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• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:21:30 -0600
  ...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: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:56:58 -0400
  ...Also for the time to build a new canvas it is easier to just order one. I can make my own. Many years of...
• Re: Advice needed on Thule Roof Rack Install
  Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 20:02:19 -0400
  ...Very important point, be very careful to drill with the canvas pulled clear since the canvas is in the way and you risk drilling...
• Re: Looking for supplier for long grommets used on German canopies
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:25:26 -0700
  ...The D-rings and strap >> for >> holding the canvas when you roll it up is not problem. >> The rectangular grommets are another story. >> >> I...
• Re: pop top canvas question
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 15 Feb 2018 01:25:01 +0000
  ...pop top canvas question > Damn, Ron, you don't have every possible BD catalog > item on your own personal van? I do test a...
• Re: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:53:25 -0700
  ...More campground A/C questions. >There was somebody who sold a canvas fitting that channeled the cold >air from a window A/C unit...
• Re: WESTI CANVAS
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:49:12 -0700
  Susan: If you live anywhere near YewJean (Eugene, OR) then you know you'll have plenty of good company and admiring fellow Vanagonauts to...
• Side tents
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 6 May 2004 07:15:28 -0500
  ...fit properly gasket-wise on my 85? It's one of those great orange canvas units that sell for a small fortune. Thanks Jeff
• whats it worth 82 Westy diesel -mine FS
  Historical mailing list - mike johnson
  Sat, 8 May 2004 18:06:23 -0700
  What is the going amount for a diesel Westy?? fresh clean rebuild, everything works, good canvas. 4th gear syncro is bad...still goes into...
• Re: Assorted Westy (1991) questions
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 26 May 1998 20:48:32 +0000
  ...Regarding your canvas tent.. *don't* waterproof this tent fabric!!!!!! This fabric breathes, and requires NO additional waterproofing. The canvas (100% cotton) fibres swell...
• Re: Clean Duct Tape Residue? (pop to canvas repair)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:08:12 -0700
  ...Looks decent, and holds well. >> >> Jon >> >> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008, neil N wrote: >> >> > Hi all. >> > >> > I want to nurse my pop top canvas...
• Re: Pop Top Heart Stopper
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 5 May 2002 18:54:07 -0400
  ...It was interesting >that the wind in the canvas made the top not fully erected, even at highway >speed. I don't think you...
• Re: Screen on pop top canvas.
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 24 May 2000 22:07:53 -0400
  ...I wonder if whomsoever makes the 3-window variety pop-top canvas (Ron, is that you?) could be convinced to make one with the...
• poptop for sale
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:25:24 -0400
  ...So I have for sale A poptop,luggage rack,new gray canvas,new seals for top and luggage rack,the upper cushions,all hardware...
• Re: Helpful tool for canvas replacement
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:19:27 -0700
  That's the first screwdriver I reach for for any small task. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Feb 28, 2014, at...
• pop top
  Historical mailing list - Robert W. Kelly
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:26:59 -0800
  Hello everyone, I have a cust. (and would like to do it to my camper) that asked what to use on the canvas to...
• pop-top (closing)
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:16:59 -0800
  ...some resistance when closing so you can pull in all the canvas before locking in place? (or is that what my head is for...
• Re: Sluggish
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:00:15 -0700
  > To lessen the impact on drag, if one's camper is equipped with the three-window > poptop canvas, having all windows unzipped at speed...
• Re: Pop top canvas replacement
  Historical mailing list - STEPHEN OVERMYER
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:47:12 +1000
  i found it quite relaxing, as 75% of the job was me laying on my back in the upper bunk screwing. Chris, ...sounds like...
• Re: Westy closet mods?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:56:32 -0800
  ...If you had that problem how did you solve it? On 1/29/07, BA <oddstray@oddstray.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > We have canvas "sweater...
• Re: Black Bears vs Westy Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:20:32 -0700
  ...If a Bear tears your canvas up > then you probably needed new canvas anyway. > You'll have a story to tell the list and...
• Re: Canvas replacement 1990 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Weaver
  Fri, 15 May 2015 06:48:10 -0500
  ...to the list and looking for guidance. >> >> Just ordered a replacement canvas from The Bus Depot and need to find a >> qualified installer within...
• Points
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Sep 94 00:18:55 EDT
  ...Also, does anyone know ho I may obtain an official Westy accessories catalog? I'm intrigued by the "space blanket" liner for the canvas...
• 3-Window Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:15:39 -0700
  This is what I wound up with. I'm happy with it. Really like the extra light and circulation. http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare...
• Re: Vanagon Westy Awnings, custom style
  Historical mailing list - K. Wyatt
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 18:45:12 -0600
  ...This summer I finished itby having a friend of mine who sews commercially sew me a 10 X 12 canvas tarp. On the end...
• Re: Question about westy poptop crossbar
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:09:27 -0700
  ...Sounds like it all worked out? On a side note, i was surprised at how strong my super old likely original canvas felt once...
• Re: Purchase price is just the down payment
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:53:44 +0000
  ...Well, no, it has seam rust, needs new canvas, needs new tires and a few other things. Me: So, mine has new canvas, upgraded...
• Re: New owners requesting advise on replacing canvas poptop
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:00:01 -0300
  ...We recently purchased an 87 Westphalia Vanagon in need of > new canvas poptop, among other things. > > Does anyone have any recommendations on the following...
• Re: Westy wind noise ?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:58:07 -0500
  ...The canvas would literally inflate inwards at highway speeds. I used foam air conditioner weatherstripping to fill the gaps, and it cut down the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 4 Feb 2008 - Special issue (#2008-163)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:42:05 -0800
  Are you saying you had your pop top canvas custom made? What did you use for material and how much did it cost, if...
• Re: New Owner ... Pop Top Question
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:56:04 -0700
  I just bought a new poptop canvas from Volkscafe and installed it a few weeks ago. At first I thought the canvas material (like...
• Replacing pop top bug screen the manly way.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:09:26 EDT
  ...Easier than replacing the canvas I think in the long run and quicker than bitching about it for years :^0 We used a good...
• poptop crack in my westy - need advice
  Historical mailing list - Sean O'Neil
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:44:39 -0300
  ...I dont know how long it's been there because from the inside it is hidden by the canvas when the top is down...
• WESTY AIR CONDITIONER IDEA
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:07:53 EDT
  ...then make a snap on canvas or vinyl boot to attatch it to the poptop canvas front window.. boom..there ya go.. blows cold...
• Re: Black Bears vs Westy Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:17:58 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Black Bears vs Westy Canvas? > I think one key to surviving in an area that is known for bear activity is > ............. never...
• Re: Removing the poptop -- how many people?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:33:10 -0400
  Hi Dana, Amen!! My 64-year old Dad installed a 3-window bus-depot canvas last week onto his 85 westy in about 3...
• Re: Zipper replacement
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:59:10 -0700
  ...Or did the original 3-window canvas also use Velcro (doubt it)? Hopefully Velcro will be adequate for this application. It looks a bit...
• Re: interesting vanagon... LOL
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:11:04 -0700
  ...BenT sent from my blank canvas On Aug 10, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > who makes that tent...
• side tent on Virginia CL
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:23:55 -0700
  Not mine, but appeared on the local CL.� They previous sold a nice-ish burgundy van, then after that sold the new poptop canvas...
• 82 Westy FS in NJ
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Aug 1996 22:44:54 -0400
  ...Interior intact , canvas in real decent shape. First $3500 takes it away. Kris Weber 86 Westy Syncro
• FS '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:18:39 -0500 (EST)
  ...All screens for side and rear windows, canvas good; misc. spare parts; traIler hitch (for 12" Avon inflatable (keel, wooden floorboards, rubbermats over floorboards...
• poptop
  Historical mailing list - jpbeauch
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:38:28 -0400
  ...New Poptop rubber seal and canvas installer needed - Vancouver Canada I really need an experienced installer for new poptop rubber seal and canvas on...
• Re: Hints on installing Sirius
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:40:55 -0400
  ...The aluminum strip holding the canvas in place does not clamp tight to roof at that point. In other words, even fully tightened down...
• Slider door card and rear bench recovering
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Jul 2024 19:14:12 -0700
  ...I used lightly waxed olive drab canvas on slider door and rear bench restore project this last weekend. https://shufti.blog/2024/07/02...
• 85 Westfalia tent replacement
  Historical mailing list - David McAuley
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:55:42 -0400
  on my 1985 Westfalia tried to install a new canvas tent from Bus Depot part 253 070 704A mine has aluminium strips and found...
• thanks to bus depot and go westy for rafflebus 2013
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:19:58 -0400
  big thank you to bus depot and go westy GW donoted the pop top canvas and BD donoted the pop top seal kit Thank...
• Re: WANTED:child's cot, westy tent, etc
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Sat, 4 Mar 1995 14:48:51 -0600 (CST)
  Do you mean the metal tube and canvass contraption Ihave fitted between the frong doors on my 85 vanagon? That childs cot? My child...
• Free camper top.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Kovach
  Sat, 26 Sep 1998 10:12:35 -0400
  ...No canvas - it has dry-rotted away. Free - you pick up. I'm about 20 mi. north of Baltimore. E-mail me for arrangements...
• Re: Canvas install question - 3'' too tall?
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:00:53 -0400
  Hmmm. You must have the same tent as me. Please check out my YouTube video on how NOT to install a new tent at...
• Re: Mold on Canvas
  Historical mailing list - rob campbell
  Mon, 9 May 2005 11:42:50 -0700
  ...I tested it in an inconspicuous location at the very back of the canvas. It didn't seem to discolor the material, so I...
• Fwd: two questions This about VW Van shipment to Europe
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 08:01:43 -0500
  ...Canvas awnings? > >I had a fire in my '75 Westy two summers ago, and the pop-top canvas had >to be replaced. After pricing...
• Canvas Installed
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:36:26 -0700
  ...He offered me his time, home, hands and his fine work shop today, to put the new 3-window canvas on my camper. Seems...
• Go Westy introduces new canvas design
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 3 May 2014 11:09:23 -0700
  Clever work, good price. Too bad I did mine two years ago: http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=24044 <http://www...
• Re: Black Bears vs Westy Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:09:08 -0700
  On 7/26/05, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote: > > Man, this kind of thing is what started the big argument last year. > *"Amendment...
• Luggage rack air conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:22:22 -0400
  ...with soft ducting to the front opening in the pop top canvas. I must not have saved the link. Anyone have a link to...
• Re: which poptop canvas to purchase?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:50:07 -0800
  I would go for the acrylic material, which has better water resistance and will not rot. Keith O. 90 Westy Syncro "VikingWagen" Past VeeDubs...
• Re: rainfly
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sun, 3 Feb 2008 01:23:05 -0500
  Matt Getting wet doesn't hurt it, but I dont like sleeping next to wet canvas. Also dont like closing the pop while wet...
• Re: Canvas install question - 3'' too tall? Trip Report:o)
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:57:32 -0400
  >> Tip #1: Make sure you have a back yard like Bryan's to work in !!! Nice !!! (is that Canada?) << Nope, SE PA. It's...
• Re: Pop top issue
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:09:44 -0700
  ...That and Rust Check spray (different application) Maybe test spray lube on spare fabric similar to canvas? See what kind of stain it leaves...
• Re: Screen on pop top canvas.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Kroll
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:56:32 -0700
  Can anyone who has installed the canvas top (sounds like you have first hand experience, Mark) give some pointers as to how to do...