At Canadian Tire, I purchased some stretchy rubber coated cable that I used for some of my curtains and it worked real well for me. Malcolm Ken wrote: > Hey Vanagonauts, > > I've been discussing curtain cable replacement with a few breadloaf and > vanagon owners. After examining the original curtain retaining setup, > we speculate that one could use the exterior shell of a bicycle brake > cable with the cable removed as the curtain holder. > > To attach to your van, screw an eyelet screw hook into the end of the > cable, fasten this onto the van by drilling a small hole and using a > small phillips screw to attach to the van frame. > > These cables shells are flexible, strong and are basically the same as > the original equip. Of course this was garage chatter and hasn't been > tested but visually it looks quite possible. > > Maybe I should put a kit together, : ) > Thoughts, Experience. > Ken > 82 westy |
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