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Date:         Tue, 29 Nov 94 16:37:38 PST
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From:         agibb@darwin.bio.uci.edu (Alice C. Gibb)
Subject:      Re: replacing old pop-top screen

>On Mon, 28 Nov 1994, Alice C. Gibb wrote: > >> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to replace/repair the pop-top >> screen for an '81 Westfalia? Ours has numerous holes in it, but the canvas >> of the top is intact, so I don't want to replace the entire thing. > >We had the same problem and killed two birds with one replacement screen. >We had an auto upholsterer do for us with real "no-see-um" screening that >we got at REI. It seems they have bigger budgs in Germany since the >screen is pretty course. Anyway, the upholsterer did it in one day (and >threw in double zipper pulls for the main window cover as well. I took >one look at all the screws which hold th canvas portion of the pop-top in >place and decided this was NOT an easy 'do-it-yourself' project. > >BTW, we also put the no-see-um screening in the side window screen frames >(just glued in a piece over the existing screen) so now we are no-see-um >protected all around except the back snap in. Of couse, now the flies and >all get in whenever we open the door and can't get OUT - Oh well. > >Hope that helps -Jack

Thanks for the advice. How much did this process cost?

Alice C. Gibb Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Univ. of California, Irvine

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