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Date:         Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:11:22 -0800
Reply-To:     pedro dos santos <pedrokrusher@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         pedro dos santos <pedrokrusher@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW T2 Vanagon Do it Yourself Camper book? ...another link
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Hi Jessica

I have this book in german. On the cover of the book, you see an air-cooled van with the front luggage rack installed, and a big hole on the roof with the other fiberglass part rested on the side of the van, waiting to be installed.

Unfortunately, I dont see the rest of the job inside. there is no pictures on how to install the upper bed from a junk westy (That's what i'm doing). Neither there is measurements for that. The information must be in the text, and I cannot read german. They do show some roof support that you need to fabricate to reinforce the roof. So from there you build your own upper bed I guess.

If you need measurements to build yourself all the interior cabinets, then this book is for you. Lots of pictures, drawings and measurements. Different ideas for different needs. Very interesting. You also see conversions from Europe like dehler-profi (just droool).These links are not in the book:

www.dehler-profi.de www.dehlermobile.de

But if you want real information about a pop-top conversion with the upper bed, you better follow the instructions in the second web site mentionned by BenT.

I am in the process of doing such a conversion WITH the help from a friend that owns his bodyshop (a must). It should be done by Christmas. I WILL take pictures of the work.

Ho yeah, there is another link that I found last week. It's on a belgium web site written in french. I actually gave him the links for Karl bloss and the other guy's web site. And he has a plan with measurements on acrobat reader for the pop-top. If My memory is good, I think it's a plan for the westfalia company to indicate the bolts location and such...

So here is the link: www.westfalia.be.tf, then clic on "telechargement" on the side menu, then clic on "un plan de montage pour le toit relevable westfalia". For some reason I cannot see the plan from home right now (very old computer) but from work it was perfect.

Anyway, hope it helps.

Pedro dos Santos 91 vanagon carat. This is gonna be a mutant multivan! (ex 8 passenger, middle 3 seater still for sale) 85 ddcab project (no trans no engine)

jessica@LUNULA.COM writes:

<< Still looking for anyone who has used the Vanagon instructions to put a poptop in. >>

Jessica,

Rather than go that route, why don't you study the two webpages listed below. ---------snip---------- ---------snip---------- http://members.citynet.net/bloss/vw/poptop/index.html

http://members.shaw.ca/stuartblack/vwprojec.htm

BenT --------snip--------

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