Child cot repop.....anyone?

[Stanagon]

[Big Bill]

Nice job on the cot Stanagon. My kids are long gone (and way too big now) to sleep in a childs cot, but I think it would be a great place to store some items when you where set up at a camp-site.

[Stanagon]

[coolerthanelvis]

[p.e.i.vw]

Has anyone beeen successful with both a cot and safari's? Any pics?

[Jerry]

I don't think it can be done, the top hole on the footman loop from the angled piece at the top of the inner a-pillar is 5-1/2" respectively. I measured my wife's sportsmobile safari bracket & it is just a bit higher than where the footman loop would go. You could screw it in place, but it would be impossible to attatch the pole with the safaris closed. When I saw that, I gave up on the idea of adding a child's cot to her bus.

Hope this helps
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[Birdmanhere]

I have seen an all original SO42 with the cot and Original Safaris. Never saw either of them in use, but thats how it came!
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[type47fan1]

I test fitted mine after I welded the safaris in mine. Thy would work if you pulled the arms completely loose from the mounts then slide the pole in.
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[p.e.i.vw]

Any new sources for the canvas cot, I am making up some poles but would like to buy one already cut and sewn to size if possible.

[JDV]

Pm sent. I have a couple that I had made from an original.

[crowlejo]

Did anyone ever successfully make reproduction cots? I really don't want to make my own. I'm doing two projects at once and don't really have time

[1madmanx]

[amishman]

Re-opening an older thread.

I already own an original canvas and could have sworn I owned the poles but I can't find them. Maybe I never did and thought I did. Anyone else have that problem.

Anyway, does anyone in USA make reproduction poles for a 1967 Westy?

That way I can use my cot.

Thanks

TJ
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[Robbyvm]

I'm restoring a 64 standard bus as we speek (well it's in the shop...)

A full rock n roll bed will be installed but i'm looking for a place to sleep for my 6 y old daughter.

Would a cot be suitable ?
Are there other options ?

thank you for your advice !

Regards
Robby
Belgium

[Robbyvm]

Nobody ?

[coolerthanelvis]

The picture above is a 7yo, so I'm going to say yes, it is suitable for a 6yo. If it's a bench seat model, then no cot and sleep on the front seat would be an option.
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[Robbyvm]

Thx Shawn

it is not a full bench model... i've ordered a cot and will install it, we'll see if it works
i've jus read that the cot cannot be installed when safaris are in place ?

[Clara]

I had an SO-42 with factory installed safaris and it did not have the mounts for a child's cot.

I removed the safaris (they leak), but you can see where the weld in had been on the right hand A pillar. It is a little more than halfway up.

here is an SO-42 with the child's cot bracket, it is a little lower than the safari weld in on the A pillar

Here is a picture by Daddybus of a bus with both:

[ezcamper]

I plan on making repop cots at some point. I already repoped the brackets in stainless.

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[amishman]

Is anyone making the 2 poles/rods for the cot? I own a really clean original cot but no rods/poles.

TJ
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