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• Re: Cleaning the Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:40:30 +0000
  ...a product like Star Brite makes a product that cleans mildew from awnings made of either fabric or vinyl. The other is to go...
• Re: out of sight
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 26 Jun 97 22:18:59 CDT
  ...one of these days ...) was to get some fabric or tarp-like material, put snaps in the sides and the other (male?) snaps into...
• Re: Early Vanagon upholstery?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 4 Dec 2005 22:55:13 -0600
  ...Early Vanagon upholstery? > This Samba ad shows one of those "boogie woogie" fabrics. > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=217404 > > Mark...
• Re: Friday rant: fabric stores and sewing
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:29:40 +0000
  ...Today there was a thread on what to use to attach one fabric to another. All kinds of glues were discussed. Sewing was mentioned...
• Re: Third annual request for 83 westy fabric...bad timing..
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:02:25 EDT
  ...plus a bunch of other fabric (all kinds from 80-84 campers) section from camper seats that i cut out with a razor before...
• Re: Securing table
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:38:57 -0800
  ...Yes I do have fabric, and I can feel the hole underneath the fabric. Thanks stan -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Upholstery Re-cover Swatch Opinion? ('81 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:53:08 -0800
  ...which are you going to be able to tolerate longer in the rear view ? are they the same fabric type ? which cleans up easier...
• Re: Front Receiver Hitch
  Historical mailing list - Donald Welch
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:56:22 -0500
  ...Never the less, I think that any good welding shop could fabricate what you need if you could draw them a simple picture. Good...
• swival seat mechanisms for sale!...was:Re: Anyone fabricate swivel seats ?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 23:17:41 EST
  ...a set of standard seat swivels and did some > welding and fabricating and installed them in a small boat , they turned > out great. Anyway...
• Re: grey water tank ideas
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 23 May 2006 14:23:55 -0700
  ...http://www.gumpydog.com/bus/MC9_WIP/Plumbing/Holding_Tank_Fabrication/holding_tank_fabrication.htm> Good luck, TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg...
• RE; AAZ swap progress
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:26:38 -0600
  Hi Volks! I may bring life back into Velma tomorrow! Still need to fabricate intake and exhaust though, after nearly 2 months I'm...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:21:19 -0800
  The material is a rubberized (butyl, I suspect) fabric tube. It can withstand the same temperatures that your fuel injector lines can. de meat...
• Pop-top screen replacement
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:19:52 -0400
  ...Can someone please advise if there are ways to do this without removing the whole fabric section off the roof? Thanks, Shawn.
• Re: Need a piece of poptop canvas 48" x 12"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:42:12 -0800
  ...I went to 'Joann's Fabrics' in my local city........... got cloth in a near perfect 'camel' shade...........seemed exactly the same material, , and...
• Re: Friday rant: fabric stores and sewing
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 1 Feb 2011 18:42:39 -0500
  <html> <body> Hi Joe<br> Sunbrella is fine but use the outdoor Fabric not the awning and boat cover fabric. You can tell by...
• Grey Velour Upholstery For 87 Westfalia Camper
  Historical mailing list - Linda Schultz
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:54:47 EST
  ...The insurance company is paying to fix it up, but we are having trouble finding that gray velour fabric or a seat kit to...
• There are 2 different brown velour interiors in 84-85 Westys?
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:45:15 -0700
  Wait...where there two different brown velour fabric patterns on the 84-85 Westfalias? Upgrading my interior I grabbed one brown/tan velour captain...
• Re: Carbon fiber van tops...?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 06:37:21 -0500
  ...Glass fabric is a little heavier and not quite so stiff, but it is > about 1/100th the cost of carbon fabric..In a...
• Selling a 84Westy advice
  Historical mailing list - Ed Goodrow
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:31:47 EST
  ...No major tears in the seat fabric. The tent fabric has one rip 3" long at the back of the vehicle. There are a...
• Re: rec needed: metal fabrication shop in east bay area
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 19:35:43 -0700
  ...increase the security of my > vanagon is to have some hasps fabricated so that i can lock the front > doors with a padlock from...
• Re: Curtain Supplier Found
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Shaun Dustin
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:21:27 MST
  ...sewing machine and good hands (- 8! The best part of the deal is that I can have whatever color/fabric I want. --Shaun Dustin
• Re: Q-Best cover for a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:43:48 -0300
  I cut a small hole in the fabric to accommodate the antenna. Malcolm S > I often wonder how such a cover goes on a...
• Re: Water Proofing
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 20:03:34 EDT
  ...Guaranteed to darken the fabric, leave a residue and keep you dry! Rico
• Shady Boy Awning - Initial Impression
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:30:58 -0700
  ...It is to prevent the tent fabric from chafing during vehicle movement! I carefully unrolled the fabric to expose the battens. The fiberglass poles...
• FS: '82 Westy front seats
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:46:55 -0700
  ...The backrest padding of the driver's seat is worn-out and mostly gone and the fabric is worn thru in places, but the...
• Re: glue on velour seats...how do you remove it? any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - zaranski
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:08:55 -0600
  ...If the glue is a newer-type, like a polyurethane, you can forget about removal of the glue without the fabric! Mark Z maker...
• Re: source for tan corduroy
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:46:02 -0700
  ...mostly shredded, so I want to > find a source for replacement fabric that is as close a match as > possible to the original. > Has...
• Re: Source for RED Plaid fabric?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:57:44 -0800
  ...Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Anyone have a source for plaid fabric that can be used to re- >> uplster some >> seats? This was the...
• Mold
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:33:40 -0700
  ...I really would like to give >>them a good cleaning but am concerned about unscrewing the fabric from >>the wall. Will it ruin the...
• Re: 78 Westy: Green plaid seat fabric (ACT NOW)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Geer
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 09:09:58 -0400
  > THE TRIM SHOP has one 20yd and one 30 yd roll of factory... please enlighten us ignoramuses about "THE TRIM SHOP" which sounds very...
• Re: Adjustable arm rest repair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:04:45 -0700
  ...But I think you can get the fabric of with it trapped there. I made mistake of unscrewing adjusting knob/ rod Alistair > On Apr...
• Re: Lessons Learned Again & Again
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 12 May 2012 09:45:31 -0700
  ...A clock issue, a Beierl-modified coolant level gauge that will beep if the red light starts flashing, a nice piece of fabric which...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:03:44 -0400
  ...You could fabricate something. Dennis From: Bob Stevens [mailto:mtbiker62@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:29 AM To: Dennis Haynes Cc...
• '56 kombi update: rockers revisited
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 10:05:11 -0800 (PST)
  ...Just one more small piece to fabricate and weld in on the driver's side, and the rocker project will be done! Drove the...
• Re: armrests and seat upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:46:41 -0500
  ...It restores the color of the fabric (removes the gray undertones of age) then spray the fabric areas with Scotch Guard and you're...
• Re: Adjustable armrests...
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 13:38:04 -0700
  ...I had no problem removing the fabric and then cutting an access hole through the top of the foam to get to the bolt...
• Removing the poptop -- how many people?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:52:26 -0500
  ...Study the fabric enough to realize that the fabric needs to stretch more in circumference than in vertical height and use this to your...
• Fw: Re: Nuts and Braces
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:01:29 -0500
  ...A local metal fabricating shop duplicated the brace using the remaining one as a template. I then got the fabricated one galvanized locally. When...
• Re: dry rot on pop top
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:38:28 -0600
  When I got my '82 in 2002, the fabric, though intact, was rotten and subject to very easy tearing due to years of ultra...
• dry rot on pop top
  Historical mailing list - Mariposa Charme
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:26:40 -0600
  ...Is there any way to remove the stain without removing the fabric? (That looks like quite the endeavour.). Thanks! Marie, Yukon Territory Happy 4th...
• Re: Improving stock curtains/matress toppers
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:45:55 -0700
  ...I would love to improve the stock curtains to make the > interior darker, There is fabric called 'black-out' or some such that was...
• Another Bus Depot side tent question
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Wed, 5 Aug 2020 08:04:03 -0400
  ...I have a few velcro tabs to hold the poles to the fabric.
• FS:Westy tan covers for top bunk
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:39:01 EST
  I have the fabric covers for the Westy pop- top mattress for sale.No stains or tears. Make me an offer. Ken Hunter 82...
• Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:13:58 -0400
  To protect a Westy mattress, you can look for Naugahyde� or similar vinyl remnants in fabric stores. Comes in colours that match both gray...
• Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 20:34:06 -0500
  ...the small diameter hose can crack and not show it under the fabric cover mike
• Westy plaid fabric for late bay windows
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:53:22 -0500
  ...They do indeed have 2 rolls of OEM plaid Westy fabric, sent me a swatch. it is the primarily yellow, green, and black with...
• Magnetic Vanagon Window Screens
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 May 1995 17:59:10 -0500
  ...It says: - Magnetic vinyl edging attaches easily & holds securely....no bracketes or hardware required - Glare free fiberglass fabric keeps out bugs and leaves while...
• Pokey WTB: Middle Bench Seat and Rear Cushion (Westy or non-Westy)
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 20 May 2004 11:25:54 -0400
  ...Therefore as long as the fabric matches I would take either a westy or non westy rear cushion. The van is a Canadian 86...
• Re: 2.1 Push Rod Cover Fabrication?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:19:19 -1000
  ...2.1 Push Rod Cover Fabrication? >> >> hi all >> >> Has anyone fabricated these covers with residential HVAC "tin" ? >> >> Haven't really thought this through but...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:50:58 -0700
  ...Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR On 6/7/2009 4:41 PM Mike S wrote: > Jo-Anne Fabrics had a...
• pop top insulation
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 00:57:20 -0700
  I heard that in europe you can buy insulated fabric inserts for the pop top for the new eurovan campers....has anyone else heard...
• Vanagon Seats FS
  Historical mailing list - Bob Paul
  Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:31:26 EDT
  Have a pair of seats in brown from an 85 Westfalia. Fabric is all good, no tears, worn spots, etc. Foam needs to be...
• FS: 4 TRAILER HITCHES
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:18:57 -0400
  We had some very heavy duty trailer hitches fabricated a few months ago and still have 4 left. They are similar to the old...
• Awning Review, Fiamma vs. Catalina
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 18:25:33 -0700
  ...It had to be fully extended for the fabric to be taut. 2). There's no spring tension on the fabric. There are 4...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:46:00 -0700
  ...My weekend project. > > > On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Mike S wrote: >> >> Jo-Anne Fabrics had a 50% off sale on home...
• Re: (1984) What Exactly Did the Wolfsberg Edition Designate?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 04:58:30 -0800
  ...Full kitchen, tach, a/c, tan fabric all around (with slightly more texture than normal). It had Wolfsburg badges on the sides and GL...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:04:06 -0400
  ...Steel ? but not a high relative cost. > > If one kept their clutch/starter, purchased a *known* working engine > (can't stress this enough), fabricated...
• Re: Which awning is best
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:29:41 -0700
  > If you can get all the Shady Boy poles including the optional ones and > fabric back into the case, you are a genuine He...
• Re: metal cover for refrigerator vent
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:58:19 -0500
  ...http://www.flickr.com/photos/syncronaut/6462855697/in/photostream/lightbox/ Bob, just curious - was that fabricated or machined directly from the solid? Yours, David
• Sliding Door Rear Support Extender
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 Nov 2008 19:22:59 -0600
  Is there anyone who has these, or can fabricate them? It's the piece that allows the rear door to kick out a bit...