Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 08:19:16 -0800
Reply-To: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject: Re: Good pics of Poptop seal?
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Matt,
Thanks for the pics. But the shots of the installed seal look like the old one. Are the
new pics not up yet? Thanks for posting these.
Also, where did you get the nice new propane tank?
On 6 Feb 2005 at 0:30, Matt Barclay <mbarclay@OPENFBO.COM> wrote:
> I installed the front flat seal tonight. It is much more difficult to
> install than the rest of the pop-top seals, but only took 30 minutes to
> complete. Its easiest if you wiggle it up and down as you push the seal
> onto the fiberglass. Still, its a grueling 30 minutes.
>
> I've updated some before/after pics here:
>
> http://gallery.openfbo.com/poptopseal
>
> Will tackle the luggage rack tomorrow. These new seals are a definate
> improvment.
>
> Matt
>
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Matt Barclay wrote:
>
> > From: Matt Barclay <mbarclay@OPENFBO.COM>
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Good pics of Poptop seal?
> > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:23:37 -0800
> >
> > I just bought the front flat seal and luggage seal from Bus depot. The
> > luggage seal looks a lot like the regular pop top seal I bought from him
> > several weeks ago. Here are some pictures of the flat seal. I'll post
> > new pictures after I install it this weekend:
> >
> > http://gallery.openfbo.com/poptopseal
> >
> > BTW: the pop top seal is excellent! The hardest part is getting the old
> > one off. Make sure you use a razor glass scraper to carefully remove the old
> > rubber if it sticks to the fiberglass. You can see the new poptop seal and
> > old, rotten flat and luggage rack seal in this pic:
> >
> > http://gallery.openfbo.com/camper/IMG_3267
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, The Bus Depot wrote:
> >
> >> From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Re: Good pics of Poptop seal?
> >> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:26:53 -0500
> >>
> >>> Dunno Ron --- the one you sold me was a glue-on, at the time
> >>> you said that sometimes you shipped one or the other
> >>> depending on availability. Perhaps this is no longer the case.
> >>
> >>
> >> I have to import the front flat seal that doesn't require gluing from
> >> Europe
> >> because there is no U.S. supplier, so once or twice in the past I've had to
> >> infill with the U.S. made version (that does require gluing) when the
> >> European one was on factory backorder. But I stocked up on about a year's
> >> supply of the European ones this fall, so I should have them for quite some
> >> time now.
> >>
> >> - Ron Salmon
> >> The Bus Depot, Inc.
> >> www.busdepot.com
> >> (215) 234-VWVW
> >>
> >> _____________________________________________
> >> Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT
> >>
> >
>
--
Shawn Wright
I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
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