Date:         Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:27:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: canvas or acrylic poptop tent
Comments: To: jp0815@EARTHLINK.NET
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Go with the canvas.
As close as possible to original fabric.
People that buy that polymer type say its hard to fold and we already
know that good canvas will last twenty years. Mine has.

Stan Wilder

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:54:45 -0400 Joachim Preiss <jp0815@EARTHLINK.NET>
writes:
> I need a new poptop tent. Now do I go with canvas or acrylic. My
> regular
> tent (the one I set up on the ground) is acrylic, and hardly anybody
> would
> use a canvas tent nowadays. Are the canvas poptop tents for
> enthusiasts
> committed to keep their westy in original shape, but practical
> people go
> with acrylic? Are acrylic poptops worth the extra money? Anybody
> with
> good/bad experiences with the aftermarket poptop tents from the bus
> depot,
> go westy, etc? How do they fit?
>
> (I am surprised I didn't find this topic in the archives)
>  Joachim
>
> '85 Westfalia
>
>

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