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Subject:Re: Hemp lovers joy!-hemp pop top canvas
From:dusty edwards
Date:Sun, 1 Apr 2007 10:02:03 -0700

you're in luck!  they're on gowesty.

they only come in off-white though.
On Apr 1, 2007, at 9:46 AM, David Clarkson wrote:

> I would be very interested in finding a vendor that sells a hemp
> canvas pop
> top. That's a great idea! The hemp jeans, belts and shirts that I have
> owned
> are  far superior to any other fabric that I have ever seen with
> respect to
> durability. Maybe some industrious list member might consider not only
> pop tops
> made of hemp but also side tents made of hemp canvas as well. They
> would
> probably sell like hemp cakes, uh, I mean hot cakes and be worth any
> additional
> cost with respect to durability. When you consider that many westfalia
>  owners
> whether driving air-cooled or water-cooled vehicles would like to use
> such
> materials it then becomes a matter of marketing and production. Anyone
> know  of
> any vendors out there using hemp for poptops or side tents or is this a
> niche that exists for another entrepreneur?
>
> David Clarkson
> 90 Westy (237k-standard issue cotton/canvas  poptop)
>
>
>
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