Date:         Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:09:37 -0400
Reply-To:     Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Replacing Canvas on Westy
In-Reply-To:  <def.1573edc6.3b30dd3c@UNKNOWN>
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        Exactly, this is the canvas I bought from the BusDepot and installed on my personal Westy.  Fit is very good BUT the zippers story, well, that's something else.  Just as Karl has said, that front zipper across the top is a major PITA, try to get the two ends to line up to zip closed after a night of partying around the campfire and your fav brew, next to impossible.  The perimeter zipper as the OEM canvas has is way, way better !  AND, the side window zippers are Barbie zippers !  The pull tabs need a microscope to find them.  Mine have already started to deteriorate from use !  Never again that canvas, HIGHLY NOT recommended !


On 2011-06-20, at 1:21 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> I just installed one of these last week. Excellent quality and fit, however
> not 'OEM Westfalia'. Out of three people I asked about the zipper setup on
> the front window, none liked it. Nothing at all like the OEM window flap
> with it's perimeter zipper - it has a zipper across the top and then velcro
> on the sides. The side winow zippers seem a tad on the weak side also.
> Bummer, guess I won't be buying one of these for my own van after all. I'll
> have to look at other options.

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale)
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