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oakman
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 Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 8:36 pm Post subject: Re: Old Westy tents |
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| How could the poles be so thrashed when the tent is pristine? |
| Malokin Martin wrote: |
Let’s be honest, those poles are kind of fucked. It’s not surface rust. But hey: dude they’re original and straight. That’s enough. No shade. |
^^Have you guys owned one of these Westy tents and poles?
The poles look fine other than the bent threaded end on the bumper connection from what I can see..
These poles are super heavy duty steel, and they were not primed originally, just painted with black laquer. All of the poles I have ever looked at get surface rust where the paint chips off (inevitably). This is just mild surface rust. Nothing here looks 'fucked'! 
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Malokin Martin
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:03 pm Post subject: Re: Old Westy tents |
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| oakman wrote: |
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^^Have you guys owned one of these Westy tents and poles? |
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: Old Westy tents |
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| oakman wrote: |
| BarryL wrote: |
| How could the poles be so thrashed when the tent is pristine? |
| Malokin Martin wrote: |
Let’s be honest, those poles are kind of fucked. It’s not surface rust. But hey: dude they’re original and straight. That’s enough. No shade. |
^^Have you guys owned one of these Westy tents and poles?
The poles look fine other than the bent threaded end on the bumper connection from what I can see..
These poles are super heavy duty steel, and they were not primed originally, just painted with black laquer. All of the poles I have ever looked at get surface rust where the paint chips off (inevitably). This is just mild surface rust. Nothing here looks 'fucked'! |
Yes, that's pretty normal looking for old poles to me.
Jim EG - Don't do anything to them or paint them, let a new owner decide.
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oakman
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 11:09 pm Post subject: Re: Old Westy tents |
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| Malokin Martin wrote: |
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That is a great looking setup, bus and tent. Looks like you even have the extension poles for the front flap with that one, very cool.
I just thought 'fucked' was a bit dramatic for the description, nothing personal!
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2025 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: Old Westy tents |
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| I had a '61 for a brief while. I was the first one to erect the tent. It was hard not to chip the poles. |
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oakman
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2025 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: Old Westy tents |
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| BarryL wrote: |
| I had a '61 for a brief while. I was the first one to erect the tent. It was hard not to chip the poles. |
My poles were all surface rusty when I got them. They had been burned in a fire. My dad cleaned them up with a wire wheel and repainted them in black laquer with no primer like original. They looked like new. I contemplated individually wrapping each one for a minute, then just threw them all together into the bag. I have used them at least a dozen times since, and they have plenty of nicks and scratches now.
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