Date:         Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:07:49 -0400
Reply-To:     vanagonstretch@AOL.COM
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From:         Gerry Lepage <vanagonstretch@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pop top Conversions..putting a poptop on a hardtop pass van
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I modified a Westy pop top to fit backwards on the front of my passenger Vanagon when I stretched my Westy.
So I'm sure just installing the way it should go on would be pretty easy especially if you have the donor van sitting nearby for a template.
I have a couple luggage rack sections and you can have one if you want to pick it up in Northern Ontario.

Good luck with the conversion.



Cheers, Gerry
www.vanalong.com











In a message dated 7/22/08 6:18:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
vidublu@GMAIL.COM writes:


> I've been looking at a pop top at a local yard wondering if it could be
> installed on me Vanagon ('86).  First prob is the luggage rack (missing).
> If I didn't find a rack pronto I guess I'd have to jury rig a wind deflector
> and search avidly.
>
> Bigger problem?  I'm wondering if a person could simply cut a rectangle with
> rounded corners in btwn the first two roof ribs aft of the cockpit and
> finish it off with some soft rubber molding.  The headliner/interior ceiling
> (around the rectangle) could be finished with wood, could it not?
>
> I'm thinking a level sleeping surface could be built by simply adding a
> couple of 2x4's on edge spanned with a sheet of 1" plywood.  I've already
> harvested the two foam pads from a Westy, so there.
>
> The new top bunk access wouldn't be large but I think my children would love
> it . . . until they're my size.
>
> Seems to me I could have a Westy pop top, installed, for under a grand.  No?
>
> --
> Neil2
> '86 Vanagon/Weekender in process (Savannah)
>




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