Date:         Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:46:51 -0600
Reply-To:     mike boland <westy@MVBOLAND.COM>
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From:         mike boland <westy@MVBOLAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: WTB - Pop top canvas for 81 Westy
Comments: To: Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <3E76A18E.EE397069@adelphia.net>
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best place get new canvas is from Dawn at PLF
http://www.plfvw.com

get a 3 window one  cost a bit more but you'll love it..

Mike

At 11:33 PM 3/17/2003 -0500, Marc Perdue wrote:
>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.
>
>Anyway, if I was going to go through all the trouble of replacing it, I'd
>get a
>new one, even if money is short.  After all, camping in a Westy is what
>they're
>made for.  About $240 at Bus Depot . . . replace it once and never again.
>
>Granted, I make enough these days that it would cost me that much in my
>labor to
>replace it . . .  I'll leave you all guessing as to whether I make too much or
>if I'm just darn slow!  :^)
>
>Marc Perdue
>
>Alistair Bell wrote:
>
> > on 17/3/03 11:03 am, Stan Wilder wrote:
> >
> > > I haven't gone to your pictures but I've used iron on Khaki or Blue Jean
> > > patches to fill small holes (6x6 or less) and I've used clear silicone to
> > > fill tiny holes in the bug screens 1" long or less.
> > >
> > > Stan Wilder
> >
> > I agree with Stan, the iron-on khaki patches work well for those small
> tears
> > and holes.
> >
> > Alistair
> >
> > PS its a two person job of course, one to man the iron the other to hold a
> > backing board.