Pedro, your friend did a lot of work for not so much money. Looks very good. I wonder if he would like to do more at the same price? Did you remove the A/C as part of the top installation? It looks like a new front headliner was installed too, right? Thanks for sharing the detailed photos. For those who are wondering, a factory type upper bed can be installed with the rear A/C unit left in place. The duct work down the middle and the front vents can be removed while the rear cooling unit remains. The a/c switches must be relocated and the wires to them extended. With the duct work gone cold air comes out of the rear unit in shocking amounts and at amazing velocity.
Mark
pedro dos santos wrote: > ........ > > Now the real cost of the transplant. 500$Can for the > pop-top donor cut at the window pillars (300$US bought > from Chris Turner, thanks!). Plus 400$Can (250$US from > busdebot) for a brand new 3 window canvas. Another > 100$Can for the pop-top seals. And 2000$Can for the > transplant job done by my friends bodyshop (cost > include cutting, welding, painting van from gutters up > AND paint pop-top fiberglass in matching grey, upper > bed installed as original, etc, etc...). Total cost in > canadian dollars: 3000$Can. How much did I save to > finally have my dream multivan??.... 4000$Can. > > .......... |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.