The �PPO� (previous, previous owner :-)) did this on my van, too.

Sadly, they didn�t think to mount it up under the pop-top, it instead runs
along the gutter and is visible all the time. It is strong, however, and
the awning material they used is very good - a kind of rubberized canvas.
You do still have the fiddly process of setting up poles and ropes, and
running the canvas (which has a stitched in cord on one side to form a
bead that runs through the channel) is fiddly, too.

Funny, Richard Smith replying to Richard Jones� Perhaps inevitable,
somehow?

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On 2015-05-25, 2:18 PM, "Richard A Jones" <Jones@COLORADO.EDU> wrote:

>> I had a camper years ago that had a commonly-available aluminum track
>>that
>> you simply pulled an awning cloth into that had a welt sewn into it so
>>it
>> wouldn't pull out of the track. Such an arrangement would be really
>>good in
>> winds, and would be hidden when the top was down.
>
>The PO of my Syncro Westy did this.  The rail is still installed, since
>it is pop-riveted to the roof.  It is completely hidden when the
>poptop is closed.  I took some pix for someone a few years back:
>http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/VWAwningRail/
>
>I don't use it.  I have a roll-out equivalent of a Fiamma that I like.
>Besides, I got only the rail when I bought the van.  No awning, so I
>don't know what it looked like.
>
>Richard