Date:         Fri, 2 May 2014 16:50:46 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: An idea for Replacing Pop Top Canvas
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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Lol, if you need to drop a couple of pounds, do a canvas replacement on a day when it's in the upper 80's like the first one I did. Sweated off several pounds that day. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> My hat's of to you doing it on the van. I found that even with gravity
> helping it was awkward to get the aluminum strips fastened and the
> canvas tight, especially in huge corners. I just can't imagine being
> on my back up there wrestling the strips to the fiberglass roof and
> getting the canvas positioned.
> Alistair
> > On May 2, 2014, at 8:45 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
> > wrote:
> >
> > And after having done two canvas replacements myself, one stapled
> > and one later with the screws/rails, my vote is you DO NOT need to
> > remove the top. I had no help, did both all by myself, but I can't
> > see the need to remove the top. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message
> > -----
> >> Hi,
> >> I've been thinking about how to replace my poptop canvas without
> >> having to actually remove the roof. Here's how I see it being done:
> >> 1. Raise the top. Unscrew the bottom edges of the canvas from the
> >> body.
> >> 2. Unbolt the rear hinges from the top.
> >> 3. Here's what I see as a departure from totally removing the top.
> >> Lift up the rear of the top 2 feet or so, so that the top actually
> >> pivots on the bars that hold up the front of the top. Place some
> >> sort
> >> of support under the rear of the top to hold it in place.
> >> 4. Unscrew canvas from the top.
> >> 5. But new canvas in place, screw it down.
> >> 6. Drop rear of top back down on its hinges, and bolt hinges to
> >> top.
> >> 7. Screw down the new canvas and it's brackets.
> >> Will this work?
> >> Ric
> >> 87 Westy
> >> Sent from my iPad