Date:         Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:00:04 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Installing a pop-top on a non-pop top EASY ??? IN ONE WEEDEND
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Comments: To: Sam Walters <sam.cooks@verizon.net>
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I have to agree with Sam on this matter. I'm happy to know that Mark
Drillock and Karl Bloss are happy with their conversions. If you are
looking just for standing room, then the cut and paste solution to
adding a poptop is fine. However, it is a half-donkey solution if you
want the full benefits of an upper berth. The space that can be used
for cushions is minimal when the arched roof structure is left in.

To each his own. It is unfortunate that some of these half done
solutions have been cropping up on ebay as "Westfalia camper
conversions".

BenT
http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:44:32 -0400, Sam Walters <sam.cooks@verizon.net> wrote:
> Don't rush into this too quickly based on Chris' post.  There is no
> doubt that what Karl and Chris did is much simpler and therefore, much
> quicker.  But understand what they did and didn't do, compared to Stuart
> Black.  Some people want a roof, some want a Westy upper bunk and the
> roof, while still other's want a Westy with its full interior.
>

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