JordanVw wrote:

> the "canvas thingy"  is the CHILDS COT
> its removeable, and is stored over the RR cabinet till '73, and then under the
> back seat till '79.
> '74 was the first year for the fold out upper bed....and it can sleep 2
> people...same as the vanagon westy......

    My '73 westy has the canvas childs cot... I reinforced the two rails with a
piece of 1/2" copper pipe duct taped to the rail... my 35 lb. Beagle loves
sleeping up there when we go anywhere... lays with his head on the forward rail
watching the world go by outside the windshield... during the summer between trips
he whines and cries if I don't let him in there at least once a day.  I replaced
one of the carriage bolts holding the side cabinet to the wall with a similar
sized eye-bolt, then his leash is attached to that so he doesn't roam too far.
He'll sleep in the Westy all day if I let him...

    I also have a three year old nephew who comes to visit and wants to eat all
his meals out in the camper, my sister-in-law is not real thrilled when he crawls
up into the cot and sleeps next the dog.. <<G>>

        JonR

    removed the upper cot/hammock for more walking around room