Date:         Sun, 3 Oct 2010 11:12:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Hineline <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET>
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From:         Mark Hineline <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET>
Subject:      One-man poptop canvas replacement
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I've been working on putting in new canvas all weekend.

The directions and conventional wisdom say that you take the poptop
off (with help), install the top of the canvas and the tacking strip,
then put the poptop back on and screw down the bottom.

I understand why that's easier, if you have the help. I've been doing
it with the poptop on. All that's required is lots and lots of
patience. Infinite patience. I've been at it off an on since Friday.
There's an airshow this weekend; every so often I pop my head through
the front window as a couple of Blue Angels skim over the rooftops.

I've never had a bus with an upstairs before. It's nice. People
walking past in the parking lot spot me (especially if I have a leg
sticking out under the canvas) and some of them smile.

It helps to have a really well made canvas. This one is great. I wish
I knew who made it, because I would recommend it (it came with the bus
when I bought it). It's really canvas, open weave, unbleached.

Happy camper, I am.

Mark