Yeah, that's kinda what I'm using right now, but it's not a very "elegant"
solution. Not that most of my Vanagon solutions have been very elegant ;)

Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff Lincoln
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:24 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: anybody used Kelly Carport? (awning)

Ryan,

Just buy some spring clamps to secure it to the rain cutter - I don't have
mine put together yet but that's what I am going to do. Got 6 of them for
.99 each at an army surplus store.

On 8/2/07, Ryan Miller <rmiller@azteca.com> wrote:
>
> Very snazzy. I wonder how one would attach it to the rain gutters? I have
> an
> old cotton canvas orange awning and poles that used to have a rubber strip
> down one end that was molded to grip the rain gutter. This awning came
> over
> form Europe and was used on our '74 VW westfalia there. My folks sold the
> van when we moved back to the states, but kept the awning. Unfortunately,
> some time ago my father cut the rubber strip so it could attach more
> easily
> to something else. When I got my van I took the awning, but have yet to
> find
> a replacement rubber strip or some other method of securely fastening it
> to
> the gutters.
>
> Ryan
> '82 camper van 'Beethoven'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Wesley Alden Pegden
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: anybody used Kelly Carport? (awning)
>
> Has anybody used one of these?
> http://www.rei.com/product/732929
>
> It looks like it's made to work with a roof rack, but from the photos it
> would probably be easy to fabricate gutter brackets to use with it.
>
> What I really like about it is that it has the sides that roll down.
>
>
> Anybody ever tried something like this?
>
> -Wes
> '83 1.9l westy
> '84 1.9l gl
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful. Now sporting a very unstylish brown
interior taken from the parts bus)
86' (We call this one Parts)
85' GL (Sidelined and feeling neglected)