> > I would love to find some approach that could replace the spring strut > bar setup we have as this would solve the major obstacle to adding a > slight bubble top section to a standard westy top. I want a bubble > top/poptop hybrid so I can have a little more headroom even with the top > down. Adding a bubble to the Westy roof is not that major but the damn > support bar is in the way when the top is down.
Something like what they used on the Carthago tops in europe? http://tinyurl.com/ytelvg Only problem, of course, is that the gas struts lend almost no help at all initially, being only a few degrees off horizontal when the top is down. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" "Staubkess bolt? I have one of those?" |
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