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Snoop Bob
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| ezcamper wrote: |
| I'll be making them very shortly! They will be very close to original. |
I talked to Chad at Bug Jam reference these. He is currently working on them and expects them out within a few months.
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| Put your lips onto the little tit with the hole in it inside and make a good seal. You can suck and blow but with a little resistance. It gets better after it's wet. |
| EverettB wrote: |
| I would be interested in knowing the sizes of the various shafts. |
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broozebrothers
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Location: Los Angeles
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| dang..those are nice! .. any idea's on how much they will cost for just the canvas?? |
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joe comfort
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the props Major Woody !  |
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LAGrunthaner 
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Location: 1st Coast
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:22 am Post subject: |
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Got mine in the mail the other day from Joe Comfort, great deal better than original IMO.
Too bad I sold my bag before I took measurements, I remember I was so broke then I really needed the cash  I don't recall who I sold it to but if you're reading this can you please PM me regarding the size of that bag. or anyone else
see mine here:
nice job Joe
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Well I decided to hunt for the elusive heavy duty military duck canvas, and finally found it, here it is. The person I had sew these cots up is a professional who has never seen canvas this heavy duty. I had a cot sewn up and had extra material in case of boo boos and well now I have 5 extra cots ! I modeled this repro after an original. The original had some sag due to use and old age, so this was compensated and now they fit nice and taught. Pics include an original, the repro, mapping out the material and fitting one in my 66 SO-42. The edges are all folded over neatly before sewing.
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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bill may
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:46 am Post subject: |
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that sewing machine is like mine except mine is 2 months old.
i replaced my 56 singer machine just because this new one was cheap. now if i can find canvas i can make a new cot piece. i already have brackets and poles (poles copied from Joe Slacks 66 dove blue og westy)....
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LAGrunthaner
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Hi Bill, where did you buy your sewing machine from my school needs an industrial sewing machine for our shop and I'm shopping around.
Also I am in the process of buying Baywindow poles, cutting & welding do you have a better idea?
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that sewing machine is like mine except mine is 2 months old.
i replaced my 56 singer machine just because this new one was cheap. now if i can find canvas i can make a new cot piece. i already have brackets and poles (poles copied from Joe Slacks 66 dove blue og westy).... |
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| Lind wrote: |
| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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Major Woody
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Linda, just go to a steel tubing supplier and get some heavy wall steel tubing, squash the ends in a press, and bend them over in a vise. They are not hard to make. Don't use EMT--way too thin, and annealed. You don't want your rods to be bendy.
The baywindow rods are way wrong for a split bus.
I have the length measurements if you need them. |
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LAGrunthaner
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Chris Major Woody, what does EMT stand for and why couldn't I cut & weld a bay pole?
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Linda, just go to a steel tubing supplier and get some heavy wall steel tubing, squash the ends in a press, and bend them over in a vise. They are not hard to make. Don't use EMT--way too thin, and annealed. You don't want your rods to be bendy.
The baywindow rods are way wrong for a split bus.
I have the length measurements if you need them. |
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| Lind wrote: |
| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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Mike1973
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| Linda Grunthaner wrote: |
Chris Major Woody, what does EMT stand for and why couldn't I cut & weld a bay pole?
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Linda, just go to a steel tubing supplier and get some heavy wall steel tubing, squash the ends in a press, and bend them over in a vise. They are not hard to make. Don't use EMT--way too thin, and annealed. You don't want your rods to be bendy.
The baywindow rods are way wrong for a split bus.
I have the length measurements if you need them. |
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I bought a baywindow cot cheap, poles and canvas, and butchered it to fit my kombi. It's probably easier and more authentic to make new poles from scratch. I ended up cutting both ends off the front pole, and repositioning them to fit after I'd cut the 8 or so inches out of the pole. I can't remember now but I think I only had to cut one end of the B pillar pole when I shortened it.
The older style brackets were sourced here on the samba, again they were a fair price.
I wasn't so bothered about authenticity when I did mine though, it's in a repro Devon conversion not a Westy, so I wasn't concerned with the details. Now if I was putting it in a Westy ...
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Major Woody
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| EMT is electrical conduit. It is made to bend. Not what you want in a bed. |
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CafeRouge
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:38 pm Post subject: Cots |
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| I have a set I picked up with my bus...How can i tell if they are split or bay window cots? Dimensions? markings? I'd be interested in trading for some things I need if I knew they were going to a good home. Let me know how to tell the difference...if we are lucky they just might be for a split...if not..oh well |
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bugcollections
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:10 pm Post subject: cot |
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| Quickest way to tell is that the split cot is narrower at the front than the back and one pole is shorter than the other. |
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LAGrunthaner
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veedubman71
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try bus depot.com i know they have em for bays not sure for splittys
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babell
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| Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I haven't been able to find anything on placement of the cot brackets....measurements from the dash up or ceiling down? |
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Major Woody
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| babell wrote: |
| I haven't been able to find anything on placement of the cot brackets....measurements from the dash up or ceiling down? |
In my gallery--oldest pictures uploaded.
Somewhere the measurements are in a thread too. |
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babell
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| Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| Major Woody wrote: |
| babell wrote: |
| I haven't been able to find anything on placement of the cot brackets....measurements from the dash up or ceiling down? |
In my gallery--oldest pictures uploaded.
Somewhere the measurements are in a thread too. |
Sweet!!! Thank you Woody!! Now I have to go out there and see if that is where my safari slide brackets are..... 
Thanks |
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Birdmanhere
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From this Thread
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...childs+cot
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Here are the two pictures of the footman loops for the cot poles (with measurements) that I promised to take back in mid-December.
Here is the rear. Measurement is 5.5" down from the spot welded joint. Photo is of the passenger side.
Here is the front. Measurement is 6" down from the spot welded joint. It is mounted at a 45 degree angle. Photo is of the driver side.
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Stanagon
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| Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| What is a mint OG Cot with poles worth theses days? |
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