After a full year The van is painted parked in a neighbor’s yard covered with a cover from Bus Barn and a blue tarp from Home depot 

I finally have the pop top  for the 87 up side down in the garage and am about to instal the new canvas from Bus Depot just looked at the video at Go Westy  on installation  

We are 3 blocks from the ocean here in Venice CA  so plan to use all stainless steel nuts and bolts 

1. first little problem can not locate the screws to install it  I think they are 3/4 inch long aprox #8 is that correct ? I need to buy some will get stainless steel 

2. I have the stainless steel  carriage bolts from go westy  for the pop top hinges but have misplaced the nuts and washers  

It should be ok to use washers and self locking nuts  in stainless steel  any one see any problem with that 

3. I want to paint the pop top latch part it is a sort of warm grey/ tan color it has some paint chipped off  any one know of a matching spray paint ?

Edward V Barger
edvbarger@mac.com
310 922 6251