I saw the same tent in immaculate condition recently for $400, someone
offered $250 cash, but she was holding firm @ $400.
I can't find the ad, however & it was in Maine.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:46 AM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com>
wrote:

> > Now that's what I call a tent!  Quite the price though.  If I recall
> there
> is a rubber
> > gasket that attaches to the sliding door to keep bugs/rain out, right?
>
> As I recall the only rubber gasket was the one that was used to hold the
> tent to the rain gutter, not around the sliding door. Instead of using the
> pole-clamped-into-the-rain-gutter attachment method commonly used today,
> these old ones used a rubber channel that you slid onto the lip of the rain
> gutter. I had one of these tents when my daily driver was a '77 Westy (as
> it
> is meant for Buses, not Vanagons).  Sliding the channel onto the rain
> gutter
> was a bit of a pain. Even the least bit of dirt or rust would make it snag.
> I used to spray the rain gutter with WD40 first, and then my wife and I
> would slowly slide the channel on a bit at a time from font to rear, moving
> the Bus forward periodically as we did it until the sliding door opening
> lined up. It took a while.  I really miss the '77 Westy but not so much the
> tent; I found it to be much less practical than modern designs. That being
> said, it was a very cool looking in a vintage way, and drew a lot of
> compliments.
>
> Ron Salmon
> The Bus Depot, Inc.
> www.busdepot.com
>

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Tom Buese