

| Subject: | Re: how NOT to instal your poptop tent |
| From: | Mark Drillock |
| Date: | Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:39:54 -0700 |
Sure, but Joy has a newer Westy with the simpler method of attaching the top of the canvas that Westfalia switched to at some point. The early type used a zillion staples through a plastic strip and into wood. Mark 6 Westy canvas replacements and not looking forward to number 7 Greg Potts wrote: > 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 > >
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