Date:         Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:30:01 -0600
Reply-To:     Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: "California tops" ?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net>
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I know of a donor 82 van with one of these that was recently available in
southern oregon.
It is just sitting with a little for sale sign in a driveway off off off a
hwy, so it may still be there.
The van is rough and asking price, I think is $500.

Florian




On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:

> So anyhow, are those tops that go up equally at all four corners (whatever
> they are really called) and that look to cover only the 'floor space' part
> of a Vanagon, are those ever found used?  Anybody have any info on those or
> a place to find out..like weight, etc?  I've seen a few, sometimes on other
> type vans, too, and they look like they might suit my needs better than the
> whole Westy top.  It'd be nice to stand straight up inside my "faux-Westie"
> 84 converted passenger van..and to have some additional ventilation at
> times, but I don't want the extra 'bunk' nor the windage and weight of a
> full westie top.  Plus it looks like cutting a hole for the smaller type
> top
> would be less likely to cause problems than trying to retro-fit a whole
> Westy set-up.
>  Anyone have any info or sources of pics of those tops?
>   Don Hanson
>