Date:         Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:09:56 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Canvas Replacement-Even More
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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WOW, only $185.000?!!!! Of course it was 2000. The one thing I don't understand is removing the pop top to install canvas. With the old staples, yes, perhaps, but with the aluminum rails it seems to me to be just a lot more work. I had no issues with attaching my new canvas around the top, and transferring the earlier mentioned wooden blocks helped position it. It was the bottom, working in cramped areas, sweating so much I couldn't see and getting frustrated with screws that were a pain to start ( I used an ice pick to find the holes). You'd still have the bottom to do after removing the top, and the bottom, IMHO, is the worst part. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> After several months absence from this list I just turned on "Set
> Vanagon Mail" and I'm glad to see that nothing has changed! :-)
> here is my post of the canvas installation. I didn't curse, nor get
> claustrophobia, nor get blisters, nor anything else.
> Just bonding time with my Westy. m2cw malcolm
> http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0005C&L=vanagon&P=R18734