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• Country Home Campers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:40:47 -0400
  ...The top was good and springs that pop the unit look to be in fine shape, so does the plastic canvas material but it...
• Re: Winter Camping Advise....
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:06:27 -0400
  ...This works equally well in the summer to keep out the heat from the sun and you can still open your roof vent. We...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:46:31 -0800
  ...changing pop-top canvas > > >>> Hi >>> Pending what is wrong with your canvas if it is just time to replace >>> then >>> replace by all means...
• Re: Platinum Cat Install suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 17:59:53 -0700
  ...It makes a huge (at least 30 degrees, often much more) difference in the cabin temperature compared to the outside and canvas enclosed upper...
• Re: converting gl to be more camp-able (FREE TOP)
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 23:04:41 EDT
  ...has some space because the roof curve is still there, the extra length bed, side windows in the canvas, etc. It can be done...
• Re: Sluggish
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:35:50 -0700
  ...on the roof. To lessen the impact on drag, if one's camper is equipped with the three-window poptop canvas, having all windows...
• Pop top dimensions
  Historical mailing list - Reid Anderson
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:05:45 -0500
  ...Is there a significant difference in the cost of replacement canvas b/t the early bus, late bus and vanagon? Thanks for any help...
• Anybody have info on the German Factory Awning?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:01:44 -0500
  ...to connect with the van's roof; It's HUGE; The awning fabric is rubberized "something" - canvas? and is a greyish tan colour (was...
• 85 Wolfsburg Ed. FS or Part Out
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 7 Jun 2010 08:16:53 -0500
  ...Some of the interior is still good although there was a leak in the roof. Swivel seat upholstery a little ragged, but the swivels...
• Re: Roof Racks, Space Boxes and Westys
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 11:53:25 +0200
  ...Then I can walk around and make sure all the canvas is tucked in nicely and not getting pinched. Then pull out the pillow...
• Picture: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:18:27 +0000
  ...at the front corners, and that led to > >> applying > >> the canvas to the roof top, or "bottom" of the pop top a breeze. I...
• Van painting cost
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:22:14 -0600
  ...I removed the pop-top and old canvas (removed most of the interior to avoid dust and overspray, then delivered the Syncro and roof...
• Re: Original tent was:Re: vanagon Digest - 13 Feb 2018 to 14 Feb 2018 (#2018-55)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:15:53 -0500
  ...Wide red and (kinda) white stripes made of heavy canvas. It attached to the bus with 2 roof mounts and a front and rear...
• Re: FS 1985 SUNROOF Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 May 2003 17:58:49 EDT
  ...I have a canvas tent that installs on > roof, home made but not to hokey, which includes Sears Car top. also, has > mattress, curtains...
• '73 Westy parts - want list
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 02 May 1996 10:34:48 -0400
  ...Pop-top canvas, Cot/hammock, Vent tube from sink to roof, crossover pipe under sink to drivers door, Hold down rubbers for pop-top...
• Buses for Sale! Buses for Sale! (HOT VWs, Aug.95)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 20 Jun 95 19:26:42 CDT
  ...excellent condition, all original equipment; roof hatch, tent, roof rack, water tank & pump, etc. $6,700. Ed, San Diego, CA (619) 967-1591 and...
• Re: Anyone ever use standard awning rails on a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:37:14 -0600
  ...I have had canvas roof repaired that went to old-school campers. The only thing you can do is take a tarp to (or...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:59:19 -0700
  depends on the canoe, an old Grumman aluminium canoe could perhaps take being on its side, but never a cedar canvas or stripper. I...
• Re: Propex update
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:06:30 -0700
  ...below the van roof line. It makes a huge difference ... 20-30 degrees compared to the air at the canvas top level. Bob Stevens...
• Re: ebay car?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 04:12:28 +0800
  For anyone that was interested in the camper with the damaged roof on ebaY, a friend has an identical camper for sale here in...
• Re: roof top storage container for westy and etc
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 6 May 2018 13:37:38 -0700
  ...Next gen roof rack in the works. We find the box useful. We store campchairs, bbq charcoal, canvas bucket, levelling/ bridging tracks. I try...
• FS: 81 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 3 Sep 2004 22:30:42 -0400
  ...New 3-window canvas & pop-top seals, stainless pop-top bolts, roof rack brackets. Engine rebuilt approximately 5,000 miles ago with Mahle Pistons...
• Re: Removing oil from upholstery
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:52:04 -0700
  ...Worst places are on my new canvas > (acrylic) and on the OEM curtains. I removed the worst one and > laundered it with double doses...
• Re: will a poptop fit inside a GL?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:43:27 -0400
  ...It does not have the canvas > > attached. I > > think it will fit in my 89 GL with the bed folded down. The > > plastic panels...
• Re: Hints on installing Sirius
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 2 May 2006 22:14:23 -0500
  ...the canvas and laying the >> antenna wire along the metal roof. I covered the wire with some duct >> tape, then put the canvas back...
• Re: Country Home Campers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:03:13 -0700
  ...I just like the extra room and extra value a westy poptop or AW high top roof gives you. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original...
• Re: Pop top conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:38:24 -0600
  Mark, I have wondered why, if the curved roof of the Vanagon is problematic, when it comes to makeing a bed in the conversion...
• Re: the drawn out pop top conversion update
  Historical mailing list - Ken Weikel
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:23:31 -0400
  ...backing plate), marked out the cut lines and the = canvas securing track on the roof, and cut the headliner a bit to pull = the...
• Re: how to cool a poptop?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:49:20 -0700
  Light coloured canvas of course. Or put on the go westy rain fly Alistair Ps this was all discovered millennia ago > On Jun 30...
• Re: Screen on pop top canvas. (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 21:10:36 -0500
  >Can anyone who has installed the canvas top (sounds like you have first >hand experience, Mark) give some pointers as to how to do...
• Re: Picture: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:14:56 -0800
  ...at the front corners, and that led to > > >> applying > > >> the canvas to the roof top, or "bottom" of the pop top a breeze. I...
• very interesting siting
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 20 Feb 97 20:42:43 EST
  ...The military vehicles were your typical really big trucks with canvas on the back, trucks painted olive green and camoflauge canvas, each truck had...
• Re: Westy Poptop Installation on a Sunroof Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:14:02 -0700
  ...Be sure to get the aluminum strips that attach the lower edge of the canvas to the roof. My first poptop conversion was to...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:05:08 -0800
  ...changing pop-top canvas >>> >>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> Pending what is wrong with your canvas if it is just time to replace >>>>> then >>>>> replace by all means...
• Collapsing Westy Tents
  Historical mailing list - Joe Clark
  Mon, 23 Jan 1995 23:54:41 -0500 (EST)
  Someone (sorry -- digest, you know) posted about the water-collecting ability of the '68-up Westy tent roof. Dintya know that was its _purpose...
• Re: Screen on pop top canvas. (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Kroll
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 10:28:07 -0700
  ...The PO had a canvas shop sew up a "new canvas" but he saw no >reason to put any windows in it. I am...
• Re: Original tent was:Re: vanagon Digest - 13 Feb 2018 to 14 Feb 2018 (#2018-55)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:05:01 -0500
  ...Canvas > > The canvas on my '90 Westy over 20 years. The last five or so before it > > was replaced I had to deal with...
• Re: Camper/ pop top conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Oct 94 17:52:49 ADT
  ...the roof, then........ using some panel beating tools (hammer, dollies) bent up a half inch lip all around to hold the molding/canvas clip...
• Seeking PopTop Details
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:22:39 -0700
  ...Beyond getting the gumption to cut open my van roof <g> there is the obvious problem of getting a pop top in the first...
• Re: will a poptop fit inside a GL?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:54:02 -0600
  ...on the roof? > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > Lee Peterson wrote: > > > >> Hello everybody > >> > >> I need to transport a poptop. It does not have the canvas > >> attached. I > >> think...
• Re: Question about pop top removal--rear hinges
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 6 Sep 2020 20:17:27 -0500
  ...Maybe the pain of it > makes it hard to recall. > > I think I loosened all of the hinge to steel roof bolts first. Then...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:10:45 -0700
  ...Note that the eyebolts penetrate the roof outside of the canvas. Also note that I replaced the stock footman loops with SS versions. This...
• make your passenger van into a camper! (parting 5 westys)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:33:57 EST
  ...poptops w/ great canvas available too. i will cut off entire roof, if you want to transplant westy poptop to your passenger van. all...
• Re: [WetWesties] VW Campers and Kayaks
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:35:23 -0800
  ...Getting the brackets mounted is a bit tricky, so measure twice, drill once (preferably not thru the canvas!). I mounted 3 sets of the...
• Re: Roof top storage box
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Dec 1995 22:04:20 -0500
  ...box to fit into >the rooftop depression at the front of the van. The VW deal had a canvas type >bag which they wanted...
• Re: Miracle
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:08:19 -0230
  ...47 lb kayak and 10 lbs of racks on the roof, that's what does it. And really, we're not THAT oblivious about...
• Re: Black Bears vs Westy Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:12:16 -0500
  ...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: on Dormobiles (and Beetle Bash)
  Historical mailing list - Sarah Gallagher
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:49:26 +0100
  ...or two in the roof, so it is nice and light inside. >> i have heard that the plasticy canvas doesn't breathe very well...
• RE: 87 Westy questions
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Sun, 17 Sep 1995 23:44:10 -0400 (EDT)
  ...a bug in the "brain"?)3) pop top > canvas mildew 4) pop top sun roof operation (mine is a no-op as the thing...
• Re: [WESTY] Canoe on poptop - too much weight?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 22:13:58 -0700
  I put my 18' cedar canvas canoe (approx 95-100 lbs) directly ontop of my poptop, I made a rubstrip/tie down atttachment for...
• Re: Removing oil from upholstery
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:30:56 -0700
  ...Worst places are on my new canvas > (acrylic) and on the OEM curtains. I removed the worst one and > laundered it with double doses...
• Re: Poptop Shocks!!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:47:08 -0700
  ...I went with the medium shocks since I will generally have my Thule > box and my 60W solar panel on the roof. With this...
• Re: putting a poptop on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David M Luddy
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:10:30 -0400
  ...increase access to the roof. I started with an after-market sunroof. 16" x 32" $30 from Big Guys auto recycling. this gives me...
• Re: Roof Top Air Conditioning
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:40:34 -0400
  ...I like the cargo roof mount best. Take a piece of canvas sew in a matching zipper to attach to your top, tuck the...
• Front seat cots
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 02:52:32 +0000
  >>I'm considering making a canvas hammock that hangs from the top of the two front seats when they are swivelled to face the...
• Re: How to install Sirius antenna?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:27:24 -0700
  ...http://www.salicos.com/SiriusAnt.htm I got the under-the-canvas idea from Kim, but my antenna is mounted to a piece of...
• Re: Pop-top wanted
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:17:57 -0700
  ...sunroof and canvas) for sale in Durango, Co. for 200.00. I have all the hardware to go with this. The roof color is...
• Re: skylight velcro adhesive
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 09:08:10 -0700
  ...The velcro thats glued to the roof is in good shape but is starting to pull away from the roof. Have any of you...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:58:01 -0500
  ...changing pop-top canvas >> Hi >> Pending what is wrong with your canvas if it is just time to replace then >> replace by all means...
• Fwd: 91 Vanagon GL Westy for sale+ accessories
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:15:10 -0500
  In addition to the Vanagon, I am also selling: -a canvas awning by VW Canvas that clips to the rain gutter. - the Propex Carver...