Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:10:38 -0700
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: EV top on Vanagon?
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That's pretty cool what that guy on the Samba did to lengthen his pop top!
Keep in mind the EV Westfalia is a Weekender that is much shorter than the
EVC, which is a Winnebago designed top.
It's not worth the trouble IMHO. There is much more curve in the Vanagon
sheet metal top, and the EVC is made completely open from the front seats to
the rear with a flat panel across it.
Stuart
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Stephen Grisanti
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 10:33 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: EV top on Vanagon?
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+po
ptop
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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