> I think the way Westfalia did those pre-74 pop-top openings was to use a > sunroof body, without the sunroof. My '72 Westfalia <with forward hinged > pop-top> had a "double-roof" behind the opening which formed a cavity like > the one that a sunroof would be withdrawn into. It was a good place to carry > skis, by the way. > > Soooo, if your present bus has a sunroof, you could go ahead with the > conversion to pop-top. Indeed you can, but really, I would say it's not that bad cutting a hole out for the top. My '78 had a sunroof, and I mounted a '70 top pretty easily; it took about a day, with a friend helping. A friend of mine did cut a hole in his roof to install a top, and it wasn't a problem. He put on a non-westy top though...but it's a good day or two project. I recommend it, and think it would be worth it. Richard
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