Date:         Sun, 27 Oct 2013 07:41:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      EV top on Vanagon?
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anybody ever try to put a EV Westfalia top on a Vanagon?   I was next to a
buddie's EV weekender, I guess you'd call it, and that top looked like it
might go onto a Vanagon.   Those tops are a lot less protruding than a
Vanagon Westie top...I never even noticed it WAS a pop top till I looked
closely.   If that kinda top could be adapted to my Tin Top I would be very
interested, maybe I'd be able to dredge one out of a wrecking yard
somewhere and stick it on for the headroom.

   I live and drive in such a windy place that the Westie top, with it's
aerodynamic 'baggage', I'd be 'paying' for the added headroom of one every
time I daily-drive.   I've seen the list posts from others who've driven
the Columbia River Gorge (where I live) and had issues with their Westies
and the winds.  40+ mph is not considered especially windy and 70+ are
frequent on a 'regular' day... With prevailing winds like these, you want
your 'rig' to be as low profile as possible.

   I realize there'd probably be some adjustments needed to make the fit,
but I was curious if anyone has found the rough dimensions to be workable
for a possible Vanagon conversion.  The EV Westfalia tops are very slick.