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Date:         Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:17:11 EDT
Reply-To:     Ssittservl@AOL.COM
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From:         S Sittservl <Ssittservl@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westfalia conversions
Comments: To: elua@interpac.net
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>  From:    elua@INTERPAC.NET (Imua Camper Co.)
>
>  >a Sportsmobile conversion ...
>  >They also were the company that did the first VW
>  >pop-top camper conversions back in the 60's (before Westfalia)...
>
>  Westfalia was doing conversions in the 50's, I think around 53 or 54 were
>  the very first ones in the 'barndoor' buses.  Sportsmobile was probably the
>  first 'american' company.  Just a little phriendly info...don't phreak
>  out...
>          Shawn


Look like my mistake - I was thinking I'd read "first" in their literature
somewhere, but upon re-reading I can't find anything like that.  They show
their first pop-top conversion in 1961 (access was actually from the
outside of the van - no hole in the roof, I think); were the Westfalia
conversions from the 1950's pop-tops?


                                                     -Steven
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