Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:44:00 -0500
Reply-To: Kurt Longeron <aerokurt@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Kurt Longeron <aerokurt@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Pop top insulation
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Quote: All this coming to you from
the Island of Koh Chang, Thailand, while sipping a cold Chang in
the hot summer sun, reading the Vanagon List !
Argh!
Another half inch coming down in Toronto tonite. Grateful to have a
shop just large enough to keep my bus indoors and still work on stuff.
Kurt
Aero & Auto Services
Toronto
Phone 416-PORSCHE
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@frontier.com> wrote:
> Hi Frank
> Mike Collum bought one of the 1st ones I put out.
> They are slightly different in fit and finish, Now, but work Great. I
> will not Camp without it in Chili weather EVER.
> I did copy the one on your website but found it to be off a bit in
> the angles. I may have the proper angles somewhere in my prototype
> stuff. Pain in the behind to install outside in a snow/ice/rain
> storm. BUT works.
> Went to the inside since there was no way I was going to pull that
> stunt again freezing wet and cold. Inside is the way to go.
> We do make a Econo Version for you guys that only need a R-4
> insulation and not a R-8.
> I do have to make a batch of R-8 here in the next week. If you want
> one let me know and I will build it up for you fairly quick so you do
> not have to wait the full 3-4 week completion time.
> Hope this helps
> C-ya Jonce
>
>
>
>
>> Well, folks, don't know what rock you all been hiding under
>> BUT, I have had this insulation, made by me, with the full
>> instructions on how to do it, posted on my Poptop Insulation
>> webpage for more than five years. I originally got the plan that I
>> modified from the Quebec Westfalia Club, who had it published long,
>> long, long ago. AND, to boot this was an official WesLast year, I
>> modified it to work inside after seeing the one that Mike Collum
>> had which came from Jonce. Much easier to put up late at night in
>> a snowstorm. It was an easy conversion from outside to inside. So
>> go have a look at my plan, make it yourself or buy it from Jonce
>> whatever, but it WORKS. We camp in very cold conditions with top
>> popped, sleep upstairs, and have a Propex, You all do know I am the
>> official Propex dealer for CANADA ! Well, there ya go, I guess you
>> gotta learn something new every day ! All this coming to you from
>> the Island of Koh Chang, Thailand, while sipping a cold Chang in
>> the hot summer sun, reading the Vanagon List !
>>
>>
>> On 2011-01-23, at 10:36 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>>
>> > have been thinking of that lately and wonder if the bubble wrap with
>> > silv=
>> > er foil on both sides wouldnt be perfect. It is rigid enough
>> that it looks=
>> > like you can just cut a slightly large pie shape for the sides and push
>> > th=
>> > em into place. And they coud stow flat up above the mattress
>> when the top =
>> > is down. =20
>>
>>
>>
>> Please note that I will be away from my business travelling
>> from December 06 until April 30, 2011. Parts orders will be
>> processed although not as quickly as usual. I will always be
>> available for contact by E-mail. If you phone your call will be
>> addressed by Greg T. Brown here and he will either call you back or
>> advise you to contact me directly by E-mail. Details of this
>> adventure are on our Travel Blog: http://frankcondelli.com/travels/
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Frank Condelli
>> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
>> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale)
>> Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in
>> the Ottawa Valley Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems
>> BusFusion a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2011
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