So the one thing missing from our
Bigfoot 17 was the awing. There was a strip with 2 dozen 1/2" screws that still had the rotten edge of the original canvas inside. It looks shabby so I removed it.
My brother gave me an old 10'
awning in a box that he scrounged from a camper van. It cleaned up realgood. It uses a similar type aluminium strip that the box would slide into. But nothing available around here so I have a plan I hope will work.I thought I'd run it by you folks first as I'm famous for plans that only look good on paper.
The plan-
Fill the little holes with bondo, sand and
paint. The
Bigfoot was originally cream and past owner ( idiot) painted it white, You can see this in the photo. Someday I will re finish.
Then use 4 hardware store L brackets which I will bolt to the trailer and use a big washer inside. The holes will be just below the interior moulding. I don't think I would trust 4 or 8 screws to hold the
awning box. Is this dumb? I mocked it up with screws and it holds the box perfectly in the correct place.
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