Yes, but Joy has as late model Vanagon. What's the record time for doing an
older one with all the staples?

Thanks,
Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Greg Potts
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: how NOT to instal your poptop tent

H Jeff,

Indeed... At BusFusion myself and a crew of 3 or 4 people did Joy
Hecht's canvas in a couple hours without breaking a sweat. It took
maybe 4 man-hours of effort, including the removal and replacement of
the roof.

My Dad replaced the canvas on his westy in about 4 hours working
singlehandedly, leaving the pop-top in place.

Hint: Use a quarter-inch ratchet driver and a phillips-head bit to
get into the tight spaces for the screws in the back corners.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 23-Oct-07, at 6:31 AM, Vdub Guy wrote:

> <I was told by a mech at Buslab in Berkeley that it takes several
> experienced
> guys most of a day to do one. Another place around here USED to do
> them...no
> more..>
>
>
> That's gotta be a load of crap. I've replaced canvas twice, while
> NOT fun, it took me a (long) day doing it by myself. I do NOT
> remove the pop top as some suggest is necessary.     Jeff