Your idea has sorta been done many years ago by Westfalia & others for
VW Buses  The tents that cantilevered off the side of the vw camper
had privy attachments, removable sides, etc. & now sell for $1500 +-
for a decent tent w/ poles.  Later on they did drive-a-way tents
called Big Tops.

Howsomeever, your idea has moi thinking of a tent case thats mounted
on the roof of your vanagon, possibly hinged to the roof that flips
over upside down & the sides/poles to the enclosure  drop down to make
another room or anteroom to the vanagon, camper or not?

Hmmm, might have to work on the concept.

Mr. BZ-everything has been done before?

On May 19, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Milt Schullian wrote:

> Just throwing out some ideas about an easier side tent set-up...
>
> To solve the space problem of packing a side tent, maybe someone
> could modifiy one of those rear tire carriers to hold a box
> containing the sides of the tent. Maybe have it swing around to the
> rightside of the van and use it as part of the tent structure. Maybe
> a sturdy pole could be attached to the end of the carrier that would
> be the back corner post of the tent and also used to support an
> awning. I don't have a Westy, so I'm not familar with tent set-ups.
>
> Does this sound too weird, or should I go back to making tin foil
> hats? ---Milt
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Troy <colorworks@GCI.NET>
> To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 10:30 am
> Subject: A far-fetched possibility...Vanagon with pop-out?
>
>
> All these ideas are crazy until somebody figures out how to do it
> well.
> Great idea. I think you should do it.
> Then show us how.
> Raymond
>
> hat I think would be really cool is a side tent doesn't take two
> people to set
> p, and take up a huge amount of cargo space. Doesn't seem like
> anyone has
> onquered that obstacle yet.
> Troy