I agree. I wish I saw that earlier and convinced my wife to sew up a sleeve. Though routing the wire down the lifting mechanism is not as kludgy as you might suppose. I run the wire down and served it to the metal. Was thinking it might lend an air of old timey sailing, but it didn't. I'm going to dig out my old copy of Ashley's Book of Knots and see if I can find some better methods. I did try the half hitch serving but the twine I was using (hard laid net twine) didn't work out well. 

alistair

On 2013-07-01, at 8:46 PM, Bill Monk wrote:

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> I think the little strip of fabric wire ducting that North Westy puts in the front drivers side inside corner of the canvas is brilliant. Every canvas made from 
> 
> On Jul 1, 2013, at 11:28 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
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>> Didn't use the van for camping this long weekend, but I did pull the top off and re-do ceiling and put in a new (well new to me, used) canvas.
>> 
>> brief post here:
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>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/vanagon-pop-top-canvas-swap/
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>> I didn't post any of my hard earned (gee, I must have installed 5 of them now) tips for canvas install. Lots of info out there about that. 
>> 
>> cheers
>> 
>> alistair