Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu> writes:
>FYI: <this is the guy that advertises in HOT VWs; little square ad in the
>back. he also runs a BBS for vw campers>
>
>Article: rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled.22166
>From: poptops@leonardo.net (Marc McCulloch)
>Subject: Westfalia "Poptop" Camper Parts
>
> Westfalia Owners everywhere know how *outrageously* expensive
> parts for their beloved buses can be.
> I have compiled sources for used parts (salvage yards nationwide), as
> well as sources for new "aftermarket" poptop seals and canvas.
> For INFO, please REPLY (E-Mail me) and include *POPTOP INFO* in
> the Subject field.
> M.L. McCulloch (poptops@leonardo.net)
>
Hmm.  I was in the market for some canvas for my '71 Westy a couple of weeks
ago and tried to call this guy's "BBS", but got an answering machine or
voice mail.  I left a message asking if his canvas tops had the plastic
beading at the bottom.  (Early bays had it as a separate piece; mine's sewed
to the fabric.)  His order taker at the 800 number in the ad just said, "I
don't really know but if the original had it, this one should have it, too."
I just wanted to get a more definitive answer before plunking down $202.
Never heard from him, so I ended up ordering one from VW Canvas in TX for
$240 after talking to someone there who said definitely that theirs had the
beading.  I might have saved some money if I'd had his e-mail address.  I
guess my point is if you call the BBS number, don't be surprised if you get
an answering machine instead.  BTW, about a year ago I ordered and received
a poptop seal from McCulloch's with no problems.

Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@camry.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil