Just wanted to no if anyone has made there own ? I have holdswoth and wanted to know as proud to pop want £330
almost i took the old one off and gave it to a local woman that makes boat covers, she did the sewing and i fitted it total cost was about £100, it's nice acrylic material as well i also got her to add a big zip out section for ventilation
Mines a similar size to ^^^ didn't do it all myself but was around same price your quoting. Proud to pop wanted van for 1 week around £700 odd and then + fuel to Devon (I think) and train fare home Etc. I used a company called sparks marine in Oxford. Took half a day and the people there were fab. If they are close to you, go and see them. They get V busy from March/April with boats - speak with Vernon - they don't specialise in VW so no scene tax. If you can do it yourself then material is only was around £20 a metre and I needed 8 from memory.
Brill cheers all so are we saying the material as long as it's waterproof and pretty durable we're pretty good to go ie tent material !!
Hi 1973daisy Hopefully this may be of some use or inspiration. Mt splitty had a Canterbury Pitt pop top but when I bought it the pop top had been bolted down and there was no mechanism or canvas. I managed to source the frame then measured what size I needed the canvas - I had to get it spot on as I had no template! Got a boat canvas specialist off internet & got them to sew the two ends together, so forming a sort of 'loop'. Tied up the pop top (without the canvas on the Canterbury Pitt there is no rigidity, and it flops about all over the show and the pop top is HEAVY. Slipped the canvas over the pop top, and secured it with stainless steel strips and self-tappers. I was well chuffed with the end result, although the Caterbury Pitt model is a very high pop top. Here are some piccies..
Took our old one off,A local canvas company made one up £80 +vat, and we outfitted ourselves,they were very helpfull too, check local in yellow pages you may be surprised. I
The material I used was mould/damp resistant and waterproof - used for marine vehicles it needed to be
I'm toying with the idea of making a new canvas for mine, i have the old one to use as a template and a tent repair shop round the corner which the old dears have used before to repair and modify there caravan awning Be interesting to see how you get on, remember plenty of pics needed
We removed ours on the Aussie pop top.Mrs K cut a pattern from the original and made up a new one.I fitted it.
There's lots of boat cloth companies about, I got mine from here. Got zips, velcro, mesh & windows plastic so made a opening at the back for kids to climb in use the rear bike rack saved them coming through the van all the time. http://www.kayospruce.com/index.asp?selection=find&inbox=Fabrics&catref=Fabrics&cct=0
I'll be on the case in the next 2 weeks ill get all details on here just getting my engine ready to go in this week then pop top !! Keep u posted with pics !!!
When my bus came from Texas, it had a home made canvas, I really wanted to keep it but it fell to bits when the pop top was raised so I had to replace it Before...... After......
