<<<SNIP>>> ... do the 84 and newer potpies have this nice aluminum clamping system...<<<SNIP>>> Mine come with a slightly flaky crust, and sparse meat chunks in a salty gravy, but no aluminum clamping system. ; )
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-----Original Message----- From: Bob Berkemer [SMTP:berky@WIN.BRIGHT.NET] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 5:40 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: poptop canvas While I'm having no luck finding a nice pop top in the mid west for my 84 westy I am planning ahead optimistically for the day that I do find one! My question is that when I took the pop top off my 84 the canvas was attached to the pop top with a nice extruded aluminum channel like the one that holds the canvas to the body of the van. This is a clean and simple way to attach in contrast to what the manual shows which is a messy stapling process. In fact, the pop top is very different than the 81 top I've looked at where there is a wood strip in the pop top for stapling. The 84 top has a nice molded grove in the top for a sewn vinyl strip on the campus to rest in. The top also seems to be more heavily constructed with an obvious reinforcing strip along the bottom insides of the top. So.....do the 84 and newer potpies have this nice aluminum clamping system on the pop top to hold the canvas in place? And...... have any of you bought this type of canvas replacement from any of the vendors? TIA Bob 84 westy in need of a top Menominie WI |
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