I think the goal of the awning post is to find the easiest, most durable
option.  Somehow Wal-Mart and durable generally don't go hand in hand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: Awnings..

> 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
>
>
> --
> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>