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• Re: Westy pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:41:11 -0700
  I'm not sure about model year changes, etc., but my `84 westy's canvas was screwed in. Same tight spots, though. Feel free...
• Re: Scotch Guard Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 22 May 2000 19:21:20 -0400
  ...Rowland" wrote: > Any opinions on the effectiveness of scotch guarding the pop-top canvas? > > ===== > C. R. Rowland > cr_rowland@yahoo.com > > "No matter where...
• Re: Scotch Guard Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 May 2000 12:05:58 -0400
  ...I used the ScotchGuard in the >green can that allows fabrics to breath (put on Canvas, Goretex etc). The >water just beads even 2...
• Re: pop top canvas install, please help
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:00:13 -0800
  ...Malcolm --- vanagon <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET> wrote: > Anyway, the welting around the ends of the canvas > does it just go around the inside of the...
• Anyone ever fall out of the SIDE of a Westfalia pop-top?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 19 May 2002 21:32:20 -0700
  ...canvas! Seems that during the night my four year old son rolled over an applied some pressure to the 16 year old canvas, which...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:21:47 -0500
  ...My friend and I re= placed 3 canvases last year. We never did get efficient at it but one good t= ip at the...
• Re: Poptop Tent Material; Breathability Means ....
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:26:29 -0400
  Neil, I would recommend NOT going with an acrylic canvas no matter how well made it is. They are very stiff and miserable to...
• Re: Reasonable price for 85 Westy poptop, how to remove and transport
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:30:39 -0700
  ...Tedious work and they are easy to control and much easier on the knuckles when putting the canvas top on the van top. bob...
• Re: Poptop cleaning & new canvas
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:48:24 -0700
  ...From start to finish, it took 7 hours to remove the top & canvas, clean, eat lunch, mess around with the new, non-fitting canvas...
• Re: WTB:Few Items
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:20:35 -0700
  Jason, my '87 Syncro Westy has a good-condition canvas but the screen needs replacing. I'm going to replace the entire canvas with...
• Re: canvas weather resistance?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:09:24 -0600
  ...I've never had rain come in the three van's I've had, and I now have the cotton canvas 3-window and...
• Re: [vanagon] Fwd: Pop-Top Canvas Replacement Video
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:04:40 -0700
  ...I saw the old canvas had the "pie-cuts", I did'nt do any cutting to the new canvas. Then three friends helped me...
• Re: for sale: rustfree '74 westy from Calif.
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sat, 7 Mar 1998 11:06:21 EST
  ...I think '74 was the first year that had a fold out mattress type upper bed, but it only held one. >> the "canvas thingy...
• Re: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 10:26:08 -0400
  ...Pop top canvas hinge dirt >>> Hey volks, >>> What do you guys do to prevent the hinge dust from soiling your pop top >>> canvas? I...
• Sunbrella Pop Top Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 07:05:01 -0700
  Does anyone know of a woman who makes replacement sunbrella canvas in custom colors? I have lost her name and contact info, but she...
• canvas weather resistance?
  Historical mailing list - jeff
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:02:08 -0700
  ...I was wondering about how water resistant the pop top canvas is--mine is in good shape, but I've never tested it out...
• canvas replacement
  Historical mailing list - RHS Linux User
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:45:23 -0400
  ...I used a flat 1 inch stiff putty knife to hold the canvas "bead" while installing the screws. The new canvas had barely visible...
• Re: Replacing Canvas on Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:49:33 -0400
  ...of our OEM German poptop canvas. >> >> You can find more info on your various poptop canvas options at: >> >> http://busdepot.com/details/canvas.jsp >
• Re: WTB - Canvas top for '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Thu, 1 Feb 0103 21:36:23 CST
  ...Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:02:20 -0600 >I'll post this but nobody's is ever from Texas. >Nice yellow canvas on 75...
• Re: Sunbrella Pop Top Canvas
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:13:24 -0800
  ...Sunbrella Pop Top Canvas Does anyone know of a woman who makes replacement sunbrella canvas in custom colors?� I have lost her name and...
• Re: Camping in the Rain
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 00:12:43 -0400 (EDT)
  On Tue, 11 Apr 1995, Jon Van Wyk wrote: > What's the best way to protect the canvas in a Westy top from the...
• Re: canvas weather resistance?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:24:00 -0400
  ...I might have some things not sealed well enough where the > canvas attaches, which would be why the water came in - not > sure about...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:59:25 -0600
  On Oct 24, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Jake de Villiers wrote: > Tom, is that 46" fabric wide enough for the top canvas? Probably...
• RE: 76 pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  2 Jun 1995 09:16:20 -0800
  ...Check in either of the big VW magazines, I'm positive I've seen replacement canvas offered there, maybe $100, maybe less, maybe more...
• Re: Canvas Replacement
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:24:50 -0800
  What's the recommended stuff to waterproof your cotton canvas? BTW, we have found that "back out", an enzyme cleaner from our local coop...
• Re: Vanagon Westfalia canvas
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:49:25 +0100
  ...Gore-Tex Ultrex Supplex Polartec Lycra Spinnaker Taffeta Ripstop Oxford Packcloth Cordura Ballistics Cloth Sunbrella Textilene Closed Cell Foam Mosquito Netting Canvas Grommets Zippers...
• Re: Tire Size?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 08:27:07 -0500
  ...Back in the old days (until say mid 1950s), tires were made with cotton canvas belts run on a bias (at an angle) across...
• Re: Dyeing or Painting Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Wed, 21 May 2003 13:34:35 -0400
  I had a cruddy old tan canvas with torn sides, so I cut out the sides and sewed in screens, then dyed the whole...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:04:43 -0500
  Richard Lynch wrote: > Has anyone seen a vendor with a curtain or window canvas kit for a Vanagon > passenger model? I've seen Bus...
• Re: CANVAS
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:28:59 -0500
  Hi patrick there are 4 options to fix the the canvas #1 : Tear mender- small white tube of latex adhesive that dries clear works...
• Re: Riviera canvas replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:47:56 -0700
  ...I don’t think that I’ve ever seen a Riv canvas install. (And I owned one at one time.) Best advise I can...
• Speaking of tops
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Nov 94 16:54:58 pst
  Speaking of tops, has anyone replaced or considered replacing the canvas portion of the poptop with one of the many breathable/waterproof synthetics (GoreTex...
• Re: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:01:21 +0000
  This was my third canvas replacement, two previous ones were Bays with the staples and plastic strips, those are a lot worse, but then...
• Re: Poptop Screen repair/replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:47:54 -0700
  ...I was going to do this process but in order to do that you kind of have to remove the canvas to get the...
• canvas samples for anyone looking for a new pop-top
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 5 May 2003 23:47:42 -0700
  I replaced the canvas in my westy not too long ago, and before i purchased the new top, i received some samples of the...
• Any installation shops for pop-top canvas in northeast?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:57:16 +0000
  Hi! It's getting time to start thinking of replacing the canvas on my 87 Westy. I've looked at a number of videos...
• Re: Pop canvas roof on vanagon video wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:52:41 -0800
  ...of a guy at a campground or vw camping event > and replaced a poptop canvas on a westi with the top not being removed.
• Re: Awning/tent fabric
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:15:24 -0400
  > Can anyone suggest where I might look for tent/awning grade canvas? > > I've checked the local fabric stores but they only carry very...
• Re: How to sew screen in poptop canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:45:14 -0500
  ...How to sew screen in poptop canvas? ::: :::RE: Replacing screen :::Depends on the year. '90-'91 the whole screen zops out and can be...
• Re: Screws That Hold Down Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:08:46 -0500
  Or Fastenal. Jim
• New Owner ... Pop Top Question
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:58:18 -0400
  I just purchased a new canvas recently. Its my third one I have purchased in the past few year(all different vans). I would...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 21:02:58 -0800
  ...My friend and I replaced 3 canvases last year. We never did get efficient at it but one good tip at the rear is...
• Re: Camping in the Rain
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 06:57:47 +0000
  > What's the best way to protect the canvas in a Westy top from the rain? > Pack it up and go home? Does it...
• Canvas roof carrier
  Historical mailing list - Chris Braymen
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:17:53 -0400
  Dear list members, A local (SLC, UT) canvas factory-store makes a really nice heavy-weight canvas car-top carrier for $56. Trouble is...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:02:34 -0800
  ...changing pop-top canvas >> That's the way I did my canvas change. Help from John Carpenter, my Salt >> Lake >> neighbor, kind enough to...
• Re: Video on how NOT to install a new Westfalia tent
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:11:02 -0700
  ...There was too much fabric in the back (trimmed it off), but the front was so tight that you could flick the canvas to...
• Wanted: Source for canvas for repairs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:50:54 -0700
  ...The holes are pretty small and I'd hate to replace all the canvas, it's intact, just has a few holes. So, who...
• Re: The Skylighguy's replacement pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Ri
  Fri, 4 Jul 2003 17:18:20 -0700
  ...Ron sells? Is Ron's >better? I am contemplating replacing my canvas with a three-window >version? Your opinions are appreciated. >Cheers, bruce > >'85...
• Re: [WetWesties] Westy canvas attachment
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:16:23 -0800
  ...com> wrote: > I was able to find new screws for the canvas to body at Lowes with no > problem... you may want to try...
• Re: Pop top canvas quality
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:49:44 -0700
  ...Pop top canvas quality I posted a question yesterday and I did not specify that it is the canvas on the Pop top that...
• Re: New pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 00:55:25 -0700
  ...New pop top canvas Anybody had good or bad luck with aftermarket pop top canvas? I would like to update to the 3 window...
• Re: Pop-Top Canvas Replacement Video
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:32:25 -0700
  ...Pop-Top Canvas Replacement Video I thought the German word for that month was Juni. alistair On 7-Jun-10, at 10:17 AM...
• Re: Canvas Installed
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:03:04 -0400
  I see a wrinkle. Better get Botox.
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  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 31 May 2015 11:08:56 -0700
  ​Frank, aside from the other very real problems you encountered with that canvas I have to make one observation. The square/zipper at top...
• Mildew and Mold!!!! HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - CAP'N HOOK, THE SOFTWARE PIRATE
  Sun, 15 Jan 1995 10:45:49 PST
  After a very wet winter, my poptop lid and canvas have sprouted some gross green mildew spots all over!! What is the advice of...
• New owners requesting advise on replacing canvas poptop
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Schmiesing, MD
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:05:11 -0700
  Hello to all, We recently purchased an 87 Westphalia Vanagon in need of new canvas poptop, among other things. Does anyone have any recommendations...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:27:29 -0700
  ...canvases if you have > > > > made them before and are confident of the fit. > > > > > > I haven't made this specific type of poptop canvas before...
• Re: Replacing pop top bug screen the manly way.
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:12:33 -0300
  ...Then placing velcro on the canvas and the screen window. > Then just poping it in. I wonder if you could make a few, clear...
• Re: Q Pop-Top Insulation
  Historical mailing list - Todd Thompson
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 08:12:22 EDT
  ...I think that it would insulate while the top is up by providing an air layer between the canvas and the rain top. I...
• =?Windows-1252?Q?Re:_]_Pop-top_tent_install_on_a_=B987_Vanagon_Westfalia_?= =?Windows-1252?Q?report.?=
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith
  Sun, 31 May 2015 12:33:08 -0700
  I can corroborate this - bought the Bus Depot canvas last fall and installed it myself. (late �85 - with the aluminum/screws). An excellent canvas...