Date:         Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:16:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: easy..   Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
Comments: To: Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
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On 12/10/03 3:56 PM, "Ben T" <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> wrote:

> In a message dated 12/10/2003 3:44:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, JordanVw
> writes:
> no right or wrong way.   the easy way gains a luggage rack,  lots of room to
> stand up in, and a bed if you make your own custom platform.  AND the
> satisfaction of knowing you didnt give yourself a hernia messing with that
> 400lb roof
> metal clip.   all doable in one weekend, with a JIGSAW  and a drill.
> Jugsaws are what theyre called when you slip and slice your jugular because
> you are
> nerve wracked from cutting the donor van at the pillars (which you wont have
> to do if you do it the easy way)
> That's good, Chris. I was getting concerned with all the jugsaws and drilling
> going on. I had to make sure I wasn't on the PlayToy Discussion Board or the
> Plastic Surgeons' Channel.
>
> As for the sleeping platform, I can't see how you can fit any kind of
> mattress other than an inflatable saline version as there is almosty ZERO
> clearance
> in the midsection if you do not transplant or modify the arched roof. A
> platform of any kind will bring clearance there to less than zero. Either that
> or
> raise the pop-top and get less AERO.
>
> BenT Roof
>
> ps:
> too bad the doka roof is too short been contemplating a poptop there.
> thoughts?
>
>
LESS aero?  What it goes into negative numbers?

Mike