MARCONI Clips for Annex

[redmr2red]

HELP!! Wanted to buy urgently.

I am wanting to buy the brass staples for the 22mm Marconi clips. I have enough of the actual slide on track sections but when recovering the staples from an old Annex some of the brass staple broke off.

I need around 15 and can spare/trade/swap 10 slide 22mm slide bits if needed.

Alternatively what is a better/another way to fit the clips to the canvas?

Cheers, Kevin

[Franklin1]

G'day redmr2red,

I hope I'm answering the question you are asking...

I think you are talking about the copper rivets that were used to fix the brass clip to the canvas. Not everyone used the copper rivets, and the awning that I bought years ago to use for my van had a different set-up.

These photos show the rusty washers that were slightly overlapped on the outside of the canvas, and then an aluminium rivet was fixed through the canvas and into the clip...

I drilled all those rivets out, and threw the rusty washers away. Then I bought some 12mm wide x 2mm thick aluminium strip from Bunnings, and cut up some small lengths to use as a backing plate. Drilled new holes in the plate for the aluminium rivets, and set them similar to how it was originally...

It's been 7 years now since I remodelled that canvas awning, and it still functions without problems today (- actually used it again for 5 days in constant rain during a trip last week).

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Al.