junk trough and passenger side mate into my '82 van. I had the bits
> in the garage for years, smoke damaged salvage. Some liquid "vim" and
> pressure washing got the smoke damage out and I can replace some of
> the vinyl molding later.
>
> The driver's side unit went in ok. I like the shallow trough better
> than the early "bottomless pit", its easier to get stuff out and
> won't become such a dumping ground.
>
> But the pass side unit was harder, I had to fabricate some crude
> sheet metal brackets to affix the bottom securely to the van.
>
>
> My question is: in the late model westies, how is the rear most
> curtain attached to the van? The "new" curtain track stops at the
> rear overhead cabinet, but that leaves half of the window
> uncurtained. For now I have left the old style curtain "rod" in place
> for that rear curtain.
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
> '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
>

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Cheers!

David McCallum
'89 Westy - "Boris"