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Mildred gets her Pop Top
« on: May 10, 2014, 09:46:07 pm »

Special thanks to everyone who came out to help today. The bus is stopping better than ever before thanks to Rich and Howard.
Ed and Geoff from Delaware stopped by in their awesome Turbo Diesel Vanagon to help out. Thank you Geoff for providing you height, and Ed for helping me with the side windows. Tyler, and Shawn brainstormed through the top installation process, may ups and downs and new discoveries but for the most part it is ready to go.

My two Boston Terriers supervised the whole event.



A million staples had to be removed before putting the new canvas on.



Shawn excited to be cutting the top off of another bus... who is next? Anthony? Steve and Steph?



Hole is cut





Canvas attached



More pictures to come thanks to Tyler's awesome camera! Post what you got guys.

It's my bus, I do what I want to do with it. It's a camping bus, I use it for camping I need the extra space for stuff and ventilation and to be able to put my pants on without getting leg cramps. I don't have money to buy a whole new bus, to throw even more money into getting it road worthy.   I don't give a crap it if it's the wrong top. I'm getting stickers made to shut the purists up.  [gunfiring\ [gunfiring\ [gunfiring\  ?/moon2.. ?/moon2.. ?/moon2..  3#blab# 3#blab#







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You buy your own bus, and do what you want to your bus. I'll do what I want to so with mine. Pissing off purists one modification at at time.

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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2014, 07:26:46 am »

Beet, I apparently can't read a calendar. Already to go today, realizing now that today was yesterday. My apologies... ^soh^

Now I gotta go and get my own donut...
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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2014, 12:06:30 pm »

"I don't give a crap it if it's the wrong top. I'm getting stickers made to shut the purists up."

There are lots of buses and vans that are all  alike that rolled out of the factory. There's only one like yours  thumpup)-

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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2014, 02:35:38 pm »

 Beat.
 Hope you got your parts delivered by the Strapman.

 Looks good Buddy. Now you and Shawn are in the same club.. CPYPU... "Camper Pull Your Pants Up"
But even with the Top closed you now have a little extra head room.

 BTW I found a few sets of PopTop seals if you want to borrow them till you get yours in..
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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2014, 08:42:20 pm »

That would be great, can you run them to Shawn's?
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ROUTE 66 MAY 2014

1972 Volkswagen WestFakia "Mildred"

You buy your own bus, and do what you want to your bus. I'll do what I want to so with mine. Pissing off purists one modification at at time.

"After a Hurricane Comes a Rainbow" - Katy Perry

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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2014, 06:32:36 am »

That's a great job. thumpup)-
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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2014, 07:17:25 am »



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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2014, 07:38:38 am »

That would be great, can you run them to Shawn's?


LOL He's around the corner Greg
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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2014, 07:59:04 am »

now the big project... cleaning the bus out so there is room to stand up to put your pants on #@rofl3 &^rofl
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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2014, 09:35:40 am »





Wait a minute.. Is that one of my pieces of cardboard aka Italian Creeper.. I'm missing a few   bugey--
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Re: Mildred gets her Pop Top
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2014, 10:29:58 am »





Plenty of room up there to work






Mildred on her way to surgery
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