Date:         Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:22:44 -0800
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Removing the Westy Top and Installing a Temporary Top
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> The problem of course is that I'd either have to abandon or sell my
> westy top in Orgeon or leave it behind before I leave for Oregon. That
> is unless I want to drag it back with me which sort of defeats the
> purpose - albiet the westy top would be easier to manage than the AW
> top.


Dang. I'm looking to buy a westy top. Too bad I'm in Los Angeles. Probably
for the best. My wife would flay me alive if she came outside and caught me
cutting the roof of the van open with the air grinder...

If I decide to drive to Oregon without the westy top, I will need
> something to protect my interior from the elements for the 2500 mile
> trip to Oregon. It does not have to look good or be 100% draft /
> waterproof but it does need to be able to make the journey in one
> piece and needs to be affordable enough that I can just toss it when I
> arrive in Oregon.
>

What constitutes "affordable"? My first thought was a few 4x8 sheets of
galvanized steel cut to width and overlapped, but even the thin stuff is
kinda pricey (60-70 bucks ea). Maybe medium density fiberboard/masonite type
stuff with a quick coat of exterior house paint... but fiberboard ain't so
cheap either, unless you can scavenge it used from somewhere. Hey, how about
some cheap vinyl flooring? Something in a nice checkerboard pattern? Put in
a few scrap-wood slats to support it over the hole and stick it down with
silicone and a few washered tek screws?
It's tough to come up with something sturdy yet disposable...
--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
"We'd tell a monkey how to peel a banana, if he said he was peeling one in a
Vanagon."