[T2] type2 Digest, Vol 13, Issue 5

[Earthshterman]

Sounds quite interesting about the canvas.
Now what I would like is a side tent with a floor in it?

We have had type 2's through the years and now a type 3. Tents with no floor= mosquito bites in our world..
Fwiw

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>   1. Friday Content: Bus canvas template search
>      (Nick volkswagen collector)
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> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 17:23:48 -0500
> From: Nick volkswagen collector <volkswagencollector at gmail.com>
> To: "type2 at type2.com" <type2 at type2.com>
> Subject: [T2] Friday Content: Bus canvas template search
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> Good Afternoon Everyone,
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> As a disclaimer to everyone: I harbor no ill will, intend to insult,
> generate discontent, intend to undermine the integrity or financial
> well-being of, or any other similar adjectives that you can think of
> towards any person or company that sells bus canvases.  The new canvases
> available that I have seen and touched on friends buses have been of high
> quality and great fit.  They are also similar in color to the originals,
> which is wonderful for a perfect restoration.
> 
> My Friday type question involves hunting for used/tattered/hole filled bus
> canvases.  However, there is a bit of a long backstory involved:
> 
> On a whim back in 2010 I was in touch with family friends who know members
> of the local Amish community very well and asked about a canvas for my 71
> westy since I knew they make boat covers and other things for people.  The
> family friends put my father and I in touch with their Amish friends and
> they kindly made a canvas for me and for a friend in MI (they needed at
> least two to be made to make it worth their time.)  It and the friend's
> canvas have functioned well over the past four years with no issues.
> 
> Jumping forward in time to late 2013 early 2014, a few friends asked me if
> we still had such connections.  After talking to my father, he was able to
> get in touch with the Amish family our family friends know again and
> cultivate a nice friendship with them.  Around the holidays we organized a
> group buy with local club members for westy canvases (68-73) again.  We
> also added in 74-79 canvases after getting a template, but we still don't
> know if that one fits as the friends in the group buy have yet to install
> theirs.  Due to this increased volume of canvases made the second time
> around,  our Amish friends requested that I place an ad online with the
> larger VW community to get their product out there into the wider vein of
> interest.  The way this wound up being structured is that I am essentially
> the go between for the Amish family that we know since they don't use the
> internet/phones/etc.  You could call me a middle man if you wanted, though
> I'm not screwing anybody over like middlemen typically do.  Our Amish
> friends told us a price for the early bay westy canvas and I added $15 to
> it for shipping and made the Samba ad (late ones we're still trying to
> figure it out.)  As a result I've had people from all over the USA and now
> Canada purchasing these early bay westy canvases.  There is interest for
> the late model version from Europe and across the USA, but as mentioned we
> have yet to hear if they fit from friends.  There is also a large interest
> in the non Westy/Campmobile versions, but I don't have such a template.  As
> a result I put a wanted ad online with the particulars.  This isn't really
> a business venture for myself or my father (who does a lot of the running
> around for these things.)  It is to help spread the word for our Amish
> friends who can make different canvases or other items for niche markets
> such as the bus one.
> 
> 
> My question to my fellow list members is as follows:
> 
> Does anyone have such a tattered canvas sitting around for the
> non-Campmobile/Westfalia buses of any year?
> 
> If you do, you can contact me off list and we can work something out to get
> the canvas into the hands of the Amish.
> 
> If this doesn't abide by the slightly relaxed Friday rules, I apologize in
> advance and will not post such a topic again.
> 
> 
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> Sincerely,
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> Nick G (blue71 on thesamba)
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