Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:06:14 -0500
Reply-To: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@FRONTIER.COM>
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From: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@FRONTIER.COM>
Subject: Re: Pop top insulation
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Hi Frank
Mike Collum bought one of the 1st ones I put out.
They are slightly different in fit and finish, Now, but work Great. I
will not Camp without it in Chili weather EVER.
I did copy the one on your website but found it to be off a bit in
the angles. I may have the proper angles somewhere in my prototype
stuff. Pain in the behind to install outside in a snow/ice/rain
storm. BUT works.
Went to the inside since there was no way I was going to pull that
stunt again freezing wet and cold. Inside is the way to go.
We do make a Econo Version for you guys that only need a R-4
insulation and not a R-8.
I do have to make a batch of R-8 here in the next week. If you want
one let me know and I will build it up for you fairly quick so you do
not have to wait the full 3-4 week completion time.
Hope this helps
C-ya Jonce
> Well, folks, don't know what rock you all been hiding under
> BUT, I have had this insulation, made by me, with the full
> instructions on how to do it, posted on my Poptop Insulation
> webpage for more than five years. I originally got the plan that I
> modified from the Quebec Westfalia Club, who had it published long,
> long, long ago. AND, to boot this was an official WesLast year, I
> modified it to work inside after seeing the one that Mike Collum
> had which came from Jonce. Much easier to put up late at night in
> a snowstorm. It was an easy conversion from outside to inside. So
> go have a look at my plan, make it yourself or buy it from Jonce
> whatever, but it WORKS. We camp in very cold conditions with top
> popped, sleep upstairs, and have a Propex, You all do know I am the
> official Propex dealer for CANADA ! Well, there ya go, I guess you
> gotta learn something new every day ! All this coming to you from
> the Island of Koh Chang, Thailand, while sipping a cold Chang in
> the hot summer sun, reading the Vanagon List !
>
>
>On 2011-01-23, at 10:36 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
> > have been thinking of that lately and wonder if the bubble wrap with silv=
> > er foil on both sides wouldnt be perfect. It is rigid enough
> that it looks=
> > like you can just cut a slightly large pie shape for the sides and push th=
> > em into place. And they coud stow flat up above the mattress
> when the top =
> > is down. =20
>
>
>
> Please note that I will be away from my business travelling
> from December 06 until April 30, 2011. Parts orders will be
> processed although not as quickly as usual. I will always be
> available for contact by E-mail. If you phone your call will be
> addressed by Greg T. Brown here and he will either call you back or
> advise you to contact me directly by E-mail. Details of this
> adventure are on our Travel Blog: http://frankcondelli.com/travels/
>
>Cheers,
>
>Frank Condelli
>Almonte, Ontario, Canada
>'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale)
>Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in
>the Ottawa Valley Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems
>BusFusion a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2011
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