Any ideas what might have been fixed here? It's on the drivers side so strange if it was an awning. Also the u bolt looks like some security thing. Surfboard rack maybe?
Looks to me like the awning was drooping on that side and they had a rope or cable to hold it up or it was another tie off point as the rear rack would have worked as one. The surfboard rack is a maybe.
If life is a journey .....sod it im bringing the camper van..
1983 moonraker . Or just BETSY.