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Re: Pop-Top Screen Repair
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:44:24 -0600
Go to a fabric store. It's dirt cheap and better than what came in westies. On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, Jack Botts <johnnyjewel43...
Re: Poptop Canvas Install
Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:24:17 -0700
...The PO put in a canvas from GoWesty (the $499 one) within the last year or so. Two questions. First, it seems really tight...
Re: Poptop Tent Material; Breathability Means ....
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:22:13 -0700
...through, whereas > most fabrics are like radishes. The stuff doesn't fade or stain to a > noticeable degree, unlike canvas. It is stiffer than...
Re: FS, Interior parts
Historical mailing list - Dave Creasy
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:48:57 -0500
...Beige coarse fabric. > > Cushion covers for wayback pad and upstairs bed. > > Original poptop canvas, no rips or holes or mildew. Beige. > > Flannel sheet set...
My first Junkyard score
Historical mailing list
Mon, 31 Jul 1995 14:25:48 -0700
...One of the busses was pretty old with the straight up pop top--I forget the year, but the canvas is in fair shape...
Re: NEW Side Tent - $199.99 with Floor . Get Yer Red Hots Here!
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:01:03 EDT
...A fabric floor in a tent is a dirt-collecting, moisture-harboring nuisance at best. Admittedly, I have only lived out of a tent...
Re: Rear extension on a vanagon Riviera (almost a westy!)
Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:01:13 -0400
...for the 'tent extension' fabric I was going to goto a local Marine canvas (for boat canopies) andhave it custom made. but PLF ( http...
Re: color change at inside poptop
Historical mailing list - James Felder
Sun, 13 Oct 2013 11:13:40 -0500
...The paint probably would turn the fuzz into a solid surface. > > An option is to line the roof with boat hull liner fabric. It...
Re: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 08:36:19 -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: Westie owners (especially) take a look...
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:05:44 -0700
Hi, I have 2 canvas buckets that I sue when camping in the westy. One is ex-US army, large (over 1 gal), olive...
Re: Poptop rainfly
Historical mailing list - william thompson
Sun, 3 Feb 2008 15:40:29 -0800
Sunbrella is a yuppie/preppie fabric for the sail set. It has no resistance to abrasion and is not water repellant. Have any of...
Re: moldy poptop cures?
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:11:03 -0700
...do carefully by hand, trying to avoid getting any on the canvas (remove the cushions of course). It's just starting to come back...
1983 Tiico on rvtraderonline.com
Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:11:17 -0700
...The pop top canvas is in good condition with one or two small separations near the canvas-fiberglass connection. I sprayed the canvas with...
Re: For sale: Fancher Upholstery Screen Replacement Kit
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:24:31 -0500
Nirav, Zipper installation tips for a westy poptop canvas I can probably tell you anything you want to know about zipper replacement as that...
Re: Mouse in the house!
Historical mailing list - Ri
Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:52:19 -0700
...The pop-top canvas has several >large holes in it and the urine smell is overwhelming. >There were three nests. two accessed through the...
Re: Westies in the Woods pictures
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Mon, 22 May 2000 08:25:19 -0400
...Also, the fabric seems to be canvas, not the Sunbrella. Perhaps Ron can comment. I bought the same canvas, but haven't installed yet...
Re: Patch a small tear in the tent
Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:13:55 -0700
I usually by a canvas type of material in a fabric store and a fabric glue too. Then cut two identical pieces and put...
Re: Bentley Manuals on CD-ROM :)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:29:50 -0500
...The tight, lint-free weave of the >disks' battleship grey canvas fabric protective cover Canvas? Canvas?? Oi vey. I would just *love* to see...
Re: Pop-top inside 'velvet' - anyone replace?
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:34:15 -0500
...of fabric over the old stuff?  <br> I want to tackle this before or with the spring project of replacing the canvas.<br...
Re: Ever added up your receipts?
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 05:41:13 -0500
...set of 5 GW 15" alloys with bfgs, canvas, top seal, new rear foam and fabric, new bumpers, H4 vision kit, regeared/built trans...
Re: Awnings: Shady Boy?
Historical mailing list - paul banks
Sat, 10 Jul 1999 14:03:39 -0400
...Since it is made out of light nylon-type material, will it last as long as the heavier canvas-like fabrics traditional awings have...
Re: moldy poptop cures?
Historical mailing list - Steve Young
Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:58:51 -0700
...new fabric over the top. This didn't sound like a healthy solution so I'm looking for something better. The canvas is off...
Re: F/ US route 30, how it used to be
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 9 Dec 2011 20:20:35 -0800
I remember the canvas bags, seeing them for the first time when I came to Canada, was on a landcruiser (owner was a forestry...
Mending tent fabric, was: 8 inch gash
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 14:29:34 -0500
...I have an 8 inch cut in my tent canvas and I still do not know how to mend it nice enough that it...
Re: dry rot on pop top
Historical mailing list - neil
Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:24:34 -0700
...I am not sure how to go about removing the ungodly stain. > > > > Is there any way to remove the stain without removing the fabric...
Zoltan's way, Pop-top inside 'velvet' cleaning
Historical mailing list - Zolly
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:24:39 -0800
...layer of >> fabric over the old stuff? >> I want to tackle this before or with the spring project of replacing the >> canvas. >> >> Dahn >> 'Betty...
Re: 74 westy w/ Salisbury State stickers- who owned it?
Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:12:41 EST
...with matching canvas and matching orange plaid interior. I like this plaid so much that I've taken to collecting the fabric. I even...
Re: Replacing Canvas on Westy
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:32:58 -0400
...The fabric tears very easily along it weave/grain, like paper, once a hole or small tear appears somewhere which is why I suspect...
New owner of 6 days, 1,000 questions and 1
Historical mailing list - Dwight Smith
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 21:59:50 PDT
...and what type of fabric. I want it to last. The pop top needs to be replaced, the canvas, where do I go to...
Re: Child Cot Fabrication
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:44:39 EDT
...In the old Westfalia catalogue I have that shows the Vanagon canvas child cot installed, the driver's seat is swiveled toward the center...
Re: Totally NEW Add-A-Room for Vanagons - Answering your Questions
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 20 May 2010 11:41:52 -0400
...Frame the netting with a canvas strip* that carries the Velcro and the sand "snake," Strong magnets embedded in the upper strip might serve...
poptop opening while driving; latch & seal problem (How to meet a NJ trooper)
Historical mailing list - Carol Sussman
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:55:15 EDT
...Fortunately the wind rumble in the canvas warned me to slow down/pull over. When the entire assembly self-inflated I was moving at...
Re: Mending tent fabric, was: 8 inch gash
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:20:11 -0800
...I have an 8 inch cut in my tent > canvas and I still do not know how to mend it nice enough that it...
Re: For sale: Fancher Upholstery Screen Replacement Kit
Historical mailing list - Nirav V. Patel [USA]
Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:19:46 -0500
...I discovered that the fabric around > the zipper had rotted, and I cut the old zipper out with a stitch cutter > (available at any...
Westy Tent FS
Historical mailing list - Barb Houg
Fri, 15 Aug 1997 20:37:03 +0000
...and folks, it is *canvas*. there's nothing like real canvas when it comes to living outdoors. please contact me directly for more details...
Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:12:09 -0600
...I'll bet a capable tent fabricator could work it out. DMc ---- BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > How would you propose to close...
Fwd: two questions This about VW Van shipment to Europe
Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 08:01:43 -0500
...I >thought about having the cover made out of tent fabric (more >lightweight), but thought the canvas would stand up better over the long...
Re: color change at inside poptop
Historical mailing list - James Felder
Sun, 13 Oct 2013 12:05:58 -0500
...The paint probably would turn the fuzz into a solid surface. >>> >>> An option is to line the roof with boat hull liner fabric. It...
Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:47:32 -0600
...ask Jonce if he could sew > >> his existing screens to enough fabric to sew a zipper to, and make > >> that fit as a replacement...
Re: Tents 'n Stuff
Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:19:06 -0700
...Tough > canvas. Goes up in 10 minutes. Sets up outside the sliding > door for extra > room and the entire thing can be stowed in...
Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:57:28 -0700
Something to keep in mind is that the front tent fabric needs to be compact enough that it will still stuff into its home...
FS: 88 Vanagon Westy Automatic - in Rochester NY
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Mon, 3 Jul 2006 19:53:44 -0700
...INTERIOR IS LIKE NEW with gray cloth fabric and all original carpeting. Full Westfalia model with Pop Top, Clean Canvas, Stove, DOMETIC Refrigerator, Sink...
Re: Removing oil from upholstery
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:07:56 -0400
This is the BEST stuff for removing oil from any fabric. http://www.castlewholesalers.com/LESTOIL-Concentrated-Heavy-Duty-Cleaner-48- Oz-.html Lestoil...
Go Westy ArcHaus Side Tent
Historical mailing list - Troy
Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:54:42 -0900
...I do a little bit of canvas sewing on the side, mostly to amuse myself whenever I can't find something commercially made that...
Re: leaking in the rain
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:11:47 -0500
I know this is going to sound stupid and obvious, but is there a chance your have the canvas caught in the top? If...
Tall people sleeping upstairs in Westy
Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:30:42 -0400
...I kept envisioning creating a sock-like canvas protrusion for the end of the canvas tent to accommodate our feet. That would be a...
Anyone have a Eurovan Country Homes? Looking to use poptop on T3 Doka canopy
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:38:08 -0700
...There will be some fabrication needed to make a floor to overhang the Doka cab (too bad it's not going on a Sinka...
Re: Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?)
Historical mailing list - Houston Bolles
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:58:18 -0700
...Anybody know how do they attach? Since there's nothing available, I'm considering making a canvas hammock that hangs from the top of...
Re: Replacing Canvas on Westy
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:21:24 -0600
...My issues are that the fabric is thin and the side zippers are weak. I thought of replacing the side zippers with velcro or...
Re: anybody used Kelly Carport? (awning)
Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:31:29 -0600
...I wonder how one would attach it to the rain gutters? I have an old cotton canvas orange awning and poles that used to...
To Buy or Not to Buy?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 23 Oct 1994 07:13:59 -0800
...clean; no mold; nice canvas; decent seat & bed fabric; seats, top & bed work; etc. They're asking $5688 for it (which seems a bit...
NEW Pop up Screen only install
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:54:58 -0400
...of course it helps to own an Upholstery shop and be a marine canvas fabricator but hey i really think anyone with a bit...
Re: Fwd: Need advice on a van cover...
Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
Fri, 2 May 2008 14:05:01 -0400
...The last one I got was made from a fabric called "sunbrella". It's similar to heavy canvas, and it has been great - very...
Re: Friday rant: fabric stores and sewing
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:11:04 -0600
...marine, Canvas, High Temps, UV etc, Etc. > > C-ya Jonce > > >> Today there was a thread on what to use to attach one fabric to...
Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:49:53 -0600
...ask Jonce if he could sew >> >> his existing screens to enough fabric to sew a zipper to, and make >> >> that fit as a replacement...
Re: Ever added up your receipts?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:46:12 +0000
...set of 5 GW 15" alloys with bfgs, canvas, top seal, new rear foam and fabric, new bumpers, H4 vision kit, regeared/built trans...
Re: New '91 Doka for sale
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:48:27 -0700
...http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/2867850.jpg They have OEM hardware & a custom designed fabricated stainless steel gutter rail & arched bow supports...
Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:40:09 -0800
...And as I mentioned, the >>> application I have in mind (Millies van) has the same problem with the >>> canvas window. >>> >>> Yrs, >>> d >>> > > -- > David McNeely
Re: Other Vanagon items I hope someone can create
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 4 Feb 2020 18:59:17 -0500
...But sometimes I think the early non sky light pop top with a three window canvas might be the winning combo. Still the sky...
heater heating insulation cold and rain
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:51:20 -0700
...The canvas heats up more than the top now. In looking at the pop top / cold weather issue further it looks to me like...