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Subject:Re: CrewCab CanvasTarp!
From:David Marshall
Date:Wed, 5 Aug 1998 07:17:53 -0700

I have the canvas canopy for my Double Cab.  They are really neat!  Problem
is they make the whole thing about as aerodynamic as the proverbial brick!

If anyone is interested in photos let me know and I will zip out there with
the video camera and take em!

At 08:22 8/5/98 -0400, Michael J Vickey wrote:
>Gaelen:
>
>You will need the metal framework for the canvas top, too. I have a friend
>in Quebec who bought a crewcab with the framework included, and he is
>having the canvas made by a maker of balloons. I have been hoping to have a
>canvas top made for one of my crewcabs, so I hope to get photos of the
>framework so I can have a frame fabricated. I expect to visit a local
>sailmaker to have the canvas top made (I am on Lake Erie).
>
>As far as any other accessories, I know of no one selling parts
>particularly for the transporters in either Canada or the U.S.
>
>Michael J Vickey, Pennsylvania
>
>My current VW collection:
>84 Vanagon Wolfsburg Ed. blue (parts)
>85 Transporter Dblcab light gray
>87 Vanagon GL Syncro Wolfram gray
>87 Vanagon GL Syncro Dove blue
>87 Vanagon GL brown
>88 Transporter Dblcab Tornado red
>90 Transporter Dblcab Navy blue
>91 Vanagon GL Camper Orly blue
>93 Eurovan MV Tornado red
>
>

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