Pop Top Canvas Choices FAQ

[notchboy]

Im going to spring on a new top and Ive seen mixed reviews when I searched. Ive got three choices. Any feed back?

This is a new one on the block and got my attention.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=898853

Ive asked for direct feedback from some owners of this one

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=231069708Y

Then this looks the same as the one above for slightly less

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=941515

Im a little spinnin
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[Hoody]

My vote would be for original german westfalia from the bus depot.It will fit the best.Not cheap but you get what you pay for.I would not buy anything someone has already installed.For an extra 200.00 you buy it once.

[jmstu76]

Don't go with the bus depot canvas. Look in my gallery to see why. I'm not impressed with the fabrication and the mistakes in it. Couldn't see what was wrong until it was installed. To make it worse, I have contacted BD about the problem and never was responded to. I figured they would have stood behind their products a little better.

Here is the image showing the obvious flaw in the manufacture. It looks nothing like the other photos and other canvases that I have seen. It is most likely the only one like this, but it was a gift from my wife and I am still not happy it looks this way and I don't have the funds to buy a another brand new canvas.

My bus is on the left and a go westy canvas is on the far right. Middle bus has the original canvas. Notice the window shape and the lack of symmetry.

Still waiting on Bus Depot to help a loyal customer out so I can stop telling people not to buy canvases from them. hint hint.
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James

'76 Deluxe Sage Green Westy
2258 cc GD case 78mm CW crank, 2.0 H-beam rods 5,325” 22mm pin, JE forged pistons with 15cc dish, JE rings, type 11 clearanced oil pump, CB Eagle 2205 Type-2 “Torque Special” hydraulic cam with matched lifters fed by CB Dual Weber 40 IDF MX with 6” foam air filters, currently 55 idle, 130 main, 200 air correction, 32 mm venturis. 27in General Grabber AT2 All Terrains, Berg Shifter, stock '76 exhaust HPC Ceramic Coated. 11/18/2020

[Hoody]

We are talking apples and oranges.Your canvas is the "Bus depot"import from who knows where.I am talking about the original westfalia canvas from germany with the windows,400.00.

[Collie]

Here is mine I got from CIP....perfect fit, big ole windows....loved it...

[theadmiral1000]

Despite what others have said, I had good experience with the budget canvas from Bus Depot when I installed it on my now-sold 77 Westfalia. It is of course important to mark the corners and be careful during the installation process for the finished product to look good.
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Zach S.
71 Ghia
75 R75/6

[1977_L63H_P27]

Here's the budget canvas from Bus Depot just after installation.

There's ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with this product. It's the Just Kampers canvas without the international shipping. And, except for getting those little screws in the corners , installation was a breeze. Peace!
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[jmstu76]

[notchboy]

I do have some small factort to consider. Its for a 68 and I do want the og yellow color. I plan on Velvet green paint, I love the color combo.

So thats partialy why I posted the WW one and the BD. They seem to have nice looking-well built-propper colored ones. If they are made in Germany to a higher standard then all the better.

Thanks for the input so far. Anything else?
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[pjalau]

And another review from someone who has the same pot-top style (1970).

The one on the far right has the go westy repro, mine has the bus depot westfalia replacement. Difference in color, but on inspection, neither of us noticed a discernable difference to favor one over the other.

Ron - care to chip in?

[notchboy]

Nice-thanks pjalau. Any more shots of it in action?
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[Emeritusx]

I have been saving for this one. We are so most here in the middle of the country that even paint molds..

I like nylon as it is quick drying. They are kinda pricey, and its too early to tell if they will last 30 years, but they come in a lot of colors

From go westy
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82 Westy ☢, 66 Splitty ☮, 73 Type 181 ✠

[Busdepot]

[Happy Hippie]

Has anyone heard anything about the Hemp canvas? Good bad or ugly?

Link to one...http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3656&category_id=135&category_parent_id=[/url]
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Respect the Bus, many families were started there!!!!!

[silverside61]

[Happy Hippie]

[chimneyfish]

Go polka dot, Hawaiian, or get patriotic with a stars design:

http://www.proudtopop.co.uk/poptops/index.html

http://www.proudtopop.co.uk/designs/index.html


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1965 Type 1 Deluxe (1200cc)
1976 Type 2 T2b Microbus L (1800cc Type 4)
Previously...
1972 T2 Camper (Devon), 1988 Golf, 1972 Type 1, 1984 Polo, 1972 T2 Camper (Danbury)

[notchboy]

So it sounds like I may be dropping 4 bills to get a yellow German one?
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[Emeritusx]

[sneakyjack]

tie dye poptop awesome!
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