Date:         Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:45:30 -0800
Reply-To:     BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
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From:         BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: More on Westy Curtains...
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:33:47 -0500, you wrote:

>>http://sdmcriders.org/Westfalia_curtains
>
>Good job.

Thanks.  Caveat:  I have not tested any of my reverse-engineering in
real life.  I'm hoping Mr. Squirrel will do this, since he admits to
having promised Mrs. Squirrel some new curtains.

>You give a list of the "body" snaps. Are the factory snaps metric (i.e. 
>they don't work with US snaps you will use on the new curtains), or are 
>you just listing them in case the old ones are missing/bad?

Quick answer:  yes.

You'd need to replace the curtain half of the "body snap" pairs.
(There's no useful way to pry off the old ones and reuse them.)  If
your screw-in studs are rusty or grimy then you might want to replace
them.  That's why I included the information about the screw-in half
as well as the curtain half of the "body snap" pairs.

Oh, dang!  I forgot to show where on the van the curtain straps attach
to.  Most importantly, where the one double-length strap goes.  (It
goes between the Over-Sink-Left and Closet-Right curtain panels.)

>Any idea what year they started using "drapery sliders?" My '81 has the 
>curtains threaded over aluminum rods everywhere except the front and 
>sliding door, where it uses snaps/rings and elastic. 

No idea.  I'm hoping to get this info onto the Vanagon Wiki (technical
difficulties are being discussed) so that people who know about other
years can easily add information such as to which other model years
this will apply.  (And to add missing info such as the curtain-strap
attachment places.)


B&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal