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Date:         Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:11:19 -0700
Reply-To:     River Clan <ri@RIVERCLAN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         River Clan <ri@RIVERCLAN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: shady boy owners
In-Reply-To:  <C0758835.1C1FB%pnocean@earthlink.net>
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Yes... Me too! We have a shadyboy, and live in oregon, so we use it in the rain all the time. The mounts are under the poptop when it's closed, so anything drips into the van's gutter.

How do you have yours mounted?

Ri '87 Westy

On Apr 26, 2006, at 6:27 PM, pete or nancy owsianowski wrote:

> I've had a Shadyboy on Joe's Van for 3 years and never had that > happen. > > Even stayed dry during the infamous Buses by the Beach down pour > and flood > 2 years ago when we had to flee the rising Rogue River and move to > another > campground. Several us hung out under the Shadyboy and watched the > rain for > two days. > > I wonder if your mounting angle on the brackets is off? > > Pete > '87 Westy "Joe's Van" > '79 Westy "Aardvark" > '77 Westy "Barnacle Bus" > > > >> Did anybody come up with a good idea on keeping the water from >> dripping off of the back of the case. It drips along the sliding door >> and down on the floor when the door is open. >


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