Date:         Wed, 3 Dec 2008 13:04:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pop-top wanted
Comments: To: Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com>
In-Reply-To:  <C55C2E1F.6333%mwmiller@cwnet.com>
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Dear Pop Top Pop

the spark protection for cutting is on your receiver van
the donor van will likely have all the good stuff already taken from the
interior and matters less ...
I did the same as any other installation -- cut the shape from the receiving
van roof
use a piece of cardboard to template and mark your shape -- same as you
would when cutting multiple curves on a marine project ---
yours



On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:

> Yeah I want the whole thing, metal included.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 12/3/08 11:46 AM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I think I'd unbolt it rather than cut it off,
> > unless you mean to cut below the roof line in the window area, and get a
> > whole poptop installed on the metal roof portion, in one big piece.
> > I know of an air-cooled vanagon with a poptop still on it, in Oregon.
> > Scott
> > speaking of that........the early ones have the tent stapled to the roof,
> > and after a few years they went to screws for attachment..........a
> better
> > set up.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:35 PM
> > Subject: Pop-top wanted
> >
> >
> >> Vannites,
> >>
> >> My son thinks he can do the top swap so I'm looking for a pop top van to
> >> cut
> >> the top off of.
> >>
> >> I'm in the San Francisco area, he's down the coast in Paso Robles so any
> >> van
> >> in those areas would be good.
> >>
> >> Aristotle, how much you want for that van of yours, the one with the ice
> >> trays?
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
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