That is what I did when I replaced my canvas.  It looks pretty good,
too!  I got the expensive-but-worth-it German-made three-window
canvas.

My '84 had screws all the way around.  I see someone said their '85
had staples... interesting.

2008/12/23 Maggie Dew <wildebus@gmail.com>:
> It is not necessary to remove the top to put the new canvas on.  I did mine
> and it wasn't all that difficult - just time-consuming.  I propped the top
> partially up with a piece of 2x4.
> Maggie
>

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Chris S.
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