How about a $27 WalMart awning?  I put one of these on my '79 and it worked
fine at Dunegrass.  I'm sure it would work on a Vanagon.  The only problem
is that you have to duck a little to get under.

See here:  http://www.bopsax.com/Awning.html

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Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is exactly the kind of awning that my parents' camper came with
> in 1973. The camper and the awning are both still in use, and it has
> stood up to some horrendous winds where it is kept on the gulf coast.
> I planned to mount some of that gutter track on my westy, but never
> quite got around to it. The C-channel extruded aluminum that the
> hemmed edge slides into is cheap and readily available at local camper
> stores, but I never figured out exactly how I wanted to mound the
> channel to the westy. Any details on how that was done?
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