Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:32:49 -0700
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: EV top on Vanagon?
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This Samba thread says No, but that does not mean it hasn't been done by someone, somehow, somewhere. Good luck if you find one to try. There was one in a junkyard near me for years but it is now gone and the yard closed. Body was a rusted mess but the jumpseat interior and the low-profile poptop were nearly perfect. I think the guy was dreaming to ask $2k for a junked vehicle, but that was the price he mentioned and he would NOT part it out.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=485434&highlight=eurovan+poptop
Stephen
On Sunday, October 27, 2013 10:41 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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.
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