Date:         Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:25:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Westy top pops at top speed
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Ever wondered what would happen if your westy top popped on the
Interstate? It happend to me yesterday rolling through Birmingham on
I-59. Fortunately, my westy is a diesel 1.6, so top speed wasn't all
that high. There was a lot of big rig traffic, though, and I could
feel the airflow of those trucks tugging at my van with each close
pass.

Anyway, I had been in south Alabama for a meeting and left the
campground hurriedly, although I did tug at the mechanism to see that
it was latched and did my customary walkaround to ensure that no
canvas was exposed down the sides.

When it happened, I though I had been hit or had lost a tire, the
noise was so loud. The good news, that the actual object of this post,
is to report that the thing only popped up about a foot. I pulled it
back down and made CERTAIN that the pin was seated in the hole.

Jim