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Date:         Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:35:16 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Leek <trleek@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Tim Leek <trleek@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      eurovan poptop conversion?
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Sad to report that my wife is making me sell our 87 wolfsburg. She worries about head-on collisions, shoulder belts for the three kids, airbags, etc. Picky picky. Said dragon lady is willing to get, instead, a 2000 Eurovan. So I am investigating. Poptop Eurovans of 2000 vintage appear to command $20-$30K. Good heavens. Too much for a 7-year-old van in my humble opinion. However, I've seen many non-poptops of same year selling for less than $10K. There's one for $9K on ebay right now. This is the buy-it-now price, even. What is up with this freaky disparity? Is the poptop really worth $10-20K?

Anyway, here's my question. Can't I get one of those seemingly budget 2000 Eurovans, cut a hole in the roof, and bolt on a poptop? Will it take the Vanagon poptop or is that entirely the wrong shape/size? I imagine these are easier to come by than the Eurovan one. How hard would it be to get an actual spare Eurovan poptop to install on it? Or does this f-up the air conditioning completely? Or something even more crucial... Any advice would be much appreciated! Any experience actually performing this conversion would be even better!

Thanks as usual for the great advice I'm likely to get.

-- When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. - H. G.Wells


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