

| Subject: | Re: Tin top camping |
| From: | Julianna Thoennes |
| Date: | Mon, 7 Oct 2013 23:42:58 -0700 |
Richard! Great write up! Love the pictures and explanation! Julianna 1990 VW Vanagon Westfalia with Tiico conversion. (The Rastafalia) 1988 VW Vanagon. (James) On Oct 7, 2013, at 5:35 PM, Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu> wrote: > I camped in my '81 air-cooled tin top for 19 years before I bought > my Syncro Westy. I still have the '81 and drove it to Buses by > the Bridge last January: > https://plus.google.com/photos/103112516551893462609/albums/5837531697558906833?banner=pwa&authkey=CNPQkqLd_r-6bg > > I made curtains. Not a big deal since I had made them for my > '61 and then my '67 and then my '76. Here is a write-up on > how I did them: > http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/VWcurtains/VWCurtains.html > This description plus all the pictures are here: > http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/VWcurtains > > I also made two screens for the sliding windows. They looked > like this: > http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/screen.jpg > and like this when in the window: > http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/screen-installed.jpg > > My '81 does not have tinted windows. My Syncro Westy does. If > I were to use the '81 for camping, I would get the windows tinted > ASAP. But as Bob said, at night the tint doesn't help you--you > need curtains. > > Richard
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