I just measured our Westy, and it's 6' 9" or 6'10 to the top of the skylight. Its springs are pretty good, so that should be a good measurement for other westys too. 9' 6" might be a problem for a westy with roof mounted bicycles, though, and the cherry picker you would need to put them up there might also have problems... Dave 87 Wolfsburg 90 Westfalia At 10:37 AM 10/12/98 +0000, Karl Bloss wrote: >Maybe I missed the stats, but what _is_ the overall Westy height? On >the caravan we worked out for BBTT, there are 2 covered bridges that >have a clearance of 9'6". Our GL had no problem, of course, and I >can't imagine Westys having a problem. However, it's always good to >ask _before_ someone bashes in their poptop/roof rack, whatever. > >-Karl > > >Karl F. Bloss - blosskf@apci.com or bloss@enter.net >'87 Vanagon GL Weekender "Beverley"; Trexlertown, PA >http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/ >Busses by the Trail: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/bbtt/ > |
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