In a message dated 5/8/02 1:04:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, developtrust@COX.NET writes:
> Is it motorized? > > > ha, ha.. ;<P actually ive seen this tho... if you remember on the '68-'73 westys - the poptop was backwards and there was no upper bunk (besides that damn cot thing, which is totally uninhabitable) and the '68-'73 westys used the same hole in the roof as the sunroof buses... the luggage rack was at the rear, and much larger..and it actually was a fiberglass piece, open at the bottom, exposing the metal roof..and there were metal tubes/bars formed into the fiberglass to protect the metal roof.. ive seen this done w/ the front vanagon luggage rack, with the bottom fiberglass cut out, and holes drilled into the fiberglass, and bars inserted into them, so you can still have use of the luggage rack, while having a aftermarket plexiglass/tempered glass sunroof cut into the body sheetmetal over the cab area.. and, umm..no, it wasnt motorized :<) chris |
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