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Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:27 am

Well after a bad experience with a distant curtain maker I located a seamstress at work to make some curtains for Jenny... I never had any curtains in the bus and I'm wondering what kind of thing is needed to attached to the rail above the sliding door? It has little plastic bead looking things in the rail, what am I looking for to hook into them? Any sources?

Thanks!

Gregg

Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:53 am

I've got a '71 Westy slider door curtain rod. PM me if you're interested.

Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:00 am

There are metal clips/pins that attach the fabric to the plastic bead doohickeys....I found some online....But not sure where....

Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:45 am

This is what you need.

Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:19 pm

I was reffering to these

http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3000&category_id=59&category_parent_id=

This is the original style peice:

http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=2993&category_id=59&category_parent_id=

Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:20 pm

campingworld has those plastic runners that dead 1 posted as do most rv supply stores.

Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:09 pm

do we have a source of "plastic doo hickeys?" or at least an actraue name can`t make `em on on the bag in photo

Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:31 pm

Plastic doo hickeys

http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=2994&category_id=59&category_parent_id=

Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:29 pm

Isn't "doohickey" one word?

I think that a doo hickey is what we got when kissing in high school.

Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:23 pm

Now I'm off to order doo-hickeys :P

Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:49 pm

Ok, my Mom is helping me make new curtains for my '70 Westy. I have the little plastic runners like Dead 1 pictured above, and I have the metal curtain hooks from GoWesty just like rsorak linked above.

The question: How the heck do the curtain hooks get attached to the curtains - compared to any other curtain hook I've ever used, these seem to result in the hook being upside down! In the originals, was each individual hook sewn to the curtain?

Thanks,
Andy

Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:25 pm

Sewn on individually, no hooks.

Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:09 am

Here thay are in action on OG curtains.

I hoard them along with the mirror retainers.

Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:08 am

Many thanks, Busdaddy and Bigbore :)

After a total removal of all furniture and replacement of all the vinyl and curtains, I'm going to start putting it all back together today!

Andy

Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:17 pm

How many hooks did everyone use for their sliding door curtain?

Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:21 pm

Tom71 wrote: How many hooks did everyone use for their sliding door curtain?

I got mine at Go Westy and they gave me 10. Anyone know if there is anything at the end of the curtain rail that prevents the little sliders from coming off?

Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:11 pm

skid wrote: Tom71 wrote: How many hooks did everyone use for their sliding door curtain?

I got mine at Go Westy and they gave me 10. Anyone know if there is anything at the end of the curtain rail that prevents the little sliders from coming off? see that brass screw and block in my drawer of parts thats the part.

Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:04 pm

bigbore wrote: skid wrote: Tom71 wrote: How many hooks did everyone use for their sliding door curtain?

I got mine at Go Westy and they gave me 10. Anyone know if there is anything at the end of the curtain rail that prevents the little sliders from coming off? see that brass screw and block in my drawer of parts thats the part.

Thanks Big Bore, I was looking at that picture trying to figure that out. That little guy was hiding way up in the corner!

Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:20 am

Thanks @skid. Did you sew the sliders directly to the fabric? If so, how?

Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:37 pm

Yep, I just hand stitched them. I don't know if you can do that with a sewing machine.