Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:25:21 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
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From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: WTB - Pop top canvas for 81 Westy
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Small tears and holes?!? Did you guys see the picture of his canvas?
Oh, wait, sorry, Stan already said he didn't. Practically the whole
driver's side of Dylan's poptop canvas is ripped.
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Once a Westy top starts going south it doesn't have much life left in it.
Sewing just produces more tears and cheap is what type of fix I offered.
I'm not real keen on the replacement canvas that I've seen in wrecking
yards.
Most are very stiff and hard to fold.
If I were going to replace my canvass I'd go for the OEM match if I could
find one.
The aged canvas offered recently as NOS didn't excite me since just
sitting around for ten to fifteen years does as much damage as hard
usage.
I've done some patches with clear urethane roof seal but it is a tedious
three or four week process since each side has to cure completely before
the other side or the second application can be applied. This is somewhat
speeded up in good old Texas heat but it is still just a patch and
although it works it still looks patched up.
The blue juean patches lasted ten years on my MG Midget top since it was
a fair weather car they were seldom seen with the top down.
Stan Wilder
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