Hi Geo,

I just installed a BD canvas on Mellow Yellow, our '84 Westy. The canvas
came from BD, and I think it is the exact model that your link points
to. The windows and fit are pretty much exactly as shown on the photo on
the link. Maybe they shipped the wrong canvas?

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote:
> Installing a 3-window canvas in an 84 Westy -- it's the version from the
> BusDepot (apparently originating from JustKampers in the UK).
>
> http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=253070704
>
> BTW, it doesn't particularly look like that picture... a looser fit &
> the wondows are smaller.  Here's the problem I'm having:
>
> With the top edge attached (aluminum rails) I am left with way more
> material than needed to reach the bottom rails.  I'm not talking about
> pucker or a bit of slack -- more like this thing hangs 2" too long.  If
> I attach the bottom rails as is I'll have a *very* baggy canvas.
>
> At this point I may have to take up some of this slack by folding the
> bottom edge sort of accordian style to get a reasonably taut cloth.
>
> The questions --
>
> Can someone who has installed the BD canvas comment on whether they
> encountered this?
>
> Any chance an 84 poptop is a different configuration than later years
> when the 3-window was introduced? (seems unlikely)
>
> Do these things shrink?  (I think they may shrink a bit but no way
> enough to tighten up that extra 2")
>
> Thanks for any advice or ideas.
>
> Geo Hahn
>
>
>
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