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• Re: Pop top canvas replecement
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:07:34 -0400
  ...The cut of the canvas was nearly perfect. Pop top canvas install tips Bob, when I replaced the canvas on my '75, I left...
• Re: Hemp lovers joy!-hemp pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 12:46:17 EDT
  I would be very interested in finding a vendor that sells a hemp canvas pop top. That's a great idea! The hemp jeans...
• Re: Q Pop-Top Insulation
  Historical mailing list - Todd Thompson
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 08:12:22 EDT
  ...canvas and the rain top. I have also thought about cutting some us army foam sleeping mats to the angle of the pop top...
• Re: WTB - Pop top canvas for 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:31:24 -0500
  ...WTB - Pop top canvas for 81 Westy >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I'm in Sherman, Tx, 1 hour N of Dallas. I'd...
• Re: Whitehorse is VW central
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 14:10:53 -0400
  ...the >pop top popped to the side!!! the pop top was hindged on one side (the >passenger side i think) and the canvas folded...
• Re: pop top staples vs screws, was Re: [vanagon] Fwd: Pop-Top Canvas Replacement Video
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 20:15:17 -0700
  ...I recently took the canvas off my '82 westy, had > screw in top and bottom. > > know when the switch was form staples to screws...
• Re: Pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:52:27 -0700
  Debbie Walters wrote: "It�s time to replace my pop top canvas. I�m interested on hearing pros and cons of cotton vs. synthetic...
• Moldy Pop Top Cure
  Historical mailing list - MMunn
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:17:21 -0700
  ...Then unscrewed the four metal rails that hold the top of the canvas in place. Then unscrewed the pop top from the "push up...
• Pop top canvas quality
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:10:24 -0800
  I posted a question yesterday and I did not specify that it is the canvas on the Pop top that I meant ask about...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:39:36 +0000
  ...and that led to applying the canvas to the roof top, or "bottom" of the pop top a breeze. I used a Black/Decker...
• Re: ripped canvas in pop-top
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 17:28:07 EST
  ...I have just made a horizontal gash of about seven inches in my pop-top's canvas.. . . Hey Vicki. When I have a tear...
• pop top install
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Sat, 29 Dec 2018 10:18:56 -0700
  Anyone know of a baywindow pop top canvas installer in the Spokane area? Or anywhere close to Spokane/Central WA/Seattle Thanks stan
• Re: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 10:39:34 -0500
  ...prevent the hinge dust from soiling your pop top > canvas? I have a few year old canvas and it looks terrible with that hinge...
• Replacement Pop-top Canvas: Whose is best?
  Historical mailing list - John Sutter
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 17:05:24 -0500
  Well, it's time to replace my pop-top canvas and probably the gasket too. Who has the best replacements? Who should I avoid...
• Re: Pop-top, canvas care?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexander Palmer
  Fri, 8 Aug 1997 12:39:22 -0400
  ...Pop-top, canvas care? > Should the canvas be sprayed with anything, like water proofer? Or is it > just important to pack it away dry...
• Re: pop-top (closing)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:44:11 -0800
  ...Re: pop-top (closing) >Ahh! One problem with this theory that I have found: the pressure inside the >van will force the canvas to...
• Re: New Owner ... Pop Top Question
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:28:42 -0400
  ...It needs a new pop top canvas. Seen, on-line, > the ones offered by Go Westy and Bus Depot. What are difference bewteen > the...
• Re: pop top staples vs screws, was Re: [vanagon] Fwd: Pop-Top Canvas Replacement Video
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:47:24 -0400
  ...I recently took the canvas off my '82 westy, had >screw in top and bottom. > >know when the switch was form staples to screws...
• Re: Bus Pop Top canvas replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 6 May 2007 08:53:31 -0700
  On 5/6/07, Allen Hill <route66rider@knology.net> wrote: > Greetings All, > I ran across this rather nice link on Pop Top canvas replacement...
• Re: Pop Top Canvas And Little Blocks of Wood
  Historical mailing list - Trevor
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:51:42 -0700
  ...Probably the best situation for canvas install, having > gravity in your favour, and even so the little blocks helped out. > BTW, the pop top...
• Re: Screen Quality in New Pop top Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Marco
  Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:24:10 -0800
  ...Screen Quality in New Pop top Canvas Hi all Here is the Poo! I have an 85 Westy and have to replace the OE...
• Re: POPTOP QUESTION,
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 15:21:09 -0500 (EST)
  ...We might not have had many problems with the canvas because we left the pop-top down because of the heat loss thing. bill...
• Re: New pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:39:37 -0800
  --- vanagon <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET> wrote: > Anybody had good or bad luck with aftermarket pop > top canvas? I would like to update to the 3...
• Re: the drawn out pop top conversion update
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:15:08 -0700
  ...the tin top for the pop top hinges (and backing plate), marked out the cut lines and the canvas securing track on the roof...
• Re: Pop Top Canvas And Little Blocks of Wood
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:44:40 -0700
  ...Probably the best situation for canvas install, having >> gravity in your favour, and even so the little blocks helped out. >> BTW, the pop top...
• Re: pop top canvas question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:20:32 -0500
  ...pop top canvas question Hi listers, I was wondering how many of us still have our original canvas. I’m still using mine and...
• changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - dj
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:21:32 -0800
  Hi, I am thinking of changing my pop top canvas, 84 Vanagon. I could use all the help and advice I could get. My...
• *NEW* Westfalia Pop-Top Canvas For Sale 80-91
  Historical mailing list - Charles Fladger
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:53:59 PDT
  ...If anyone is in need of a NEW Pop-Top Canvas for their Vanagon Westfalia, I have one for sale on eBay. It fits...
• Anyone have Good (used?) Westy Pop-top Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Cary
  Sat, 17 May 2003 02:39:18 GMT
  ...This is NOT a Friday joke! I am looking for in-expensive pop-top canvas in reasonably good condition, in grey or tan, one...
• Re: Hemp lovers joy!-hemp pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 10:02:03 -0700
  ...Maybe some industrious list member might consider not only > pop tops > made of hemp but also side tents made of hemp canvas as well...
• RE: Canvas awnings?
  Historical mailing list - Araujo, Alex
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:33:20 -0400
  I responded to a posted request for canvas awnings with: >>I had a fire in my '75 Westy two summers ago, and the pop...
• Re: New owners requesting advise on replacing canvas poptop
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 07:24:03 EDT
  ...Most of the time these canvases are destroyed by mold, not sun. People who did > not replace their pop top seals or glued it...
• Fw: Pop-top canvas replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:32:12 -0400
  ...Pop-top canvas replacement. > OK, folks here is a can of worms to be opened. I need to change the > canvass > on my '87...
• Re: pop top
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 12:48:48 -0600
  ...It took two cans to cover the full >pop-top canvas with two coats. I think I paid about $5-7 a can. There...
• Re: pop top
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 13:01:19 -0800
  ...It took two cans to cover the full pop-top canvas with two coats. I think I paid about $5-7 a can. There...
• canvas pop top clean?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Rubin
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 23:31:51 EDT
  Hey, has anyone ever tried to clean the tent? (the canvas under the popper) I was thinking maybe a Bissell type thing or carpet...
• Re: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 22:28:35 -0700
  ...Pop top canvas hinge dirt > > > > Hey volks, > > What do you guys do to prevent the hinge dust from soiling your pop top > > canvas? I...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:44:18 -0500
  ...changing pop-top canvas >Hi, I am thinking of changing my pop top canvas, 84 Vanagon. I could >use >all the help and advice...
• Re: Replacement Pop-top Canvas: Whose is best?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Black
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 09:20:37 -0700 (MST)
  On Mon, 5 Dec 1994, Pat Walsh wrote: > John Sutter writes: > > Well, it's time to replace my pop-top canvas and probably the...
• Re: pop top
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:25:43 -0500
  ...why a protector to protect something that does not leak already? Are people having a problem with their pop top canvas leaking? I haven...
• Westy Pop-Top Canvas Install
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 14:40:52 -0700
  Did the installation of a new pop-top canvas this afternoon. Many comments in the archives about doing this but not much detailed how...
• Re: Need pop-top canvas install tips
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 16 May 2010 11:06:57 -0600
  ...bob On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com>wrote: > Hi everyone, pop-top canvas replacement for the...
• Pop Top Canvas And Little Blocks of Wood
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:40:01 +0000
  Doing my canvas today, resealed my gas tank yesterday (Instead of going to Everybus as had been the plan <sigh>. Anyway, this is my...
• Re: Pop-top Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:35:36 -0800
  ...Pop-top Canvas > > > I managed to put the new canvas on by myself with the exception of > slipping > the canvas over the frame with...
• New pop top canvas care?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 23 May 2011 09:37:35 -0600
  Hi.all I've purchased a new german canvas from bus depot is there a treatment to help it shed water or stay dry...
• Pop-top, canvas care?
  Historical mailing list - Peg Piwonka
  Fri, 08 Aug 1997 12:32:01 -0700
  Should the canvas be sprayed with anything, like water proofer? Or is it just important to pack it away dry and clean. If there...
• Pop-top canvas change
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:37:37 -0700
  It is not necessary to remove the top to put the new canvas on. I did mine and it wasn't all that difficult...
• Re: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 06:51:26 -0700
  ...Pop top canvas hinge dirt >> Hey volks, >> What do you guys do to prevent the hinge dust from soiling your pop top >> canvas? I...
• 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: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:59:45 +0000
  ...dj <djct2@YAHOO.COM> > Hi, I am thinking of changing my pop top canvas, 84 Vanagon. I could use > all the help and advice...
• Re: New owners requesting advise on replacing canvas poptop
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:32:11 -0700
  ...What you don't understand that this pop top seal need to be > > right or water will get in and rot your canvas top...
• Scotch Guard Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Chris R. Rowland
  Mon, 22 May 2000 14:32:17 -0700
  Any opinions on the effectiveness of scotch guarding the pop-top canvas? ===== C. R. Rowland cr_rowland@yahoo.com "No matter where you go...
• Re: Replacing pop top bug screen the manly way.
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:12:33 -0300
  I'd be afraid that the velcro would be to thick and not fold up very good when the pop-top is down?? Todd...
• Pop-Top Mold Gone W/ No Scrubbing!
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 22:36:53 -0400
  ...So, if you are replacing the canvas and have a moldy interior, I recommend taking the pop-top off where you can put it...
• FS: Westy canvas
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 17 May 2000 19:24:08 -0300
  I am selling a westy pop-top canvas. It was made by a local canvas shop and is sort of light pea soup green...
• Re: canvas water/mold proofing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Oct 1996 23:51:49 -0400
  ...know of a treatment that can be applied to the canvas >pop-top to minimize mold formation and maximize water repellancy? And I'd...
• Re: Pop top canvas repair
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:37:08 -0500
  ...Pop top canvas repair RE: Pop top repair I had good luck with a tear at the corner of the screen on my '90...
• Re: pop top canvas question
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:28:06 -0800
  I have a pretty good original canvas on my 86 Syncro - the inside pop top ceiling is also fairly clean...but I maintain that...