Date:         Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:43:05 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Location of online Westfalia pop top
              conversiondirections......????? FISH
Comments: To: Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
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Many people have installed poptops in Vangons that did not come with
them. I've done a couple myself. It is not hard to do unless you want to
have the complete bed up there.

The ceiling in a passenger model is arch shaped, as is the outer metal
of the roof. The Westy ceiling is flat and lowered to allow for the bed
and pads to stay in place when the top is down.

The very back seat headroom is greater on the passenger models. The
Westy sacrifices this to make room for the upper bed. The upper bed is
not part of the poptop but is a seperate assembly. The top can be
installed without the upper bed and a good size roof hole can be made
without cutting anthing but the roof sheet metal. To install the
complete bed you must cut more away including the rear main roof support
arch. The function of this important support structure must be
duplicated somehow.

Mark



Robert Steven Fish wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am buying a poptop too this weekend... and would love to see how this all
> fits together.
>
> Mainly, what the bed looks like, and if you have to cut the standard hole in
> the roof, or if you could cut it smaller, and have a larger bed area.
>
> Please post any good resources to the list... especially photos!
>
> Thanks!
>
> RSF
>
> IMPORTANT!!! In order to reply to me, you must have the word "FISH"
> somewhere in the subject line of the email.  Otherwise it goes directly in
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> Robert S. Fish
> Salzburg, Austria
> 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
> 1987 Golf Cabriolet
> 1991 Golf
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Garske" <mjgarske@ATTBI.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:19 AM
> Subject: Location of online Westfalia pop top conversion
> directions......?????
>
> > Hi everyone, I just bought a Westy poptop from the same year and color
> (more or
> > less), as my '87 syncro vanaru!  I have found the page by Karl Bloss but
> some
> > images don't work and the directions have disappeared.  I'm pretty handy
> so I
> > can look at the photos and get a pretty good approximation but I'd sure
> like a
> > better step by step if at all possible.  Any help on this appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike G.
> >