Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 23:13:35 -0700
Reply-To: pedro dos santos <pedrokrusher@YAHOO.COM>
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From: pedro dos santos <pedrokrusher@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: RE; looking for a high roof
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Hi Jean Baptiste
I am also looking for a high roof for over a year now
and I can give you the info that I have found. The
ones that i have found are just located way too far
for me, and I guess for you too. With your french name
and the location you are looking for, I guess you are
from Quebec, aren't you? Anyway, here's the info.
1-profi high roof in Eugene, Oregon. B&R junk yard.
Phone: 1 800 452 2623. Talk to Cliff. The good: 100$
US with all the windows and moon roof! The bad: I
called them 4 months ago and somebody had cut off some
small part of the high roof. they say it's easily
reparable if you know how to work with fiberglass. The
ugly: it's on the other side of the continent for us!
if you wanna see how it looks: www.dehler-profi.de.
Your jaw is gonna drop, Hold it tight.
2-Some very tall unknown high roof in BC, Canada.
Valley West auto parts. Phone: 1 800 644 5441. Fax:
250 494 0010. Talk to Brigitte. I have sent them a fax
with different pictures of high roofs and they
couldn't identify it ( a westfalia high roof, a reimo
pop top HIGH roof, a vw kombi transporter thing high
roof and a very high unknown high roof). Anyway, it's
still too far for me and they were asking too much
money. they had a pop top for sale also. This was at
least 6 months ago.
3-Adventurewagen high roof. I called Ed Anderson from
adventurewagen (ph: 707 964 4298 and 937 5189) in
California and he still has the original mold to
fabricate a brand new high roof. He kept it for
insurance purpose, so if somebody hit something that
was too low, it could be replaced. He no longer
converts vw. He does conversions on GM or ford vans
now.
4- high roofs from Europe$$$$$$ just forget about this
one. A company here in Quebec, and eurocampers.com
made some research for me and the cost of transport
kills everything. Want a hint? A reimo pop-top like
the popular westfalia would cost me 6000$CAN(4000$US).
you better get one from a junk van (or Chris Turner
for 350$US). Or if you win the lottery...
5- Find a company that does fiberglass for big rigs
like 18 wheelers, or custom body kits for sports cars.
I just found out that a friend of mine worked in a
company like that and he just started his own company.
He wants to do a custom high roof for me, but I dont
have the money at the moment. It would be way cheaper
than importing one to america.
Beleave it or not, that's all that I had found over a
year. High roofs are very very rare in america, not
like Europe...
Hope this helps.
Pedro dos Santos
vanagon carat 91
pedrokrusher@yahoo.com
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