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Subject:Re: Driver and Passenger door window screens - 89 Westy
From:Katherine J. Maas
Date:Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:14:44 -0700

I got my screens custom made 3-4 years ago by a lady named Cloyce in
Winston-Salem, NC. Her number was (336) 769-2427. I don�t remember what I
paid, but it was worth every penny.

Katherine
-- 
Katherine J. Maas
�Act as if your behavior could be a model for everyone.�  Emmanuel Kant
> 
> From: BA <ande@SAN.RR.COM>
> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:14:34 -0700
> Subject: Re: Driver and Passenger door window screens - 89 Westy
> 

> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:54:11 -0400, you wrote:
> 
>> >On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:07:51 -0500, Chuck Reisinger
>> ><chuckphoto@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> >> I've been told screens are available....anyone know who stocks =
> them?....Thanks....Chuck
>>> >>
>> >
>> >Chuck,
>> >Easy to build. I first saw them on Roger Van Till's most excellent =
> Westy.
>> >
>> >Pix and a how to:
>> >http://www.vanagonauts.com/Front_Door_Screens174.htm
> 
> 
> I have the magnetic strips (bought a hyuuuuuge roll with knackered
> self-adhesive, cheap(ish) from http://www.electronicsurplus.com
> 
> But then I saw someone who'd sewed pull-overs for the top of the
> driver and passenger door.  That looks more secure than the magnetic
> strips, so I'm going to investigate that possibility.
> 
> I'm also looking into creating a bug screen for the sliding door
> opening.  The door bracket is the makes-me-go-hmmmm bit.  I'd like to
> be able to open and close the door with the bug screen in place.  I'm
> thinking of something heavy(ish) laid over the poptop rim, and just
> leave a generous amount of netting to drape around the opening.  I'd
> be grateful for any better ideas ...
> 
> 
> (D'ya' know?  I used a curved needle to sew noseeum netting a third of
> the distance around the knackered front bugscreen in the poptop canvas
> before I discovered that I could unzip and open that screen ...=20
> 
> 
> ... d'oh!)     B(&S)
> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
> SoCal

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