Here is the 1st reply I received from them, the next reply is "cut and pasted" into the bottom of this email Sean > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Garrett > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 12:58 PM > To: 'tcs@kirkhams.com' > Subject: RE: Auto Canopy > > > So there is a sleeve sewn in that you insert a metal tube into ??? > > The reason I ask is I have no rack so I would likely attach > it to the rain gutter. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tcs@kirkhams.com [mailto:tcs@kirkhams.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 12:52 PM > > To: sean.garrett@asu.edu > > Subject: Auto Canopy > > > > > > Dear Sean, > > > > The Auto canopy will attatch to your factory or roof rack system > > using a series of ties that are attatched to the back sleeve of > > the canopy that holds the cross-bar. If you have any other > > questions please let us know how we can help you out. > > > > Thanks > > Todd/Kirkham's Outdoor Products > > > the 2nd reply: Dear Sean, You are correct, a two-piece alum. pole snaps together in the sleeve to give the canopy it's backbone. The straps are made to tie around a bar or through the rail on a rack. You could set the bar into the rain gutter but I would think that you would need to secure it so it would not "pop" out of the gutter in a wind storm. Thanks Todd/Kirkham's Outdoor Products |
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