Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:10:36 +0000
Reply-To: samcvt@COMCAST.NET
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From: Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Weekend Westy Recap
I've replaced them with the small version of the nylon/plastic ties which can be purchased in bulk from many resources. I cut off the unneeded length, and they look and work just fine - that is unless one is a purist. {;?)
SamC
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From: BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:05:48 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >1.) These plastic curtain hooks look very fragile.
> >Part plastic, part rubber, and part entropy. Any list
> >members have any success in replacing them with
> >something more heavy duty, perhaps metallic-based?
>
> I'd be interested, if any such exist. In the meantime, the plastic
> ones are available from either Bus Depot or Go Westy (I don't remember
> where we got ours).
>
> >2.) Was overjoyed to discover the skylight and the
> >velcro strap. Was disheartened to realize how horrid
> >the velcro stood up over time, in that the velcro
> >screen barely holds it up there. Has anybody had
> >experience in putting in fresh velcro on the top to
> >get the velcro screen to stay? Any tips or tricks I
> >should look out for?
>
> What we realized is that it's not the velcro on top of the van that's
> knackered ... it's the velcro on the bug-mesh/curtain. So we bought a
> replacement one from either Go Westy or Bus Depot. It doesn't look
> the same as the original, but *shrug*.
>
> >3.) Many of the curtains have button-snaps, or holes
> >where button-snaps have been. Is it that big of a
> >deal for the button-snaps to be replaced? Also, if I
> >get the camper supplement owners manual, does it make
> >it pretty obvious which curtains go where?
>
> I don't remember that the camper manual talks about curtains at all.
> Replacing the button-snaps shouldn't be difficult. They're standard
> stuff that any sewing store (for example, a Yardage Town) should be
> able to provide. If it turns out that you can't solve the curtain
> puzzle, post again and then I'll go and measure each of ours (I don't
> remember whether your's is close in age to ours, but hopefully that
> would be close enough).
>
>
> If I remember, I'll measure the curtains over the weekend and add the
> info to the Vanagon wiki.
>
> S remembers that on ebay someone is selling patterns for curtains for
> a '68-'79 camper. Two auction numbers are:
>
> ebay: 68-79 120172402205
> ebay: 68-79 120172402023
>
> or you can search ebay for +Westfalia +curtain to find them.
>
>
>
> B&S
> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
> SoCal
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