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Subject:Replacement Pop-top Canvas: Whose is best?
Date:Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:08:24 -0500

>  Well, it's time to replace my pop-top canvas and probably the
>gasket too.  Who has the best replacements?  Who should I avoid?
>Whitney's doesn't have a 3 window unit for a '75, how about
>others?
>
> -- john
>
>John Sutter        MIT Media Laboratory        Spatial Imaging Group 
>(h)  PO Box 3977-344, Cambridge MA 02139-7344, USA +1 (617) 499-7912
>INTERNET:  jds@media-lab.mit.edu                           NSS 29355

John - 

I have a '76 pop-top, and recommend JC Whitney for the rubber.  
Use the 3M Weatherstrip Adhesive to glue it on.

Canvas is available from VW Canvas, in Austin, TX:

Earnest Fannin
VW Canvas 
5505 Cordell
Austin, TX  78723
512-926-6195

H also makes awnings and stuff.  Well made.  Expect to pay ~$250.

- John

   John Tauxe     tauxejd@ornl.gov     Oak Ridge National Laboratory