Date:         Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:51:16 -0400
Reply-To:     Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Camper top seal where to get?
Comments: To: Dale Hartman <zeldah@PRAIRIE.LAKES.COM>
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From: "Dale Hartman" <zeldah@PRAIRIE.LAKES.COM>
> I have an '84 vanagon camper and I need to replace the molding around the
> top of the pop top.  I see BusBoys sells a couple different styles, one
> being a kit, the other is just by the foot.
> Anybody know what is better?
> Are there other places I should look?

I get all of my parts from the www.busdepot.com

They have everything I've ever needed, at a good price, and even things that
I should be able to get from the Dealer they will special order. They have a
seal that is alleged to be the best copy of the original on the market.

> How hard is it to install?

Once you get it started it goes on fairly easily. I used a big rubber mallet
to give it some gentle persuasion. I found the middle of the weather-strip
and then started at the middle in the back and worked my way forward, side
to side, so I knew I would have something to trim at both sides in the
front. I left the luggage rack seal alone. Good Luck.

Tom and Dana Cates
Asheville, NC
83 Air-Cooled Westfalia, 'Hammurabi'
www.fullmoonbusclub.com/
www.type2.com/rescue/
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