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Date:   Sat, 8 Dec 2001 01:51:38 -0500
Reply-To:   Warren Chapman <vwsyncroguy@YAHOO.COM>
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From:   Warren Chapman <vwsyncroguy@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:   Re: Questions about (making) 3 window Westy Canvas

Before I became a Synco Westy owner, I owned a Eurovan camper and one of the (few) things I liked about the Eurovan (besides the furnace and the front AC) was the three window canvas.

I liked: the extra ventilation on hot days the extra light inside, whenever the top was up the view to all sides from the top bunk. (privacy is available when you close the things (duhhh!) I liked the LARGE windows of the Eurovan. The larger the better for me.

I immediately missed them when I sold the Eurovan and bought the Westy and have been trying to duplicate them ever since.

I tried to get a boat canvas shop to add the side windows to the original but it was prohibitively expensive. Also the original canvas is a very fine weave and soft canvas that noone seems to have a match too. This is one thing you should consider. Will the extra canvas that is needed to make the windows match ...or look wierd.

First I bought a three window version from Busboys and returned it because the side windows were too small, IMHO.

I have since bought a Busdepot 3 window version and while the side windows are larger, they are not as large as I would like. I would give the BusDepot canvas an "O.K" rating, ..... acceptable but not great. The canvas is much coarser than the original and not as supple. The window screens, edge borders, and sewing thread are black which I find unattractive compared to the white of the original. It doesn't fit that well and requires a lot of adjusting to get a nice fit. It doesn't have the bead in the seam at the top which makes fitting it to the fiberglass top easy. (does have the bead in the bottom).

Good news is the price is very reasonable at about $300. Its a good afternoon's work to install.

That's my experience, opinions, and general 2 cents.

Warren Chapman


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