1960 Montgomery Ward Tent Camper
This is a recently restored Montgomery Ward Hawthorne Traveler folding tent camper. I bought it last June. Though it needed work, it was complete in every way right down to the tent poles, ropes and...
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tatest wrote:
Awesome! I hope the tenting holds up for you.
I have a 41-year old canvas 7x7 umbrella tent I can keep usable with repair skills learned in Scouts, but it gets to be more difficult as what I am patching to gets more fragile. I think the key to keeping a canvas tent useful is to never store it wet, and for something going in a box like that, not pinching it.
I don't have as much faith in the modern plastic-coated tent fabrics, as they constantly evaporate their plasticizers. I've been looking at used PUPs, wondering "what will it cost to have a canvas tent made for this?"
How about a pic of your tent? Before buying the tent trailer we would camp in this Hettrick tent when we wanted the canvas smell.
Yes, poorly stored cotton canvas doesn't last long. I found out the hard way with a similar cabin tent many years ago. You may be right about modern canvas/synthetic blends degrading with time even if they're stored dry.
