It probably is if you are just doing the canvas and can handle the contortions. It's not hard to remove, you just need three reasonably strong people to get it off and on.
Stuart
From: carchrae@gmail.com [mailto:carchrae@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tom Carchrae Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 12:49 PM To: Stuart MacMillan Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Subject: Re: Canvas replacement comments & video
Be sure to check out this video of a professional installing a new canvas at a campground (trained stunt upholsterer, don't try this yourself): http://vimeo.com/12165017
We used that video as a guide and installed a Hemp canvas from GoWesty. Total time was about 6 hours, over two days. Super happy with the result.
Taking the top off seemed like it would have been much more work.
Only downside on our job is a few screws were broken, but fortunately not badly enough to make it loose. Not clear if it was us or the previous 30 years that did it.
Tom |
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