awning rail

MarkFer · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 9:19 pm

Mine is a 1965 as well. As far as I know it always had the pop top but the bus was restored in 2003 or thereabouts and the roof was removed for that. I was given some resto pics but none show any major work in that area.

I don't remember noticing them on other buses so was surprised to see these pics. How do they work? Do they just help stop the edge of the roof moving around by "wedging" the edge between the plate and the gutter?

Presumably they're not available anywhere?

Cheers

Mark

[EDIT] Just did a search on here for dormobile roof and the first pic I find shows them! I must be so unobservant! Anyone know where I can get some?!

type21f · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 9:32 pm

yes that is the principle...mine has a long awning rail for a tent and the top is cut with a hole to go round the rail and the flex in the roof as a result leaves a sharp corner which has also cut into the paint...
I will take a close up and post if I can...
Was looking for other pictures...on Dormobiles...

MarkFer · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 9:45 pm

My awning rail fits within the length of the roof, and the roof has a rubber moulding all around it's edge so it doesn't cut into the paint at all. However it does have enough flexibility along it's length such that the centre of the edge can flip/bounce/vibrate over the edge of the gutter - so these brackets might help prevent that.

I just checked the Dormobile website and their catalog does not show the brackets. Any close up pics will be good if you can find/take some. Presumably they would be relatively easy to copy?

Mark

type21f · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 9:49 pm

LOL....so did I

monkey knuts · **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:56 pm

Just to bring thus thread back to DEVON awning rails as opposed to Dormobile roofs (ahem, I know I started that one :wink:

) I had this excellent pm from Graham with some interesting details. I hope you don't mind me posting?.... Oh well too late now:

type21f wrote:

Hi..
Home now! For today!
The mystery of awning rails deepens.. I would have said they were identical AFAIK...
My 65 Devon has a MW pop top and has a tent...so the awning rail is longer and the pop top cut to allow it to go through...

The top awning rail looks like this.. and as I purport fitted with Devon screws!

Missed a 12' caravan awning rail which went for about £12 on eBay which I now know was a similat profile but slightly sharper on the edge

The bottom rail removed from my son's 64 Devon is 157cm long.
It is fitted as low as it will go right against the drain hole shaped indents at the edge of the lower cill.

The front edge against the front wheel arch is shaped so it slopes like the wheel arch.
I would have said that the profile was exactly the same as the upper rail BUT being always in the muck and the salt I think the bottom web sharp edges hasve been corroded away!

The removed rail complete with paint and underseal looks like this!

This does look slightly different but as i say I think this rail was corroded and has been removed before for a new lower cill.

As fitted and never removed to my 65 Devon shows how OG this is rust and crud and all! See the way it is shaped..The other end is square....

Hope this helps

monkey knuts · **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:59 pm

I have some pictures of my upper and lower rails that I'll post here as an edit when I'm next on the computer.
Just to confuse things further.....
.... Or perhaps simplify things if you take the view that Devon just fitted whatever profile happened to be in stock and to hand at the time.

[EDIT]

My top rail - which seem to be the same profile as your lower rail. Note also that this has two fixings close together at the front and back. All fixings were a pop rivet.

And this is a rail that was sold to me as a lower rail – which may or may not be the case. Perhaps this is from a later date? Anyway, as can be seen, a completely different profile which prompted my question regarding the uniformity of top and bottom rails.

type21f · **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:05 pm

was going to post...but as you asked politely..
Yes I am fine with the post and I agree with all things Devon...I believe they fitted what they could get and used several suppliers of proprietary parts!

monkey knuts · **Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:33 pm

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